Saturday, December 23 We arrived early – when the “Hershey Christmas Committee” was preparing the Manheim Brethren in Christ Warehouse for our brunch. The committee consisted of those who volunteered last Christmas – our Jere & Kristen and Marlin and Nancy’s (my sister) daughters and husbands: Larry & Karen, Jason & Melissa, Kevin & Amy, […]
Friday Afternoon, December 22 It was good to see his truck coming in the driveway below our yard. He parked his trailer on a neighbors lot and brought the truck here. He is an over-the-road driver – based out of North Dakota – and pretty much lives in his truck. Because of cell phones he […]
Thursday, December 21 I never tire of our beautiful, winter sunsets – and this one was a beauty. The southwest sky was even full of color. Just above it was a pretty, waxing crescent moon.
It is fun to see the Downy and Hairy Woodpeckers again Female Hairy Female Downy They love our suet.
Wednesday, December 20 How nice it was to get cookies from Abby the other day. Love this kind of visit from a granddaughter. 🙂 They were delicious. 🙂
Monday, December 18 You may remember this photo from our family Christmas on Sunday, December 3 – our family’s charity choice – in place of exchanging gifts this year. Jeff and Chris where hoping to deliver the items, but their schedule was a bit hectic and busy, so they asked if we could do it. […]
Sunday Evening, December 17 Jeremy, Sami, with their grandma Velda (Cerwin’s sister). Our nephew Don and his wife, Gabi, hosted this evening drop-in for the High family who could come and say, “Hi.” to Dave, Denise, and Sami who were visiting from Minnesota. Mel (holding his great-granddaughter Izabella – the newest High family member), Velda […]
Sunday Afternoon, December 17 – 2:00 PM I expect this may have been a project by art class. Welcome by Mr. Joshua Weitzel, High School Principal Carol of the Bells by Momentum Mykola Leiontovych – arr. Stephanie Smith –Â Stephanie Smith and Chelsea Smith, Directors Inverno by String Orchestra – Shenna C. Shirk, Director Antonio Vivaldi […]
Saturday Evening, December 16 Then as I walked back to the house I noticed the sunset in our kitchen window. It was breath-taking.
Saturday, December 16 What fun to take these four out for lunch for Gloria and Diana’s 2017 birthdays. It was amazing to find a Saturday when none of them were working – and it suited us. Donovan! You are supposed to be looking at your menu. 🙂 After ordering – the waitress brought us a […]
Thursday, December 14 I love mornings when it has snowed during the night and I can see the tracks and designs in the snow. Lydia’s foot prints to her car. She is leaving for work at 4:15 am these days. Her car tracks. Looks like we had some tiny visitors. I haven’t seen a wren […]
Wednesday, December 13 Fruit basket and grocery box packing was finished when we arrived at church to pick up the one we were delivering. Everyone was told to arrive between 2:30 pm and 9:00 pm to pick up the item they were delivering. Fruit baskets were done in half and full pecks. Others were also […]
I enjoyed speaking to a group of ladies at Womelsdorf Mennonite Church on Tuesday morning, December 12. I took this picture while waiting for the ladies to arrive. I needed to trust my GPS, so made sure I had plenty of time. I didn’t have any issues so arrived early – about ten minutes before anyone […]
Monday, December 11 My 93 1/2 year-old-step-mother still drives, but is no longer comfortable driving in town or to new places, so I began taking her to her eye appointments in Ephrata. It has become a really fun time for us. This time she asked if I had time to stop at the Clay Bookstore […]
Sunday, December 10 It was a beautiful, cold Sunday.
