Month: April 2026
An Evening of Gospel & Bluegrass Music and Laughter
Saturday April 11 at Gehmans Mennonite School, Denver, PA The evening “Sound the Alarm” was a fundraiser benefit for Bowmansville Fire Company. There was also a nice variety of delicious food. The evening began with one of our favorite local bluegrass gospel groups, Tru-Vintage We have known Ryan Bomgardner for many years because of Ryan […]
A Beautiful Morning to Go Out for Breakfast
Saturday, April 11 Driving through Lititz This scene and the next were across the road from Ole Hickory Grille, Lancaster. We thoroughly enjoyed breakfast at Ole Hickory Grille with friends from Cerwin’s hunting days in Potter County. Eloise, Phoebe, George, Glenn, Marv, Ronnie, Marv (Tex), and Cerwin. We enjoy catching up every four months. Cerwin […]
Follow Up on Cerwin’s Cataract Surgery
Tuesday, April 14 Dr Tien was very pleased with Cerwin’s healing following cataract surgery yesterday. I asked him two questions: You look so young, how old are you? He said, 35. Then I asked how long he has been doing cataract surgery? He said, 10 years. That means he started at 25! A nurse told […]
A Second Successful Cataract Removal Surgery
Monday, April 13 The nurse who marked Cerwin’s right eye and put about six eye drops in it. I am not sure what eye drop did, but I know some numbed his eyeball. Dr Tien came to mark his eyeball before surgery. Being moved to the operating room. We were glad to hear that it […]
Keeping an Eye on a Robin
Or, was it keeping an eye on me. Robins are usually easy to photograph because they are curious and watch me unless I get too close. This one was enjoying suet I had recently put on the suet holder. I use a variety of fruit flavored suet. Also peanut flavored. After a while it flew […]
A Great Awakening
Tuesday, April 7 We were blessed to see A Great Awakening at Penn Cinema due to an invitation from our financial advisors. Theater Room 5 was filled by others who also responded to the invitation. The first two photos are from the internet. I did not take my good camera so my pictures are from […]
A Few Scenes from Our Easter Lunch
Sunday, April 5 at Jere and Kristen’s house Beautiful fresh flowers Pretty tulip napkins Jeff, Roy, Ian, and Nicole visiting before lunch. Jere, Kristen, Austin and Jana (arriving with her delicious chocolate chip cookies) and Deb The ham, just after Jere brought in from the smoker – after “cooking” all night. Jere has become quite […]
Beautiful Tulips from My Secret Sister
Easter Sunday, April 5 There was a note in our church mailbox that the tulip on the table behind the mailbox was for me. Oh, how I love this color. Being a secret sister at our church is so much fun.
A New Birdfeeder
When I noticed that a few of our birdfeeders needed replaced, I began looking for two replacements. You may remember the colander/sieve that I bought at a secondhand store. I didn’t find anything else unique, so purchased this one on Amazon. I like that it is double layered. A pair of finches were the first […]
Cerwin’s First Cataract Surgery was Successful
Monday, April 6 Cerwin had an arrival time of 8:45 am this morning with surgery scheduled an hour later. In the above photo Cerwin was being prepped for cataract surgery on his left eye about forty-five minutes later than expected due to the surgeon running late. The surgeon had several surgeries before Cerwin’s. Shortly after […]
Bluejay Visitor
Bluejays are regular visitors all year round. They like our bench feeder, because there is more room for their large bird bodies.
It Is Good to See Northern Mockingbirds Again
It doesn’t seem that I saw mockingbirds during the winter, so I checked with Google to see if they migrate. Google said they don’t make full migrations but do move south if they live in the northern part of the United States. We had a cold winter, so it was a good idea to move […]