Twelve

Twelve years ago Monday, my first grandchild was born. His Daddy surprised him with a special present. But, I don't think he will get to use it on the hills of Hollister. Grandma will probably be seeing him every weekend.
Surprise!!

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And away we go. I think Sister was more excited than he was.

Then & Now

Maybe I won't have to tell Helen where this was taken.

Beaver Dam

On Dry Creek, not White River. Actually, there are two dams in the picture. That little line at the end of the water in the top part of the picture, is another dam just like the one in the middle.

Walking to Springfield

I started keeping track of the daily miles I walk one month ago today. In that month I have walked 85 miles. It is 86 miles to Springfield, Missouri, so tomorrow I will make it to Springfield. The last two days I have done the 4 mile walk to the Red Barn and back, 4 miles. You know it is only 5 miles to town. I guess I could walk to town and get groceries. That would be a good way to diet. We might not eat so much if I had to carry all the groceries 5 miles home. All our food would have to be 'light'.

Then & Now

A story from Lois

Lois talked a lot about her brother, Virgil. If you remember, a year or two before he died, Virgil broke his hip while helping load cattle. I think he was about 85 years old at the time. As Lois told it:

Virgil was working the tail gate to the stock trailor as they loaded the cattle. As Virgil started to close the gate, one animal tried to get back through the gate and knocked Virgil down. She tired to get him to let her take him to the doctor, but he would not go until they got the cattle loaded. He sat on a barrell and watched until they were finished and pulled away with the cattle. Now, could she take him to the doctor? Well, not just yet. You see he had fallen in the barn yard and was a mess. He insisted he had to change clothes before going to the doctor. She said she had a terrible time getting his clothes changed and getting him cleaned up.

When they got to Berryville, the doctor said his hip was broken and sent him on to Fayetteville. There, they had to put a pace maker in his heart before they felt he was strong enough to withstand the surgery for his hip. It was several days later before they actually operatored to fix his broken hip. He said it never did hurt.