Yesterday, I had a nice surprise. My daughter Connie and granddaughters Joy and Amelia drove up from the countryside to visit. With hospitalizations, death in the family and weather, I had not seen them in a while, and as you might expect, they were full of news.
Joy has a new calf to raise at the farm where she works summers and on school breaks (she is on spring break at the moment) from Virginia Tech where she is in the agriculture program.
Amelia is getting her graduate degree in Earth Science at the University of Virgina. She says she taught her first classes on the water cycle at a local high school this past week. We had much to talk about because I had not seen her in a year, and Amelia like me, is an avid reader and interested in science and religion. In fact as it turns out, we have both taken graduate courses on the Reformation Era and History of Science. And while I read about WWI this spring, she is reading about theology.
Joy’s new calf. Alas, a bull and destined for the dinner table.
Connie says she will take part of her inheritance from her dad and travel West with two of her girls, visiting a few of the national Parks, stopping in Denver to see her stepdaughter Sarah and driving over the Continental Divide to California where she will link up with her brother Richard in San Diego. She has never been West she says, although she has been West and I have the photos to prove it, ha ha.
Highway in old new York State (posted by Arlene).
Oh no..they are going to eat that cute baby….
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Happy Spring. Lovely visit. My kids tell me that if they went someplace when they were too little to remember then it doesn’t count!
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No email from you yet. Waiting,,,,,,Ommmmmmmmmmmmmmm…..LOL
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Sent you two comments with the info.
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Yes, on George’s phone. He pays no attention to numbers he doesn’t know, so I didn’t get the info, And good morning to you.
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Awww, the calf is too cute to end up on a plate! Congrats on your weight goal. I met mine three or four years ago and work very hard to maintain it. Sometimes it’s not easy, especially living in Cajun country.
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Good for you. I’ve kept the first 25 pounds off for two years. Hope too lose more and keep it off.
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I hope you enjoyed the nursery! Congratulations on the weight loss – well done and good luck with your upcoming surgery.
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Thanks Sarah!
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I would love to visit San Diego and Santa Barbara some day. I lived in Los Angeles and San Francisco back in 1969.
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We might have crossed paths in San Francisco. I was there en route to Hawaii. Connie and the girls will travel up the coast to San Francisco from San Diego. They are planning on visiting the missions. Also Wendy’s mom and sister live in northern CA.
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Enjoy your visit to the park.
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We never got there. I got lost in cyber space!
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How lovely to have your daughter and granddaughters visit. As for the pounds, congratulations. I am doing my best to follow suit. Thanks for stopping by. The pictures are a little different because I was having trouble with placement and for some reason the cyber gremlins wouldn’t let me do what I wanted to do. It was either leave it the way it was or delete the post and do it all over again and I don’t have the time to do that lately. Have a great week!
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The cyber bullies are at it again!
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Oh, what fun that visit was. Was she too young to remember? Yes, you can come visit your son and friends next winter when we are wallowing in sun again. Glad you lost those pounds; you inspire me. Have fun shopping she says waving at you.. 🙂
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Oh yes, it was great fun. Connie has been to California twice. Two trips…to and from Hawaii. Mostly, she saw San Francisco.
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