Dreams from the past

This picture was taken when Judah was 2 or 3(he's 36 now). The other night I had a dream that I was looking off into the woods and calling"Judah,Judah, where are you?" And soon he came ruuning to me and he was wearing this outfit with the blue vest sweater I had knit for him. That's what looking at all these old photos does I guess.

Today is Stella's 4th birthday and she and her Mom and brothers and Aunt Anna went to Chuck ee Cheese for lunch which I am sure was great fun. Many hapy returns to Stella.

It all works now

In the posting I did on Sept. 2nd I said I was copying old slides and said I was including one of my mother and John taken at Christmas in 1950, but then I couldn't make it work. Since then a lot of tinkering by the computer shop and some help from niece Cindy as got things going at last.

I am thinking of Mom as I often do and especially as fall comes on. It was her favorite season and she loved the color changes. I will try to get a picture of the sumac which is extra brilliant this year and those red leaves were a specially loved cause that was her favorite color. It has turned sharply colder in the last few days. The orioles and hummingbirds have left and only a few of the female rose-breasted grosbeaks remain. The chickadees and nuthatches and woodpeckers are taking over and a few purple finches and chipping sparrows have appeared. That tells us the seasons are changing. Keep warm

Fall is coming

Our neighbors have one tree that always turns color way early and sitting among the green spruce and pine it is very beautiful and reminds us that the seasons are a-changing.
We have had pleasant sunny days in the 60's and even 70's while south of us they had 5 days of clouds and drizzle.
They still haven't been able to get my new printer software properly installed so I am taking it and the computer in tomorrow. I hope they won't need to have the computer more than a day, but I may be made voiceless for a couple of days. Surprising how handicapped I will feel.
We are still hoping for Josh and Holly to find their new home and for Anna to get a regular teaching job, but she is being called to sub.
We seem to keep busy. Had a great program on the Dead Sea Scrolls yesterday and have a big fall dinner coming up at church and later a dinner for donors to our North Country Health Services. I am on a committee for that. How's the weather where you are? Keep in touch,

what a cake

This flower "cake" came yesterday from niece Cindy and Pete. Isn't that neat and it smells wonderful. I had a fun birthday. We went to see the movie An Inconvenient Truth, not a laugher but very interesting and thought provoking and then to Appleby's where we had mushroom steaks that were so generous that we brought home enough for another meal.
Got phone calls from Mary and from all five of the grandchildren from their various locations and a couple of words from two of the great grands. "Hi" from 1 yr. old Tanner and "Happy Birthday Oma" from 4 year old Emma.
Josh's blog brought sad news about their house plan, but some darling pictures of the twins.
A beautiful bird calendar from Margy and a gift cert. for Office Max from the Wis. family added to my day along with email messages from a lot of friends and family. Thanks to all. 83 isn't bad so far.

A birthday week

Today would be my Aunt Mary's 125th birthday. She and my sister Hope and I all had birthdays within a week, the 2nd, 4th and 7th. My mother would make a cake and decorate it for us all. Somewhere I have a picture of the three of us when Hope was just a kid. Here is a picture of my mother with John at Christmas in 1950.
If you check Josh's blog you will see that they managed to find a house that meets there needs very well in Portland. They were able to arrange financing so they could make an offer even before their house sells so the family will be together soon. We all figured Stella was being a typical Drama Queen(our family spawns a lot of those) when she wailed, "I don't think Daddy's ever coming home!" but the way she reacted when she saw him showed that maybe she really was worried that he was gone forever.
Our Labor Day week-end is going to be cloudy rainy and cool, but we had lots of good week-ends over the summer and we really need the rain. Rejoice with us this birthday month. When we used to celebrate with my aunt we could not have imagined that now I am turning 83 and have 5 great grandchildren and Hope is 71 and has two grandchildren. Later this month we will celebrate the twins 2nd birthday and Labor on Labor Day!