Category: Marland
A very bad impersonation of the real deal by a well known painter from Iowa, which incidentally, is where I am from! Ignore the post on the railing that looks like a drumstick! 🙂
After having to sweep the snow off our sidewalk this morning, I got a longing to go see my Mother in Florida, and maybe play some golf! I guess it will have to wait till March!
Photo credits to my friend Ron!
2,476 Posts with 851 followers, and the most visited post being the  Bengali Village Girl . I appreciate all the support I have felt. I attempted to give you a window into my life through the photos! I think I achieved the goal I had for this blog. I haven’t posted something every day, as I did for he first years. I have learned a lot from many other bloggers. I appreciate all the comments many of you have made over the years. One thing I would like to improve on, would be the captions for the daily posts, and possibly adding a quote or poem to the photos. I have rarely, if ever had a post without a photo, and it will likely stay that way! Enjoy the next 10 years! 🙂
I thought this would be an appropriate photo, since my wife has faithfully walked by my side, supporting me as I take photos, and blog!! Including walking together on the Highline Trail, near Logan pass in Glacier National Park, Montana this past summer!!
It’s National “Take a Hike” Day!
And “Homemade Bread Day!”
I woke up 51 years ago, and realized I had heard the bluebirds sing!! I had first met my  wife the day before! The following ballad comes close to telling our story, though it was first recorded when we were 4 years old!  For complete rendition!
I met a girl out in the hills who gave my lonely heart a thrill
Her beauty seemed just like a breath of spring
And when I looked into her eyes I thought of blue mid summer skies
When I held her hand in mine I heard the bluebirds sing
“I Heard the Bluebirds Sing” is a charming ballad about a happy older couple looking back on their courtship. The song was first recorded on a 78 rpm record in 1952 by Hod Pharis and Little Anne, for the Vancouver-based Aragon Label.
Of course, since I was the photographer in the photo, the photo is not mine! Thanks, Susan, for this great photo!
Also enjoyed homemade apple butter on home made bread from a wood-fired oven!
Nostalgia: A house we called home for four and one-half years!
Grandpa and Grandson on a lake in Northwestern Ontario!
My wife made my day very special! Â I came home from a taxi run at Noon, which meant we went out to eat for lunch instead of breakfast! Â As we were leaving, I mentioned that the lawn looked like it didn’t need mowing! Â In the morning it was dewy, and I decided I should put mowing the lawn on my list of activities! It was a puzzle to me, until my sweetheart mentioned that she had mowed the lawn while I was gone! She surely got me that time! Thanks heaps, and looking forward to many more years together!
Our oldest grandson playing for the McKinley Bulldogs dribbles the ball while our youngest grandson looks on.
Our middle grandson (15), trying to outrun the Massillon Tigers players. I (Videographer), for this game am relaxing at the blue barrel, since my camcorder battery went dead with 90 seconds remaining on the clock. It was a sweet victory for  the Mckinley Bulldogs, routing the Massillon team 8-1 in the last game of the season. I can’t forget to give my dear wife credit for this photo, since she grabbed my camera and took some photos, while I was videoing the match. The oldest grandson did score one goal, though he was playing fullback!
Our youngest grandson (green t-shirt) dribbling the ball for the Canton middle school team. He managed to score a goal on a free kick, but the Fairless team won the match 5-3. Better luck next year.
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