Spring Updates

“Happiness is spending time with your grandchildren.” -Anonymous

Spring is fun in Pennsylvania. The yard seems to explode with new things every day...we can practically see the flowers growing. The only downside this spring has been all the rain. We’re hoping for a dryer summer. With all  the rain and cold weather we didn’t get The Pearl in the water until May 12. Stan spent two days at our winter marina getting the boat ready. He pressure washed the dinghy and the deck and gave the bottom a new coat of paint. This is the first year I didn’t go to help...I stayed home and played with family. I think after 15 years I deserved the time off.

Being at the house also means we get to spend lots of time with our family. Since Stan was busy with the boat and Kyle was on duty Saturday and Sunday night Brytanie and I spent Mother's Day weekend together. We had a great time enjoying two days of sunshine and picnics.

The rhododendrons on the side of the house were very pretty this year.

The grand kids love to help around the house.

Their  favorite place to go when they are in Lewisburg is Sweet Frog.

Launch day was May 12.

This is our ninth year to be at Allan Treman State Marina. Hard to believe.

We finally made it back to the boat on May20. But rain chased us back to our house in a few days.

We spent Mother's Day at the Purple Cow Winery in Bloomsburg. Great weather, great food from a lobster food truck, great scenery and great company. The perfect way to spend the day.

Graham's first band concert...another bonus for living close to family.

The Older I Get

The older I get

The more I think

You only get a minute, better live while you're in it

'Cause it's gone in a blink

And the older I get

The truer it is

It's the people you love, not the money and stuff

That makes you rich.

And if they found a fountain of youth

I wouldn't drink a drop and that's the truth

Funny how it feels I'm just getting to my best years yet.

The older I get

The fewer friends I have

But you don't need a lot when the ones that you got

Have always got your back

And the older I get

The better I am

At knowing when to give

And when to just not give a damn.

And if they found a fountain of youth

I wouldn't drink a drop and that's the truth

Funny how it feels I'm just getting to my best years yet.

The older I get

And I don't mind all the lines

From all the times I've laughed and cried

Souvenirs and little signs of the life I've lived.

The older I get

The longer I pray

I don't know why, I guess that I've

Got more to say

And the older I get

The more thankful I feel

For the life I've had and all the life I'm living still.

by Alan Jackson

Winter Updates

"In the end, I'm not as interested in what you have to tell or sell as in how you choose to live and give." - Cory Booker

We have migrated north and are waiting for the weather to warm up, but while we're waiting we are enjoying watching our yard come alive, spending time with family and enjoying being in our house. 

Our trip north was pretty uneventful. We drove straight through so we could stay ahead of a front moving east. Our reward for doing this was watching the full eclipse of the moon. We left Rockport around 4:00 PM so we would miss traffic in Houston. The only real issue we had was a wreck outside of Victoria that blocked the highway for about 45 minutes. The eclipse show was beautiful and we were able to see the blood moon come up the following evening as we arrived in Pennsylvania. 

Before leaving Texas we enjoyed visiting with family and friends and even got to watch our family run in the Whooping Crane Strut. Our granddaughter ran the 5K and our daughter in law ran the 10K. They both did amazing. We were very proud of both of them. We also enjoyed eating at some of our favorite seafood restaurants.

Just one of the amazing sunsets we enjoyed from the deck of Texas Pearl.

Winter visitors in Rockport.

One last girls night at Janice's beach house was fun...old friends catching up on our separate world.

Fun at the Whooping Crane Strut

We spent a fun day with Earline and Kenneth in Lockport...visiting and playing with their animals.

My last fun in the sun before we headed north was spending the day with Janice and her grandsons in Port Aransas.

We have spent lots of time with family since we returned to Lewisburg.

Visitors to the yard.

You will have to zoom in to get the full effect of these photos. Our yard changes daily. I am taking pictures every Wednesday and here is the progress over the first three weeks.

A few of our early blooms.

Happy New Year 2025

"There are five important things for living a successful and fulfilling life: never stop dreaming, never stop believing, never give up, never stop trying and never stop learning." -Roy Bennett