Today Tasha and I are going on a 50 mile bike trip. We get up at early so we can get to Burton, Ohio before the start 0800 start of the ride. The ride was called "A Sunday in June". It was put on by a Cleveland area bike club. There were over 1,000 riders. It was well organized. The ride is through Amish farm country. The terrain is rolling with green fields and many nice Amish farms. The weather was sunny and cool, perfect weather for bike riding. 1/2 way through the ride we got lemonade and cookies and after the ride we had a pasta dinner. It was a very pleasant day. Like Michigan, Ohio is thought of as a rust-belt state but Sunday's ride showed Ohio's other side, beautiful rural areas. The town of Burton is a picture postcard Midwestern rural town.
For dinner Tasha and I ate outside at a local tavern. It was very pleasant. I get to bed by 8PM because Monday is a busy day.
June 14, 2009 with Grandmother Hughes in Venice, Italy. Today Grandmother visited Dodges Palace, she crosses Bridge of Sighs to Prison. In the evening she visited the Lido again.
Ossineke, MI this date in 1938. GG wrote that he worked in garden in morning. Also working were the Mrs and Julia. (GG always called GGM, Mrs.) GG called of Geo W. Kettlerhe will cultivate garden tomorrow. (yesterday GG got Roy Wilds to cultivate. I am confused.)
Monday, June 15, 2009
Saturday June 13, 2009
Tasha and I sleep in until 0700. Our first order of business is to head to the Westside Market. On Friday the West side Market was featured on NBC's Today Show. Al Rooker visited the market. The first thing Tasha and I do is buy an apple fritter. They are number 1. Tasha buys some fruit. We then head to Home Depot so Tasha can buy some dry wall picture hangers and tomatoes plants.
When we get home I take out the weed wacker and start trimming the edges on Tasha's lawn. After this task I start up the lawn mower and start mowing. I am so frustrated with the mower, Tasha bought it at a garage sale, that I give up and we head back to Home Depot to get a new mower. We got a super duper mower that is good on uneven ground. We assemble the mower, and after several unsuccessful attempts to start the mower, we read the manual and it fires up. It did a great job, especially on some uneven ground.
While Tasha is at a work related lunch, I notice a long handled spade in her garage and start removing grass between the stones in Tasha's patio. The spade works great and when Tasha gets home she takes over from me and soon we have all the paving stone areas cleaned up. The yard looks great.
For dinner we head to a British Pub that we had visited on an earlier trip. We were surprised at how empty the place was for a Saturday night. I hope it was a fluke because the place has good food and a nice atmosphere.
June 13, 1927 with Grandmother Hughes in Venice, Italy. Grandmother Hughes wrote: "visit St Marks, lace and glass factory, in the afternoon go by steamer to the Lido".
Ossineke, Mi this date in 1938. GG worked in garden in morning. He drove to Wilds, engaged Roy Wilds for Wednesday to cultivate garden. Home all afternoon.
When we get home I take out the weed wacker and start trimming the edges on Tasha's lawn. After this task I start up the lawn mower and start mowing. I am so frustrated with the mower, Tasha bought it at a garage sale, that I give up and we head back to Home Depot to get a new mower. We got a super duper mower that is good on uneven ground. We assemble the mower, and after several unsuccessful attempts to start the mower, we read the manual and it fires up. It did a great job, especially on some uneven ground.
While Tasha is at a work related lunch, I notice a long handled spade in her garage and start removing grass between the stones in Tasha's patio. The spade works great and when Tasha gets home she takes over from me and soon we have all the paving stone areas cleaned up. The yard looks great.
For dinner we head to a British Pub that we had visited on an earlier trip. We were surprised at how empty the place was for a Saturday night. I hope it was a fluke because the place has good food and a nice atmosphere.
June 13, 1927 with Grandmother Hughes in Venice, Italy. Grandmother Hughes wrote: "visit St Marks, lace and glass factory, in the afternoon go by steamer to the Lido".
Ossineke, Mi this date in 1938. GG worked in garden in morning. He drove to Wilds, engaged Roy Wilds for Wednesday to cultivate garden. Home all afternoon.
Friday June 12, 2009
Today is the day I head for Cleveland to visit Tasha. It is about a 4.5 hour car trip. In order to keep alert while driving I perform my exercise routine a 2/3 capacity. It was a nice day for a drive. I stop at Cabela's in Dundee. The store was jammed. I got to Tasha's house at 4 and she got home from work a little after 5 PM. We have dinner at a local tavern that has a fresh perch Friday night special. It was good. Tasha and I had a pleasant evening. I turned in early.
