In January 2021, Sue sent along a cache of Garbutt family documents that Keri had been storing. They were from Mom and included some things from her brother Glenn and one or more of her sisters. They provide more detail about the Garbutt side of family, going back to George Garbutt who came to Georgia …
The 2005 Holiday saw a two-pronged party scene: bowling on Wednesday, December 14 and a party at (someone’s) house on Friday, December 16. And now, the party at someone’s house.
Part twelve of my ongoing journal entries about life in the time of the 2020-2021 Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. Previous posts: Part One (Jan-Mar, 2020). Part Two (April 2020). Part Three (May 2020). Part Four (June 2020). Part Five (July 2020). Part Six (August 2020). Part Seven (September 2020). Part Eight (October 2020). Part Nine (November …
Buster joined us in August 2005 and hung in there until January 2021, becoming our longest-lived cat. July 31, 2005 Once we moved into our new Pfefferkorn home, Barb and Allie conspired to get a new kitten. Barb learned of a woman who had a bunch of kittens available. On July 31, Barb and Allie …
Continuation of our trip from Denver to National Parks in Utah and Arizona. Part 1 is here. Tuesday, August 16 Per Stewart’s suggestion, we headed to Arches National Park in the morning and oriented ourselves at the visitor center. Our first stop after the visitor center were the canyon views near The Organ and Tower …
This was our summer of The Great American West, which I guess is a pretty much obligatory road trip for any American family. We took advantage of the Embreys being in Denver, a good place to start. We also stopped in to see Aunt Leona, Uncle Larry in Flagstaff near the Grand Canyon. I wanted …
Grandma and Grandpop were our first visitors at Pfefferkorn on July 19. Grandma persisted in her efforts to teach Allie knitting. Allie was a willing pupil for a while but I’m not sure she retained any skills. It was a little like most of her sports and music endeavors — learned that, move on. One …
June 29, 2005 at (Amy Hunsberger’s house?)
Photos from our house at 10316 Paddington Court, Ellicott City, taken April and May, 2005. We moved out in June. Exterior shots taken on April 16 when the lawn was mowed and trimmed and the tulips and cherry tree were in bloom. Interior shots taken May 12 when the house was all cleaned up for …
For Allie’s fourth grade Spring Break, Barb, Allie and I jetted off to Spain to see Maggie and get our first taste of the country. With Maggie living in Madrid, we felt like Spring Break 2005 was a good chance to visit the country for our first time. I had technically been in Spain before, …