Mother's Day went swimmingly with lots of flowers, remembrances, delicious food, and good wishes for Kris. Group Dinners was hosted by the Boyntons. Our anniversary present arrived early: a new set of HexClad cookware, which, by the way, is wonderful! I am alway skeptical of change, but this is good stuff. Cousins Breakfast was a bit sparse with Millie recuperating from knee replacement. Morning walks went well, though not nearly as long and frequent as a few years ago. Memorial Day was actually nice: many of Hanks progeny were out of town, so the crowd was smaller than usual. We got together with descendants of the Lovely Lovlies, our parents lifelong friends. Jim Calder had some wonderful old slides his father, Uncle Ham, took. He shared them all on a thumb drive. I'll share some here.
Mother's Day bouquet from Dickie
A visit from Madeline for Mother's Day
Filet mignon, celeri remoulade, haricot verte, and
a baked spud (no fancy French name)
As the Italians say, "A tavola non s'invecchia:" One never
grows old at the table
Maiden of voyage of the HexClad
I need a tutorial on taking selfies
It's not Timp, but Loafer is also great
Memorial Day with (would you believe it) a reduced crowd
Darling Child with his little brothers, and Tony below
These four grew up together
Anniversary flowers for both of us
Oldies but goodies from Jimmy Calder: click on them twice to fully enlarge
The Hill about the time I was born: the Calder home was
built about where the second telephone pole is,
our new one was just past the road that takes off to the
left across from that
Looking up at Liechty's (we said it "Lithy") from Calder's lot
Looking north to uncle Lynn's house (left), and Uncle
Bud's house right - enlarged you can see Hanks
basketball hoop mounted to a phone pole
Jim and the gentle Pinto, Kit and the infamous pole fence
that Jim had to paint it with lindseed oil before he could
play - it took weeks!
L to R Dickie, George, Stephen carrying Kreg
Father Henry carrying Kreg
Ladies of the Literary League - Alta, front and center
That's all folks.
OXO
D.
