IRENE OVER

if you want to see what irene looked like around here go in the shower and turn it on and open your eyes...that how she looked like out the windows...we received heavy rains and winds most of the day started around 3am sunday morning and lasted into the late afternoon...we received over 2 1/2 inches of rain ...of course not as much as places down state and in other states but enough so that we don't have t water the garden...

there was only 1 fire call for a large tree across a road so larry was busy with that for awhile..the fire house is also a place for evacuees can go in case of needing a safe place...luck would have it that it was not needed...but there were provisions in place just in case...

lots of spples have been blown down for the trees so we are going to have to pick them up and take them to the woods for deer food...as a matter of fact momma and her twins were in the back yard this morning but they were after the pears and not the apples...

we have talked to friends who live on the eastern shore of maryland and irene did not do as much damage as she could of...they had put up everything as high as they could get it and even moved their cars to higher ground..bill was up all night moving his boat and making sure the water wasn't coming over the breakwall and they would have to leave...so prayers and lots of preparation helped them out...

irene could have been much worse than she was and thank the good lord she wasn't ..now comes the job of trying to return back to normal...hope all's well with all who affected in one way or another by irene...

BACK YARD VISITORS

our deer family seem to be regular visitors lately ...maybe it is because the apples are falling down and they seem to like them...so it has been fun to watch them grow up..if you rememvber earlier in the spring i posted pictures of them and you can see that they are getting bigger....we have watched them romp around some turkeys that are also coming to the back yard but i have not had a good chance to take any picture of them...

we ran away for a few days earlier this week and it sure was nice to get away and not have to think about everything we need to get done before the snow flie or i should say the ducks and geese start flying and hunting season opens up...

the garden continues to [produce some yummy veggies tomatoes are strting to ripen but not enough to think about canning/freezing any of them yet...just enough to be able to eat daily...

THE RENUION

ok now about the renuion.....there were about 40 or more who attended and again a fun time was had by all...one is of the whole passle of us who were there except doug and margareet who had left by the time a group picture waas ecided to be taken...

first thou we took a sibling picture of the five of us in order of age ahhahahahha...

lisa and mellissa came down from watertown and it was good to see them again this summer...mellissa is getting excited abut starting a new school ahhahaha ...she says not but i do think she really is but then that is grandma talking....they only made it a day trip as andy had to work...sorry andy

my cousin terry brought a huge bin of pictures that a lot of time was spent going thru and trying to decied who was who...some weere of our grandparents and of course our aunts and uncles as kids and growing up...also there were picture of us a kids so that was fun going thru them and of course a lot of laughs were had over them...again another fun time was had...

same time same place scheduled for next year...so the fun will begin again...

FAMILY CELEBRATION

LAST weekend we attended the saulsgiver renuion back in jamestown and of course i met cousins of lar's that i had never met before and a fun time was by us...

then this weekend we attended the tracy renuion but first we got together at sister chris house...sylvina and stu came in but first they picked up andy in syracuse where he was flying back from a peace corp assignment...it was good to see them all...sylvina has taken up the hobby of quilting from mom and she has been very busy doing her thing...she made lar and i a quilt a couple of years ago which we have on our bed and i think i put it on our blog...this time she had done quilts for doug and margaret in civil war material as you can see...then she also had one for chris and sam done in a family tree design as chris is in to searching out the family tree...she also had made a wall hanging for dan for him to hang up when he goes to wood working/carving shows etc...and a good time was had by all on friday night