Lake Crescent P1010318AAA

Lake Crescent P1010318AAA, originally uploaded by manmaw.

We spent 10 days earlier this month in Oregon and Washington enjoying the beautiful sights that God created. We also ate so many oysters - another great creation by God - that Thomas had another attack of gout when we got home.

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MAINE WINDJAMMER CRUISE

 

This is Elmo

Tomorrow is Father's Day. The last time I bought a "Happy Father's Day Dad" Card was in 1977. I was only 37 years old and my dad was only 62. A lot of water has gone under my family bridge since that year. There have been marriages, births, graduations, new jobs, retirements, illnesses, divorces, and deaths.

But my thoughts of my dad are happy thoughts. In no particular order, here are some facts about my dad.

1. His father died when daddy was only 13 years old.
2. He was a Ford man. He had a black 1940 Ford Sedan when I was born. I was sad when he traded it in for a brand new 1950 Ford. I learned to drive in that Ford.
3. He carried me and my giggling girl friends to football games every Friday night.
4. He carried me shopping to buy dresses.
5. During WWII he was drafted when I was three years old.
6. He laughed at my antics, some of which my mother did not find amusing.
7. He only gave me one "whupping" that I remember.
8. He went down in the woods and chopped a Christmas Tree down every Christmas and I always went with him. I remember one year there was snow on the ground.
9. He grew up during the Depression. He went to 7th grade three years because he didn't have transportation to get to high school in town.
10. He loved and enjoyed my boys dearly. He never got to meet my grandgirls.
11. He and my husband build our first house.
12. His hair started turning gray when he was 25. I talked him into getting a flattop when I was in high school.
13. He could sleep anywhere - even sitting in a straight chair.
14. He loved to watch wrestling on TV. People who knew him loved to watch my daddy watch wresting on TV.
15. He got mad at me one time when I wore my bathing suit to the corn field to hoe corn. He didn't like the way I hoed corn either. He said "If you can't do it any better than that, just go to the house." But when I put my hoe down and started to the house he said "You get back here."
16. He didn't talk bad about other people. His favorite saying was "That's their little red wagon and they'll just have to pull it."

Don't You Buy No Ugly Truck