Tag: New York

Family

A Birthday to Remember

Two funny things happened the week of my birthday. Not funny like ha ha, but funny in ironic timing. My birthday was the lucky Friday, December 13.

Tags aging, back pain, birthday, Family, Friends, Jiminy Peak, love, Massachusetts, New York, work

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Hikes with Family and Friends

Post author By Chrissie
Post date 11/14/2019
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Hikes are great. Friends are great. Family are great. Put them together? Perfection!

Tags Beach, Family, Friends, Jiminy Peak, Massachusetts, mountains, nature, New York, Photography, Pond, Southwick State Park, summer, Utah, winter

fall

Autumn in the East of the US

Post author By Chrissie
Post date 10/15/2019
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I was going to write about WordCamp Rochester and our weekend in Niagara, but I’m going to bump those to another time so I can respond to @elfidd’s comment on my Wonderful Weekend With our Kids post. Fall colors? Here you go 🙂

Tags autumn, East coast, fall, Fall colors, Fall leaves, Jiminy Peak, leaves, Ma, Massachusetts, New York, NY

Nature

Porch Work and Companions

Today I had a few meetings and mostly email responses for work so I took advantage of the fact that I didn’t need two computer monitors and worked from the porch. A few weeks ago, a robin was busily making a nest in a bush right outside my porch window. Today, to my delight, I […]

Tags Birds, birds feeding babies, nature, nesting, New York, robins, summer

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Murals

Post author By Chrissie
Post date 11/08/2018
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I love cities, and I’m particularly fascinated by the murals that brighten the buildings. Here are some from my travels. Montreal Buffalo, NY North Adams, Massachusetts Lisbon

Tags art, buffalo, buildings, Canada, Lisbon, Montreal, murals, New York, travel

Family Nature Summer Walk

Inspirational Quote

It seems from the time my dogs are puppies they are continually trying to win my heart and I theirs. What a joyous relationship. Robert G. Wehle Wouldn’t it be amazing if we did that with all humans, too? Imagine a culture where we were all trying hard to win each other over by […]

Tags Dogs, inspirational quotes, Lake Ontario, New York, Stats Parks, wehle

British Columbia Canada Family Grand Meetup

My Homes This Week

From our company Grand Meetup in Vancouver to home in northern NY to working while camping at my favorite beach (Southwick) to relaxing with friends while camping at Cranberry Lake in the Adirondacks. Fantastic week.

Tags Adirondack, Beach, camping, Canada, Friends, New York, Southwick, Whistler

Leftovers in the Neighborhood
Neighbors Shawn and Holly had a fun idea for a street party on Sunday. Early in the afternoon they suggested we bring leftovers to share, and the response was a resounding YES! We converged at the appointed time and began laying out our dishes on a long folding table on Shawn’s lawn. As soon as […]
Logan’s Exuberance
Neighbor Shawn had her hip replaced, and she was back home less than 24 hours after the surgery. I was stunned and thrilled that it was so very quick. Logan (10) stayed with us while Bob picked her up. We didn’t know exactly when things were happening, so we walked to the creek. That’s where […]
England 40 Years Ago — July 28, 1980
We are about to go out to McDonald’s! John treated us to Wimpy burgers last night, and it cost over $10!! That hurts. [It’s a matter of perspective. In 2007 I’d be thrilled to feed fast food to five people for only $10, and in 2020 I’d faint at the low price.] I wrote before […]
An Honorable Retirement
The gardening gloves were about two years old and still enthusiastic about working. In fact, they resisted retirement. They were permanently curved, ready to pull weeds at a moment’s notice. They chose to be among plants for their retirement photograph. We would have made a much better team if I had been more than a […]
Logan Walks with Us
John and I were walking about an hour later than usual, because we ate breakfast with grandson David before he went to work. As we neared the stop sign, we waved at a passing car that we hadn’t recognized. We heard running footsteps, and there was neighbor Logan (10)! He and his parents were returning […]
Chicken in a Bible Study
Four neighbors gathered for a Bible study, sitting outside six feet apart, following COVID-19 restrictions. Nobody batted an eyelash as cat Jasmine wandered through. However, when chicken Ariel hopped in our midst, we all but cackled. It was fun to have one of God’s creatures join us briefly. I looked in a concordance to see […]
England 40 Years Ago — July 20, 1980
[If you saw the original letter] I’m sure you can tell at first glance that our possessions arrived from the US. I found the typewriter, but not the proper paper or magic eraser gop from Loraine [John’s secretary in New York]. I’ll be eager to see if more replies come now that you can read […]
Logan’s Plastic Face
Neighbor Holly shared some squash and a cucumber from her garden, sending Logan over with a heavy bag of veggies to let me choose what I wanted. I thought that a novel way of sharing in these viral times. While he was on my porch, he asked if he could come over to visit, and […]
Can I Help You?
It would be nice to have a warning when fast food customers are going to be rude or demanding, acting like “Friday People”. Grandson David would never be goofy to a customer, but he fantasized about his approach if he knew a Friday Person were coming to the counter. He morphed into a goofball in […]
England 40 Years Ago — July 13, 1980
Talked to a fellow in church today who has an American wife. They are aware of weather in the States, and they say they (we here, I mean) get a watered-down version of your left-over weather borne on the Gulf stream. It’s watered-down because everything is so damp here. If it gets hot here, I’ll […]