Family Reunion

Right now it is raining and 74 degrees, we spent the day eating talking, taking pictures and enjoying our yearly Family Reunion which was today.

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We played this week at the new Summit Hill Assisted Living and Nursing Home.  Brand new and very nice.
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We enjoyed ourselves and the residents did also !!!!!
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Above is Karl and Patsy, Roger and Peggy, Anna Mae and me, these are the gals who haul guitars, speakers, cords, books and whatnot in and out of places we play to help us ease the load.
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Above is Jim, Janice, Beverly, me and Roland, brother Ronnie was home and couldn't make it, missing is brother Donnie and Brother John who recently passed away and were sadly missed today at the Wood Family Reunion.
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On our way home 2 motorcycles came upon us traveling fast and got on my rear bumper, they were trying to pass me but cars were coming and the shoulder was rough, directly behind them was a State Trooper with light's and siren on so I pulled over and let them all race by!!!

 

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A short ways down the road the Trooper had the 2 bikers pulled over, not visable in the picture is State Police Cars across the Road so these 2 had no where to go.
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Kind of gave me a few Flash Backs of some of my chases!!!!
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This week marks the end of the Korean War, don't forget our "Veterans" !!!!
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Summer Continues, Gardens, Fairs, Music

Hot and Humid is what we have been having so far this summer,  the Temps have gone up to 92 and high Humidity so it is sweltering hot.  We are lucky as our apartment here has an air conditioner we purchased when we moved in.

We have not done too much, I am playing a lot more and we are keeping up 2 gardens and we spend a lot of time at our daughters and we try keeping the grandson busy, our son in law is traveling for work, he has been in Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico, now he is up in Ohio.

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We played at the new Meadowbrook Assisted Living Facility for the residents.

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Peggy and Anna were joined by Ariel who was visiting and joined in  Liturgical Dance they were doing to the song "Jesus is a Rock" !!
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We went to Evans Mills for their "Strawberry Festival"  and were joined by John and his daughter Courtney doing some singing, Courtney just graduated from High School is off this coming fall to Bible College to take classes.  John is retired Military and has played in bands for a long time.
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Above you have a three armed guitar player, Roger is strumming the strings with his right hand, I am fretting the strings with my left hand, rogers left hand is thumping on the guitar to keep time and, we are singing!!!!!
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Above I played with Mark's Group at Country Manor and Marks Daughter Tiffany is a very good singer and sang a few songs with her dad as her brother Travis in white T shirt also joines them in a trio!!!
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Anna Mae and our Grandson Brent at the Lewis County Fair having a snack then off to the midway!
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Yup, Grandson is up there on this ride !!
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Brent and Grandma are way up on the top, I am on good old Mother Earth!!!
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We saw some fantastic livestock, these Holstiens were huge !!    It was hot in the barns with huge fans everywhere but it was very clean, lots of FFA kids very hard at work.

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All the stall's were very clean !!
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Brent on a Bungee Jump as he heads UP !!!!!

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These are the OXEN, they are Ben and Ox, they are 4 years old, go about 1800 pounds, this is their last year competing as they are going to the slaughter house, beef on the hoof up here is $1.86 a pound, I know the gentleman who owns these boys and he has 3 more teams in training,  this area is locked but he let me in to take my picture but I made sure I watched those horns!!
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Here comes my favorite at the Fair, Horses Team Work, I used to do this with my Grandfathers Teams and must say I was very good at it.
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This teams of "Paints" were very good but came in second!!!!
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The Grandson finishing out the day with one last ride!!!!!!!!!!
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Anna Mae checking one of our gardens !!!  Getting there but this heat is making us water more and growth is slow!!
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Hope everyone is doing OK!!!   Don't forget our Veterans !!!!!   Keep them in your Prayers !!!!
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Enjoying Summer

 We have had hot, humid, hazy weather,  but we stayed "Haze Grey and Under Way"!!!   It has rained and temps in the high 80's which is nice, we are ready for some camping after we get Doctors appointments out of the way!!
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We have had to stake up the peas and thin the turnips and tie up the tomato's in our # 2 Garden at the Daughters.
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We have had fresh lettuce from Garden # 1 at West side and it was great on sandwich's,  everything is growing OK!
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Friday night I played Solo at the Oswegatchie Coffee House in Gouverneur, New York and enjoyed a nice evening of music and Prayer!!
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We have "Cardinals", we have a breeding pair nesting near by and we have 3 young males as they are changing into bright red, we also are lucky enough to have a pair of nesting Blue-Birds which we can watch from the window, they took over the Swallows empty nest and the Red Breasted Grossbeaks are coming back.
We have a beautiful window to watch some of Natures Beauty from.
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Hope everyone is enjoying the summer!!!!
Don't forget, Honor our Vets !!!!!

Happy 4th of July

Hope everyone had a great 4th of July !!!!!!
I went to see my brother who was back in the woods at his Hunting Camp.  It is also a great place to park your camper and enjoy nature.
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I was in the Navy, my younger brother Ronnie was in the United States Marine Corps. "Once a Marine, always a Marine", Ronnie was shot up in Vietnam. End of story as he does not talk about it!!  He says he did what he was asked to do!  He is one tough brother and I am very proud of him. 
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We rode around the property which is near where he and I grew up, hunted and camped and played on, in the back ground you can see a large elec. transmission line.
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Ronnie, his wife Paula, My Honey and Me and 2 of Ronnies many grandchildren.
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Paula behind the wheel of her buggy taking anna mae, hayden and lana out thru the woods to hunt for lions, tigers and bears but only seen a few wild baby turkey chicks.
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.Hayden and I checking over a massive old pine tree while wandering where I did as a boy about his age.
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.An old melon head cutting up a melon for Ronnie's grand kids!!
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.My brother cooked us a delicious Prime Rib on the grill, home made Baked Beans with bacon strips, Macaroni and Cheese, Croghan Bologna and cheese curd and we ate like Kings and Queens.   We told stories, shared memories about the recent loss of our 2 brothers, and all in all had a great day!!!!
Wonderful 4th of July!!
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