I went out to mow the lawn and got caught in a summer shower. Now I have time to write in my blog and post on Facebook. Friday night Pete and I attended of graduation of two grandchildren, Lydia and Conor from Hartford. It was a nice ceremony, rather short since there were only 43 in the class. It wasn't hot for a change. Conor claimed high honors and received over 10 awards. He will attend Sienna College in the fall. Lydia will attend Plattsburg State in the fall. Hartford has two extra ceremonies to their graduation since they are a small school. One is a rose ceremony where they have a rose bearer, usually a small child, who presents the rose to the graduate who in turn presents it to their mother. The other is a candlelight ceremony where a sibling received an unlighed candle to be lighted and passed on by the graduate. See the attached photos. Saturday, Pete and I started out early to help with the graudation breakfast/brunch being given at Mark and Mary Beth's home in Hartford. They are Lydia's parents. I had prepared two large egg, ham and cheese casseroles the day before and baked them early Sat. morning. It was a huge success with many creative egg dishes, pastries, mimosas and deserts. We left there late morning to attend another graduation party for a friend. It was fun since we kept seeing many of the same people. Then in a summer shower, we left Hartford for Conor's party in Glens Falls at his Aunt's house. It is a lovely gracious home with a heated pool and large shady deck. The kids went swimming, we just parked ourselves under the awning, indulged ourselves with steamed clams, bloodymary's and burgers. Another successful party. Back to Hartford to feed Sebastian before going to another friend's college graduation party in the evening. By then, I was drinking bottled water and falling asleep. Four parties in one day is too much for this old gal.
Early Sunday morning found me cutting up fruit to take to early service at church for fellowship time. Another friend brought coffee cake. That too was a success. Just as I arrived home from church, I had a call from Kate and Will, grandchildren, coming back from NYC announcing they would like to stop by. I truly love drop-in visitors although I had to really scrounge around to feed them but we managed quite nicely. I just absorb their love and companionship - two blessed young people. Will is attending Lasell College in Newton, MA in the fall. Kate is out of work right now but is in the process of re-inventing herself. Everyone has to do it sometime from age 30ish through the mid-forties. She has been a nanny for many years.
Pete stopped by and offered to take Sebastian and I for a ride to Wells, Vermont where we can buy fuel that contains no ethanol. We like that for our lawn mowers etc. Also VT fuel prices are lower than NY's. One of our favorite things to do is go for a late day ride to view all the wildlife in these parts. We stopped at the mkt to pick up a few things for supper, came home to my house where I grilled veggies. I then served crab salad on my fresh garden lettuce and made a dish of coleslaw. We have both consumed way more food on Saturday than we needed so having a light supper was just the ticket. After watching the sun go down from the porch, Pete went home to an early bed (he was out half the night before on a fire call). Bash and I crawled into our bed and were soon fast asleep and none the worse for our graduation weekend.
I have decided to put the MH back on the road even though it means a fairly large expeniture to do so. I really feel the best place to sell it is in the south so we will take it to FL in January. I will need a driving assistant since my eyes are not good enough to drive the entire distance. Call me crazy but hopefully I can find some work in the Naples area. I need to be close to my dear friends Sharon and Brent who are enduring chemo for his cancer which has gone to his lungs. Please dear readers, hold them in the Light of healing to the level of that which is appropriate or in other words, God's Will.
Strawberry season is upon us. We haven't picked yet due to the rainy weather. When cherry season begins, I will be back working at Hick's Orchard. I haven't started my stone wall yet but hope to get that going soon. I have a long list of things to do.
The first image is of grandson Will and granddaughter Kate; second is Conor and his brother Dylan; third is Lydia and brother Thad.
Have a pleasant day.......
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