June 12, 1927 with Grandmother Hughes in Italy. Today Grandmother Hughes left Florence for Venice. She arrived at 5 PM. She spent the evening at St Marks Square. Grandmother Hughes is staying at Casa Petraca. It cost 48L per day.
Ossineke, Mi this date in 1938 (Sunday). Great Grandfather Sanborn wrote: " we drove to Laura's for dinner, took Laura and Ann to Ossineke. We went to ball game, Greely Grange vs Spratt and Nicholson Hill vs Hubbard Lake, took Laura and Ann back to Alpena. (GG must have been a real baseball fan. My Grandfather also was a baseball fan and he would drag me to all the Hubbard Lake home games when I worked on his farm.)
June 12, 1927 with Grandmother Hughes in Italy. Today Grandmother Hughes left Florence for Venice. She arrived at 5 PM. She spent the evening at St Marks Square. Grandmother Hughes is staying at Casa Petraca. It cost 48L per day.
Ossineke, Mi this date in 1938 (Sunday). Great Grandfather Sanborn wrote: " we drove to Laura's for dinner, took Laura and Ann to Ossineke. We went to ball game, Greely Grange vs Spratt and Nicholson Hill vs Hubbard Lake, took Laura and Ann back to Alpena. (GG must have been a real baseball fan. My Grandfather also was a baseball fan and he would drag me to all the Hubbard Lake home games when I worked on his farm.)
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Thursday June 11, 2009
The cool weather continues. This morning I took a chance by riding to the MAC without rain gear. I made. As I was leaving the MAC I noted a voice mail from my electrian saying that he could fix my bathroom fan and put another outside plug in this morning. I headed home and sure enough I got all the work done. I now can use a shorter chord when mowing the lawn. I got to the Kava House very late today, 1:30. The DFP did not have any scandals to report. They are just worried about the Red Wings.
Tomorrow I head for Cleveland to visit Tasha. I packed this afternoon. I also took a short nap. This evening Nancy is having book club at our house. I had pizza and beer with Ed and Tom.
June 11, 1927 with Grandmother Hughes in Florence, Italy. All grandmother wrote was that she visited Pitti Palace and more stores.
Ossineke, Mi this date in 1938. Great Grandfather Sanborn wrote that David and I went to garden - hauled down quack grass. David sick. In afternoon we drove to Geo W Kittins, not home and drove to Vantanans about cherries.
Tomorrow I head for Cleveland to visit Tasha. I packed this afternoon. I also took a short nap. This evening Nancy is having book club at our house. I had pizza and beer with Ed and Tom.
June 11, 1927 with Grandmother Hughes in Florence, Italy. All grandmother wrote was that she visited Pitti Palace and more stores.
Ossineke, Mi this date in 1938. Great Grandfather Sanborn wrote that David and I went to garden - hauled down quack grass. David sick. In afternoon we drove to Geo W Kittins, not home and drove to Vantanans about cherries.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Wednesday June 19, 2009
Wednesday is my easy day. I slept in until 0645. I had breakfast at the Cheri Inn, hot cakes and eggs. The food was good but after I paid my bill and started to read the DFP the server refused to refill my coffee cup. This is the ultimate insult. Good bye Cheri Inn. My big decision this morning was where am I going kayaking. I decide to head for South Haven and kayak the Black River. The Black River runs through South Haven and outlets to Lake Michigan a short distance from downtown. I started paddling around all the boats docked along in river. The river area looks prosperous, a condo is located next to each dock. The condos all look new. I saw a few boats for sale but it did not appear to be more than normal. I did note one new multi level condo that did not appear to have any tenants. After paddling around the boats I headed upstream. It did not take long to reach a stretch of the river that was undeveloped. This stretch was quite scenic. I spent 3 hours on the river and paddled 7 miles. South Haven has done a lot with its downtown and I think Nancy and I will make a point of having dinner downtown.
After I got home I decided that I needed to stretch my legs. I took a 3 mile walk. Tonight Nancy and I watched a rerun of NCIS and then headed to bed. It is now 9:15 and still light outside. How I love this time of year.
June 10, 1927 with Grandmother Hughes in Florence, Italy. Grandmother Hughes wrote: " Visit Uffise Gallery and Santa Maria Del Flore, bill at Chapman is 173L (grandmother stayed at the Chapman), in the afternoon go to more stores and to Cooks to see about boat for Montreal, come home and have dinner in garden, buy tea and coffee outfit".
