Still Around

Well, we are still around and kicking,  Good Lord willing and the creek don't rise we will continue doing what we want.

First I want to thank Jimmy from http://jimsulliv3.blogspot.com/ for the TAC AWARD.  I must explain that what I do I do for others and not so much for me but I do get great enjoyment from being a part of a great bunch of guys and gals traveling to Hospitals, nursing homes, cafe's and other places.
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.Thank's Jimmy !!
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I also want to make sure that I take the time to thank Jack and Cher at http://shipslog-jack.blogspot.com/ for his posts and all the others that blog regular as it keeps me occupied reading. 
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We are still playing, I played with Marks Group and we had the Nursing Home Cat entertained for most of the performance, Old Cat just sat there and watched us!!!
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The above 2 pictures were taken at the Christian Café Coffee House, this young lady did an awesome puppet show and a beautiful Chalk Drawing, she really didn't want her picture taken but relented as long as we didn't put up her name, we were lucky to get her as she is booked till fall.
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Above I played with the "Friends Of God" for the Opening of the new Assisted Living Facility which was desperately needed here, it is a beautiful facility.
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We attended the Marriage of Figaro Opera at the Syracuse Opera House, Anna Mae's brother, Marcus Astafan is the Director and we had awesome seats, Marc travels around the country putting on Opera's, New York to Colorado to Alaska. 
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We celebrated my Brother Jim's 80th Birthday, Above is Jim, Janice, Bev, me, Roland,  Missing is our brother Donnie who passed away last fall,  Brother John who is in Virginia battling cancer and Brother Ronnie who was away.  It is John, Jim, Janice, Donnie, Beverly, Gary, Roland and Ronnie.
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We traveled up into the back woods to Belfort and Opened us a Church Service at Camp Oswegatchie, the FFA Camp.
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This is the back of us  playing Hymns and Praise music in Getman Building.
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Above group is the " Hay Seed Bandits" from Utica New York who traveled up here to preform for free for this fun day for the FFA or "Future Farmers of America Event.
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The FFA sells small Rubber Ducks for $5.00 a piece and raises about $35,000.00 on this event.
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Some of the little Yellow Ducks, after the Race the ducks were sold to anyone who wanted one.


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We were asked to play and enjoyed the beautiful day.
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Nice Crowd.

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We joined the Bandits and kicked out some nice Tunes to the crowd of about 2,000 people.
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It was a God Awsome Day and I am so thankful I am able to do what I do.
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Still Around !!

Well, I am still here, have not been on much but have been following everyone on their blogs and entries.
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We made it out of here and had a couple weeks away from the snow and cold and got to Myrtle Beach, SC for a nice break.
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I saved a Starfish from a tourist and threw it back into the Ocean.
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We enjoyed the time out and about and really liked the sinshine and warm weather.
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The road home back into New York State was paved with "Ice and Snow" !

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We got together at Church and did some Hymns and enjoyed ourselves.
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We played in Watertown for a Coffee House Café night and were joined by some fellow "Friends Of God" players to entertain !
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Anna Mae filling up the Bird Feeders, it was cold and bitter outside!
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We played for a Group and one of the people there dragged out his "fiddle" and joined us for some foot stomping, hand clapping tunes for the folks.
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We are as you can see still in the grips of winter!!
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Above we played for the Home for the Aged and had a great time !
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Well, its time to get settled in and relax and get ready for "Sunrise Service at 6:30 tomorrow Morning at the River then Church Service at 10AM and then dinner with the daughter.

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We colored Easter Eggs with the Grandson today and had a good time and didn't make too much of a mess,

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Don't forget our Veterans !!!



COLD OUTSIDE

 

 

Well, it has got cold,  I mean COLD, it was 15 BELOW ZERO this morning, it was 7 BELOW at 10 PM last night.

This is the kind of weather where you walk outside and your nose freezes shut, the coldest we have up here was around 1974 when it got down to MINUS 52 BELOW ZERO !!

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That is the kind of weather you just stay inside and eat.

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Well, we have been helping My Honey as much as I can, we are walking, (INSIDE) for about 10 minutes every couple of hours.  She is still on the monitor,  wears it 24 hours a day for a while longer.

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We went to our Cardiologist this morning for checkups, he says we are doing OK but wants to monitor Anna Mae another week just to be on the safe side, I have to wear a mask or scarf when I go outside to avoid any problems with the COPD and CAD.

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We went over to the Carthage Skilled Nursing Unit Tuesday night, and man it was cold, about 5 below zero, you have to go early so the guitars can warm up or you cant tune them.

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We played for the residents and they enjoyed it all most as much as we enjoy doing it.

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Karl does a good job on "In The Garden" .

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We get a lot of enjoyment out of doing this, also the residents enjoy it also.

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I am using the new Dell 17" laptop to do this post as the Toshiba is going down the drain, we both have new Dell laptops and are trying to get used to Windows 8, as soon as we do they will change it.

