Sunday, January 5 We left Mark and Diane’s hometown in a bit of snow – about 6:30 am. Some trees in higher elevations were snow-covered. Leaving Maine Going through Hartford, CT. It was shortly after this picture that we called in to listen to our home church’s morning worship service. After reading Psalm 23, Carl […]
Saturday, January 4 A cold, winter Saturday Their neighborhood – outside a kitchen window. Mount Washington is just beyond the horizon – many miles – but it can be seen on a clear day if you walk up the hill behind their house. It was a delightfully, lazy day. We (Mark, Diane, Cerwin, and I) […]
Friday, January 3 One of our first stops of the day was at Big Al’s Super Values near Wiscasset. Hannah, Cerwin, and Diane – in front of the building. In a few days they would be closing for the winter, so had everything marked down 25%. We each found a few good deals. The red […]
Sunday, January 12 Sunday School – Subject: Solomon – 1 Kings 8:14-21; 2 Chronicles 6 – Teacher: Kevin Longenecker The Ark of the Covenant represented God – God’s Power. Since God now dwells in us – and not in the Ark – do we recognize and represent God’s power? Even the false god, Dagon, fell […]
Thursday, January 2 I was delighted that a male pileated woodpecker came to Mark and Diane’s suet feeder quite frequently during the day – especially morning and evening. They are crow-sized – about 18″ long – and often make a lot of noise. Diane recognized the sound when he was at the feeder – which […]
January 1, 2020 We left the house just before 5 AM for our trip to Mark and Diane’s house in Maine. New Year’s morning is a good time to travel. We were on the road for fifty minutes before we met other traffic. 🙂 This picture was taken on I-78 – not a back road. […]
Tuesday, December 31 This is what happens at our house when it’s the last day of the year and we are leaving the house for five days. End-of-the-year-clean-out-the-refrigerator-soup. 🙂 I started out with a pound of hamburger, 2 cans of diced tomatoes, a small bag of uncooked rice, a bag of frozen mixed vegetables, a […]
Monday, December 30 Have you ever been guilty of saying, “I can’t wait until it stops raining – then I will be happy?” But because of your attitude, you fail to notice the beauty of the day. I have – and forgot about that part of my life until today when I was adding thoughts […]
Saturday, December 28 Visiting. Clockwise at table in foreground: Kate holding Hudson, Rob, Jessica (with their twins Isla and Iris), Kevin, Becca, Andi and Molly. Chris and Dot talking in the background. Clockwise at the table: Karen (black vest), Brenda, Nancy, Katie, Cerwin and Dale. Nancy (my sister), Dale (my oldest brother), Brenda (married to […]
Saturday, December 28 Time to eat! Foreground: Karen (Marlin & Nancy) and Brenda (married to my brother Steve). She is holding their granddaughter Elise (Vince & Kate). Jared and Ian preparing to make waffles. Front Center: Kristen, Amy, Jana (Jere & Kristen). Center three: Jana, Heidi (Kevin & Amy), and Deb. On the right foreground: […]
Saturday, December 28 – 9:00 AM This brunch was made up of the five Hershey siblings, our children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. Names of the five Hershey siblings for future reference: Doris, Dale, Clair, Nancy and Steve. It was a beautiful morning as we prepared our things for brunch at Manheim Brethren in Christ Church. We […]
Roy delighted us by taking a short “street trip” to show us a few landmarks around our nation’s capitol. Cerwin doesn’t remember ever being to the Capitol Hill area and I don’t think I was there since going along on a school trip with Deb when she was in grade school. Roy told us the […]
Thursday, December 26 Display of photo winners in National Wildlife Federation’s Photo Contest – continued from a previous post This photographer was at the right place at the right time. At first I thought there was no photograph in this frame. 🙂 I wonder how this happened. Was the turtle closed in it’s shell and […]
Thursday, December 26 We arrived at American Association for the Advancement of Science building at about 1:45 PM. Deb’s friends who traveled to Washington DC with us: Ryan, Bernae, Katie, and Pop Pop. The cover of the National Wildlife Federation brochure that listed information about the exhibit and the 47 photographers who gave permission to […]
Thursday, December 26 We stopped at the Lititz Post Office with the last TFC Global bulk mailing of the year – on the way to Roy and Deb’s house in southern Lancaster County. (Sam Rittenhouse, this is your mailing.) 🙂 This was the group who traveled to Washington DC with Roy and Deb. Left to […]
