Enjoying Ourselves

I have to put this picture on that was sent to me in regards to being in the Navy and learning to "March"  I was on a Frigate and there was not much room for "Marching" !!! 

  Thanks for the Picture "Chief" !!

It does bring back "Memories" !!

Things are going fairly well here for us Sno-Birds, 2 visitors that showed up this morning were 2 Sand Hill Cranes,  they stopped by and I got the chance to feed them some snacks as they wandered thru the driveway heading out back to the canal.

The other birds we get daily are what I refer to as Florida Chickens,  they come thru every morning, noon and night pecking away at the ground, fun to watch !!

The other interesting bird we have is we have an Osprey that likes the tree right next the house, he sits there with his fish snack he either scooped up out of the canal or sits on the ground and pulls apart one of the large doves he snatches.  He has an awsome cry and is neither afraid of me as I walk out under thye brfanch he claimed and just looks down at me and screams and goes on eating or just sitting there sunning himself.

Well, its 9:30pm and almost time for bed, I called up to New York and they still do not have much snow, just a couple of inches but the frost is in the ground about 10 to 12 inches, this is because there is no snow cover to insulate the ground, this could be bad later as this is an easy way to have your water lines freeze and bust.



Dont Forget, Rember our Vets! 

Fine Florida Fishing

Well, a nice day in Okeechobee Florida, spent most of it Fishing in the canal in the back yard, This first picture is of the Catfish I hooked, he was a good scrapper and almost lost him but the line held.

I caught the catfish, a pumkin seed, a redear and 2 shell crackers which was a nice way to relax and get some sun.

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This is "Pete" the Grey Heron, he shows up everytime I go to the dock to go fishing in hopes I will toss him a fresh fish.

I usually let most of the fish go I catch after I get their picture, this way someone else gets a chance to catch them, however I do keep specs and bass and catfish if I get a mess of them Here in this photp I am putting the fish back into the canal!

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Another Beautiful day here in Okeechobee Florida looking to the west watching the sunset.

Lets not forget our Veterans  !

SOUTH BOUND

We left New York in November and traveled around and ended up in Nashville,  Below is a picture of me " On Stage" at the Old Ryman Theater, home of the " Grand Ole Opry " and I picked and played ON STAGE where so many of my favorite country simgers performed, what an awsome feeling this was and such a humbling experience to stand where such greats did for years.

 We ended up in Sarasoto Florida for Christman visiting relatives before heading to Okeechobee Florida.

We went to the Beach at Siesta Key to watch a beautiful sunset.

Anna Mae decorating our Christmas Tree we brought with us from New York, we set it up at her mothers where we spent christmas.

I was doing OK but needed a little emergency tune-up so ended up in Raulerson Hospital for a few days, I did lose almost 20 pounds but am gaining it back.

This is where we are hanging our hats for a couple months while playing "Sno-Birds" !

We are doing some yard work, sprucing up and planting some flowers and a couple tomato plants to keep us busy !!

Thankfully I still can catch fish !!!

NEVER FORGET, REMEMBER THE VET !!!

Nashville Grand Old Opera

Well, we have traveled south and ended up in Nashville, what a place, we have been here a few days and are enjoying the sights.

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Anna Mae and I on Stage at the Grand Old Opera at the Old Ryman Theater.

This is some of the many displays we looked at.

Howdy Partner!!!

My Nashville Sweetheart !

Operyland USA ! ! !

Looks like 2 Country Music Stars!!!

Back Stage at the Ryman!!

My Grand appearance on state where I sang and played "I saw the Light" !!

We had a wonderfultime in Nashville and this area but its time to head further South. Hope everyone is doing OK and getting ready for the Winter.

Never Forget, Remember the Vets !!!