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Everyone stay warm!!!

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Don't forget our Veterans, those who are serving and those who have served.

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Winter is COLD

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It has been different so far this winter, we started out with no snow, then just before Christmas we got cold and snow, then in January we got our January Thaw as usual and the snow melted and lots of green grass, now it is cold, it was only 9 above this morning  and so far today has not gotten abobe 15 degrees, gonna get cold.
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We are still up North, Anna Mae has developed some Heart problems, she is much too young for this, she was in the Emergency Room, then the Hospital on monitors, IV's and had some medications changed,  she now has on a 30 day monitor for awhile, it records issues and sends them to the Hospital thru a phone line.
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One option is going to Syracuse to St. Joes and have to have ambulation which means a wire into the heart to look around or possible having other procedures such as a Pacemaker.   Hopefully it will be just some Medication changes. 

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This winter is not like last winter, we have more snow now than they got all last winter.
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My Toshiba Laptop is slowly Dying, it will not let me upload pictures to my Blog, I ordered 2 "Dell" Laptops, I still have my Dell Tower I bought in 2001 and it still works so l am going back to "Dells" , 1 for me and 1 for Anna Mae.
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Hope everyone is enjoying the Winter and staying Warm.
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Please Pray for us as we enter a 2nd Term with Obama as President, also please pray for us in New York State as our Idiot Governor has signed a new "Assault Rifle" Bill,.

Please keep our Veterans in your Prayers!!!   

Peace River Florida

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I saw my friend Jack's post at Shipslog about the Peace River,  We left New York with the Green Old Ford and our camper home, this was what we had to live in along with my camp up in Barnes Corners.  We went to bed with a cool evening but during the night it got cold and snowed, this picture is the morning we left for Florida.   The Old Ford needed a rear main bearing and used a bit of oil, we put in a quart of oil every 600 to 800 miles, she was a good old truck, we made it down and back and down and back to Florida several times, this was 1989.

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We ended up in the Peace River Mobile Home Park at 29208 Snook Circle off Turbak Drive which is outside Punta Gorda on Highway 17.  We met John Turbak who was a Hillslboro County Deputy and nice man who always brought us oranges and grapefruit.
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We sold our camper and bought this 10 X 55 Trailer, it was a beauty, Maple Cabinets, full bath with tub, closets, all furnished with 2 air units and a 10 X 30 Patio and well landscaped. 
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The park was mostly people retired from up in Michigan, our neighbor was Bert, he had every tool, drill, bit, nut, bold and screw you would ever need,  he took us fishing every day and later on when he traded boats he GAVE us his trade in for us to use.     Every night he would bring Anna Mae over a fresh popped bag of PopCorn.
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The fishing was excellant, the Peace River was Salt and farther up turned into Brackish water and then is was fresh water, there were some Indian Burial Grounds up in the fresh water section and it had some beautiful streches of white sandy beaches scattered about, all you had to look our for were Alligators and Sting Rays.  We caught a lot of little Sugar Trout and Catfish.   Even a few sting rays.    I helped a man in the Park with Crab Pots and we always had fresh crab to eat.
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We left the park after a year or so and went back to New York to the Cold and Snow for some unknown reason.   Probably "Nuts" !!
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A Hurricane came thru some years later and trashed this beautiful park, we checked in on it several times on our last trip down and it is a DUMP, beyond anything I would want to move into again.
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We have had lots of cold, lots of snow and plenty of sickness but hope 2013 turns around for us, we might not make Florida due to funding caused by Medical Bills but are trying to at least get to Myrtle Beach hopefully in February.
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We sure do have snow this year.

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Never forget, Remember our Vets !!!

Closing out good old 2012.

HAPPY NEW YEAR  and Welcome 2013.

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Well, we welcome another year and hope 2013 is "Great Year" !   Hoping everyone has an awsome New Year.

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I shoveled out St. Francis under the fuet feeders amd gave the birds some food.
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Anna Mae cleaned out the neighbors feeder for her.
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Above we set and enjoyed a nice Christmas Dinner and some quiet time togeather.
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Our Grandson Brent, our new Grandson Zack who married out Grandaughter Shannon and Anna Mae Christmas night after dinner sitting around, Zack and Shannon areout in South Dakota where Zack is a Crew Chief in the Air Force.
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My Son in Law, Ed in green, in the back is our tree, and our new 42 inch television.  If I got to stay here this winter I am gonna have something to watch, and it takes up less room than the old klunker we had.
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Above is 2 of Our Grand children.
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I cooked a nice Large Pork Tenderloin for the residents here at West Side Terrace, we served it with Salt Potatoes and Green Beans and Apple Sause.
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This is the table of the ones who helped me set up and serve the meal to help end 2012.
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Everyone enjoyed the Meal, if you look behind us in the window you can see how high the snow had piled up.

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Never Forget, Remember out Vets !