Ossineke, MI this date in 1938. Great Grandfather Sanborn wrote that he worked in garden until it started to rain and so he stopped at 1030. The rain stopped and he went back to garden. Worked in post office in afternoon.
After I got home I decided that I needed to stretch my legs. I took a 3 mile walk. Tonight Nancy and I watched a rerun of NCIS and then headed to bed. It is now 9:15 and still light outside. How I love this time of year.
June 10, 1927 with Grandmother Hughes in Florence, Italy. Grandmother Hughes wrote: " Visit Uffise Gallery and Santa Maria Del Flore, bill at Chapman is 173L (grandmother stayed at the Chapman), in the afternoon go to more stores and to Cooks to see about boat for Montreal, come home and have dinner in garden, buy tea and coffee outfit".
Ossineke, MI this date in 1938. Great Grandfather Sanborn wrote that he worked in garden until it started to rain and so he stopped at 1030. The rain stopped and he went back to garden. Worked in post office in afternoon.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Tuesday June 9, 2009
I slept in until 0630 this morning. I think it is the damp, cool weather. Today was sunny but cool. The high temperature was 66. I followed my normal morning routine. This afternoon I spent some time paying bills and reading. I renewed my California engineering registration. I wonder, given the bad economy in CA, if anyone would hire a 71 year old civil engineer who has not worked in the state in 42 years. After my office work I decided to cut the grass. I get very tired about 1/2 way through the cutting but I start thinking how much money I am saving by doing it myself.
Tonight Nancy has to work at Meijer's Garden. I will stay home and watch the hockey game. I will also read an article in Vanity Fair about Bernie's boys.
June 9, 1927 with Grandmother Hughes in Florence, Italy. Grandmother Hughes spent the day in beautiful stores (her words). Tonight she is having dinner in the garden.
Ossineke, Mi this date in 1938. Great grandfather Sanborn wrote that today was the last day of school. They had a picnic at the community hall. Dinner for everybody, ice cream. GG also worked in post office from 2 to 4.
Tonight Nancy has to work at Meijer's Garden. I will stay home and watch the hockey game. I will also read an article in Vanity Fair about Bernie's boys.
June 9, 1927 with Grandmother Hughes in Florence, Italy. Grandmother Hughes spent the day in beautiful stores (her words). Tonight she is having dinner in the garden.
Ossineke, Mi this date in 1938. Great grandfather Sanborn wrote that today was the last day of school. They had a picnic at the community hall. Dinner for everybody, ice cream. GG also worked in post office from 2 to 4.
Monday, June 8, 2009
Monday June 8, 2009
We had some serious thunder boomers last night. It was still raining when I got up this morning. Nancy is going to Mt Pleasant today to do a little gambling. I am following my normal Monday routine except that I wore my rain coat and pants when I pedalled to the MAC this morning. Today's DFP continues to report on the misdeeds of the Detroit Public Schools.
This afternoon I ran several errands and visited my favorite hardware store to get some washers for the sink drain. I put it back together and it still leaks. I also stopped at Best Buy to see if they had a Kindle. I want to see how a Kindle feels and works.
The grass was too wet to mow so I got out the weed wacker and trimmed the edges of the lawn. It is suppose to rain tomorrow so the lawn will really be long when it is finally dry enough to mow. Tonight after reading the GRP I read an article in Vanity Fair on Allen Stanford. He ran a ponzi scheme. I don't know why I am so interested in white collar crooks.
June 8, 1927 with Grandmother Hughes in Naples, Italy. Grandmother wrote: "leave for Florence arrive at 8 PM. Stop at Pension Chapman, rate is 40L including tax".
Ossineke, MI this date in 1938. GG worked in his garden in the morning. The Sunday School gave their play in our house, very good.
This afternoon I ran several errands and visited my favorite hardware store to get some washers for the sink drain. I put it back together and it still leaks. I also stopped at Best Buy to see if they had a Kindle. I want to see how a Kindle feels and works.
The grass was too wet to mow so I got out the weed wacker and trimmed the edges of the lawn. It is suppose to rain tomorrow so the lawn will really be long when it is finally dry enough to mow. Tonight after reading the GRP I read an article in Vanity Fair on Allen Stanford. He ran a ponzi scheme. I don't know why I am so interested in white collar crooks.
June 8, 1927 with Grandmother Hughes in Naples, Italy. Grandmother wrote: "leave for Florence arrive at 8 PM. Stop at Pension Chapman, rate is 40L including tax".
Ossineke, MI this date in 1938. GG worked in his garden in the morning. The Sunday School gave their play in our house, very good.
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