Fall is here

Well, fall is coming to Northern New York, we are lucky as we are still staying up in the 70's for temps and some sunny days, we were supposed to get rain for the last 2 days but it didn't come, instead it was warm, shorts and t-shirt weather.
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We have been doing pretty good, Anna Mae had her tests, cat scans, CT scans and others and has had some medications changed, her back is not all that great but then again neither is mine, we make a good pair !
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Well I see by the TV ads we are gearing up for another election, I am so sick of Politicians, most of them either Democrat or Republican are full of crap and self centered!!
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Well it looks like winter is coming, this picture was taked several years ago, it was in February, it was just a MILD -24 BELOW ZERO, I had on my rabbitt fur cap, long johns, insulated flannel lined pants, insulated top, wool shirt, LL Bean Jacket and thermal heated gloves.
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This is a far cry from the Picture above, I have been going out and doing some Treasure Hunting, I check out areas where people were a long time ago, like old rural schools, churchs, play grounds and cemetaries, it's fun and you find all sorts of things.
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Jonathan was home from Portland for a nice visit, him and Anna Mae are standing in front of our Morning Glory which did really well this summer.
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This is the Morning Glory in bloom, in the afternoon when it is out of the sun the flowers close up.
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This is one of the nicer blooms from the Morning Glory, If it had a place to climb it would have made it to probalby 10 feet tall, they don't like you to too much outside here for some reason but I do have a corner to use and the garden was great this summer.
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While out and about we came across this fence post and cut off utility pole dressed up way out on some back road.
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The soft maples are shedding at a fast clip right now as you can see, this is our view from our living room.
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This is our Soldiers and Sailors Monument Park, this area is one of the prettiest in the Village of Carthage for color on the fall leaves.
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Glad everyone is doing OK, Glad to see Ken is Home, Janc and Sherry are Home, Johnny is OK and BRB is OK, Jimmy is still crooning in Florida and the others are all right.
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. Let us not forget our Servicemen and Women and Veterans, Past and Present.
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Another Season

Well, the Geese are starting to head south as we can hear them psaa overhead, the leaves are turning brown, yellow, red and fall to the ground, the days are3 getting shorter and we turn the page to a new season. We are supposed to have a FROST on thursday this week.
We just celebrated our 22nd Wedding Anniversary, this was on Sept. 2nd.
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I want to wish Jack and Sherry a happy 55th and understand they are going on a cruise. I got a new laptop fopr the traveling and wwas going thru some old photos to transfer, I put most of the ones from the old puter on Data Sticks so as not to take up so much room but there are some I like to look aqt now and then.
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The above picture is of my 60th Birthday taken with my Honey in Key West on my 60th Birthday.
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The above picture is of our close friends marty and Penny and one of our all day Euchre Games.
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In 1981 I was fishing the Chesapeke Bay and would have had a Record Sea Trout except while reeling it in something ate the back half off. Fish this size no longer exist in the bay as they were over fished.
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This is My Legionnaire of the Year Award from the American Legion.
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This is one of my favorites, my Northern Pike caught up in the Adirondack Mountains.
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This was one of my finer moments when I was given my "Sailor of the Month" at Naval Station New Orleans.
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In this picture I looked like a little Boy.
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This was one of my first Guitars I had, wish today I had it back, $$$$$$$ !
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Hard to believe but I really was a "Little Boy" !
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I was lucky to have this picture taken, it is a picture of me as a baby and my Mothers Mother, My Great Grandmother.

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Well I hope this will post, for some reason my posts to my blog do not go thru, after I hit publish they go and I cannot find them so somewhere there out there!!

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If you cxan read this hope your cruise is a Great One Jack and Sher.

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Keep up the Singing Jimmy, Take care everyone.

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Done forget our Veterans.

New Puter

Well it looks like the "Old Dell Dimension 4400" crapped out, have not been able to get to many sites, email or other places, I finally unhooked it after getting the dreaded "WHITE SCREEN" and then nothing but balckness, I have hooked up the Lap Top I bought for traveling amd will see if I cam get this to working, it is different but will see.

I could not even leave comments on posts soill see what is happening here.
wish me luck !!!

Still around

were getting lots and lots of rainy cold damp weather, then it turned HOT, really hot and dry, first the farmers could not get into the fields to plow and then they dried out enough so they could.

Anna Mae is stillgetting the i njections in her lower back for pain relief and has had 6 shots on each side of her lower spine, that was 2 weeks ageo, she just had another set of 6 shots injected into the spine with some relief, she goes in 2 weeks and this time they will inject a material *(Liquid) that is 80 degrees warm, it will coat the areas where the pain originates, (Hopefully). I know the shots hurt her and they are black and blue because I see them when I take off the Banfages!

We are going camp[ing!!!! We have always had a place on Lake Bonaparte, we were there for 25 years and we are eager to get back into some camping so we dug out the tent and gear, heading out monday for 3 days in the woods.

I have started back playing the guitar and trying to pick back up on the Banjo, I am still having some trouble after the stroke with co-ordination but the guys I played with tonight didn't have a prob;lem with me not being able to finish some songs because I either got too tired or a little conmfused.

It was a great night, we played up in Philadelphia at the methodist church for a group tonight and it was well received.

Please keep our Service men and women in your prayers.

Glad to see the "SHIPS LOG" back out on the road, and also Jimmy;s "AREA 51" is very busy also.