Celebrating the Dance : Escanaba Light House

Sunday, December 3, 2017

December 8th Will Tell the Tale

Sunday, December 3, 2017

Just a few more days, 5 to be exact as of this writing, and we will know if we will be backing out of the driveway this year or not. We have tried not to plan but then we will get to talking about the weather "predictors" and when we will have a window to escape. (It has been unseasonably warm here but of course that is about to change. By Wednesday the temperatures will be in the twenties.) Then we go back to our day to day living both of us hoping we will be leaving next week but trying not to plan or count on it. Praying and keeping our fingers crossed just the same.

Thursday, November 28, 2017

I picked my granddaughter up from Girl Scouts and as we were walking to the Jeep the sky off to the East was a beautiful pink. By the time we drove down to the Lighthouse to get a better view and picture the color was starting to fade.

The clouds did have a little of the pink left when I snapped this.

Saturday, December 2, 2017

I decided to make a batch of Meat Pies, I have not made this many in a few years. Though there was a time I would make no less then 14 pies, for when we had family and friends over during Christmas Holidays. The last few years I have only made a couple but since I had the time and the space I went for it. The two largest will go to my brother, Frank, who is always there to help when we need him and watches the house when we are gone. The littlest ones are for our daughter and we will take two medium ones with us and one will stay here in the freezer. I do not remember a Christmas Eve without meat pie it is a family tradition.

"The most treasured heirlooms

art the sweet memories of family."

~unknown

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Tuesday, June 6, 2017

Time Goes By

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Tuesday, June 6, 2017

Today our son, Thomas, turns 33 not sure how that happened seems like only yesterday we were standing in the International Terminal at Chicago's O'Hare Airport looking down through the glass at a tiny 3 month old bundle. Now he has a beautiful wife, Nadine, and three little bundles of his own. Time does fly.

Happy Birthday, Thomas!

Thomas and Nadine with their three children.
Left to right: Marcella, Jonah, and Noah

The dandelions are just about done.

Lilacs in our back yard.

Our granddaughter, Charlotte, brought
me these the other day from a bush
where they live.

Our granddaughter, Charlotte's, spring recital. There was no need
for an arrow to point to her. She is the one on the right all by
herself. Her mom does not know why the teacher did not have her
move in closer but she was just over there singing and dancing
away, as were the other kids, but she was having a ball.

I was holding Adelaide, our youngest grandchild, who is
10 months old a couple of days ago and took this picture.
I was sitting there enjoying the moment.
Over the last seven years I have held each of our grandchildren
as they slept and savored every moment.
I remember holding our son and daughter and as I sat
there I kept thinking about how fast the time has gone by
between this age and 33 and 31.

Took a ride down by the water yesterday. There was good breeze
and when I got out of the Jeep I could see the seagulls floating
in the wind.

Below is information about a restored light house here in Escanaba. It is open for tours in the summer months. They also have special events during the holidays. I toured this on field trips with our children along with a museum next door. Tom and I were just saying we need to take the time and take the older grandkids for a tour.