Happy Halloween 2025!

Happy Halloween 2025! 

Raphael Semmes Stamp (Civil War Series) ~~ Issued 1995

 

Jennifer (Sharon's Daughter) ~~ Halloween 1967

 

Taco Vegetable Soup

 

First Grade Worksheet ~~ 1966

 

Mom & Dad Bathing Sue ~~ Late 1969 / Early 1970

 

It's The Season Of Spooky, So Get Your Halloween On! ~~ 2015

 

Grandma Letter ~~ Postmarked October 23, 1995

 

She wrote:

Dear Shelby,

Another beautiful crisp day.  It was 38F yesterday morning.

Do you have a stream near your ponds?  When you wrote "cows", I couldn't imagine you milking!!  Your Mom says they are not milk cows though.  I think the willow tree will be lovely.

Bunny says she is really not up on her crocheting.  I finally figured it out myself, after two weeks of ripping.  I have about 6" done.  It goes fast after you know what you're doing!   These are the two colors along with the off-white.  It is a ripple effect.

I have been working on the cross stitch between times.  It is doing very well and as you say it is lovely.

The visual field is where you look at a tiny light in front of you & when you see a light any where on the screen, you click a button.  The light could be any where but you must look straight ahead at the light in the center.  It is tiring!

Ruth & I went to the mall on the bus just for the experience.  We caught the bus over on the corner and it goes right over to the mall after going through most of Allentown.  Seniors have free passes.  

Is your Christmas cactus getting any sun?  I have one in the window in the hall.  The sun is really bringing out new growth.  

Well hon, I better close & get something done, so write when you can & love to you and Jack.

Love always,

Grandma

Helen (Dad's First Wife & Johnny and Sharon's Mother) ~~ 1940s

 

Our Completed "The Maple House" Jigsaw Puzzle ~~ October 2025

 

So True!

Colorful Tree ~~ November 2001

 

CARE Stamp ~~ Issued 1971

 

Our Completed "Countryside Harvest" Jigsaw Puzzle ~~ September 2025

 

Mom ~~ Williamsburg, Va ~~ November 1990

 

Mom, Grandma & Me ~~ Blue Ridge Parkway ~~ 1960s

 

No-Fuss Caramel Corn

 

Wind Chime In The Sun ~~ September 2025

Dad In A Motel Room ~~ Autumn 1982

 

Old Oak Tree Along Colonial Parkway That Was Stabilized With Bricks ~~ Jamestown/Williamsburg, Va ~~ Early 1970s

Dad and I used to pass this tree on our way to his boat moored in Gloucester.  The marker beside it indicated that it was over 200 years old at that time  This photo is taken at the base & looking upward.  

According to Google, the tree stands on Jamestown Road, a section of the Colonial Parkway that connects Jamestown to Williamsburg.  The bricks were found at nearby Historic Jamestown and made of local clay.  

The tree is still alive today!

Happy Halloween ~~ 2009

 

Grandma Letter ~~ Postmarked October 14, 1992

 

She wrote:

Dear Shelby,

Thanks for the nice letter.  I love the dog picture.  Our "Mickey" would get dirty all over.  He got up under the house & rolled in the dry dust.

My leg is still sore.  I have a big knot on it yet.

Yes, Ruth & I went out to lunch.  We went to the old hotel we used to have.  They really have changed it a lot!!  She took us up stairs that used to be our living quarters.  They knocked the walls out & made it into one big room for parties.  The floor was all the random width boards that were there when we moved in.  It is really nice.

We still have melons.  They are sold in half or quarter sections.

We get our flu shots this weekend.

Our Blue Cross is changing its format.  Fewer ways to pick.  I am taking one that is $40 over what I'm paying for it now.  But you don't have to have a $100 deductable.  They pay that.  So it has a few other "goodies".  Like home care when you come from the hospital.  It used to be $254 every three months.  When I started with Blue Cross, I paid $27 every 3 months.  Times are a changing!

Did you see the debates?  I enjoy them.  The poor fellow Perot has can't even talk.

Well hon, I better get this downstairs or I'm going to miss the mailman.  

Love always,

Grandma

Love to Jack!!

Young Lily ~~ October 2001

 

Walden Books Receipt ~~ November 1992

 

Back End Of The Pond ~~ Autumn 1998

 

Tis The Season!

More Autumn Decorations ~~ September 2025

 

Mom ~~ Mt. Moriah Cemetery ~~ Deadwood, South Dakota ~~ October 1978

 

Autumn Decorations ~~ September 2025

 

Porky Pig Stamp (Looney Tunes Series) ~~ Issued 2001

 

Tillie ~~ September 2025

 

Johnny & Sharon (Left) With Two Neighbor Boys ~~ Portsmouth, Va ~~ Late 1940s

 

Puppy Velvet & Gracie ~~ November 2019

 

Confetti Slaw

 

Our Completed "Nature's Collage" Jigsaw Puzzle ~~ September 2025

 

If You Were A Witch From Medieval Fantasy Which Animal Would Be Your Familiar?

 

Mine is the raven!

https://uquiz.com/quiz/VqBNcG/if-you-were-a-witch-from-medieval-fantasy-which-animal-would-be-your-familiar

Grandma ~~ 1960s

 

It's Fall Y'all!

 

The Colonel ~~ Autumn 2001

 

Grandma Letter ~~ Postmarked October 24, 1991

 

She wrote:

Dear Shelby,

I have just been out for my flu shot.  The Pa lottery pays for all over 65 that want it.

I was out to see Dr. Jones for my eye exam.  I go to the hospital Nov. 12.  You wouldn't believe what I can do & can't do.  Four pages of instructions.  Beckie will bring me home.  Harold can't see to drive at night & it will be evening before I get discharged.  It will be about 4 weeks before my sight comes back.  I don't know long it will be before I can drive.  They take the cloudy mess out of your eye & put in a little piece of plastic like a tiny contact.  Wires are attached to it & that secures it in the eye.  If things don't go just right, then they use a laser beam.  Harold had to have it.

I guess there goes my hope of coming down for Xmas.  I won't be able to wash my hair, bend over, lift anything  heavy, pull on anything.  I could go on & on but you get the idea.  I can watch tv, but very little reading.  

Well hon, write soon & let me hear from you.  Take care.

Love always,

Grandma

Love to Jack.

Mom ~~ Adventureland ~~ October 1983