Halloween Cookies and Black Cats.

Well today we had our annual "Cookie, Donut and Cider" day,  we had cider and coffee and decorated cookies, we have done this for a few years now and it is a lot of fun.


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The staff bake about 700 Sugar Cookies, provide sprinkles and coloring and let us go.
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Above left is Doug in plaid, Doug is a Veteran.  Linda, Pam and Darrell,!
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Nathan, Bruce and Jim waiting for cider.
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Jim and Ellie with some of the frosting we used up decorating cookies.
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Edie and Kathy decorating cookies.
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Jean, Mary, anna and Mark.
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Al is a Korean War Veteran, Shirley works here and Pam.
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Bruce, Jim who is a WWII Veteran and Dennis.
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Some cookies we made then ate !!!
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Dave is a Navy Veteran and his wife Grace.
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These 2 "Cats" are our Building Manager and Assistant who do all these great things for us.
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Don't forget, Remember our Vets !!!
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What beautiful weather we are having up here in the "North Country",  is was 72, sunny and no breeze,  my daughter Sabrina and her Husband Ed went swimming in the Black River yesterday.
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I sat down and weeded and cut back the Glads, thinned the Hen's and Chickens, potted some coleus and hens and chickens for a lady upstairs and disturbed a bed of "wolly bears" !
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The "wolly-bears" say it is going to be a long snowy winter by the amount of brown and black on them.
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The hanging baskets are still growing and blooming .
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.Our ground plants are still in bloom and surviving, we have not had any killing frosts yet!
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We played for the Skilled Nursing Unit at Carthage Area Hospital and the residents enjoyed the music, Millie turned 105 years old, Richard, Paul and Fred enjoyed the music, David sang along and the ladies did some toe tapping and clapping, what a pleasure it is to be able to do this for the residents.
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HAPPY 238TH BIRTHDAY 10/13/13/ TO THE US NAVY.!

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Well another beautiful day, sunny, over 70 degrees, shorts and t shirts and a beautiful day to spend outside.    It is archery season but deer are no where to be found.
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We went down to the Black River  and walked the park to enjoy some quality time togeather.
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We re parked the Camper and set it on boards and tilted it for winter storage, will set it up once more to put moth balls inside to keep the mice out.
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I have never seen so many acorns as I have this fall, the trees are loaded with them, so many the squirrels and chipmunks pass them by, squirrels look really fat.
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We went to JHRECK Subs today and got a sub and went down to the Village Park and had a little picnic. 
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We drove around and noticed there are lots of apples, we found this tree right beside the road, normally the apples are small and tart, these were large, bright red, and sweet.
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The trees in our yard are turning and  going bare.
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                       Don't forget, remember our Vets!!!
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