Distant cousins
Jul. 31st, 2025 10:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
silver_chipmunkStarted the day at 10:00, got up, had breakfast and coffee and showered and washed my hair.
Then I decided to take a walk, so I went down to the bank and looked at the lake which was very, very rough (we had serious rain and wind last night). From there I walked to the head of the road, and was just about to come back when Linda came by and offered me a ride.
So I found out she had been to the Newfane Library to use their printers and was heading back so I asked if I could go with her. So she went back to her cottage and I ran and got my purse and we went to Newfane. I liked the library, and I bought two books from the book sale.
Then she went to the post office and dropped me at Tops where I bought more milk. Then we came back to the cottage and by then it was almost time for the Eshelmans to arrive.
They got here at a bit past 3:00. We sat on the porch and talked for awhile and then we went to the Niagara County Fair. There was a group there with kangaroos!!! Cousin Bob paid for Diane and I to go in and interact with them, and it was really fun. They are small kangaroos, and some wallabys and a capybara, and some tortoises and an armadillo.
Then we walked around the fair to the animal exhibits and saw goats, cows, pigs, rabbits, guinea pigs and fowl. Finally we went in search of food. I got a beef on weck, and onion rings. Then we went for ice cream at the 4H stand. Yummy.
Then we left and came back here, and I Teamed the FWiB. We talked until 8:30 when I had to call Middle Brother. He is fine, went swimming Tuesday and is getting his hair cut tomorrow.
After that I decided to go down to the bank to watch the sunset over the lake, but I never got there because I ran into Carrie M and Trevor H having a discussion on the Fair. I joined in, and Trevor, not knowing who I was, invited me up on the porch. I said yes, and when he introduced himself I said, "Hi I'm N, your somewhat distant cousin". So we got the relationships straight (his grandmother was my grandfather's sister) and we had a very nice time. I met his wife, and daughter, and Carrie M and her husband Kevin joined us.
After several glasses of wine, and about an hour and a half of conversation. we broke up, and I came back here to write this.
Tomorrow I am going to take my annual walk to Olcott just to prove I can do it.
Gratitude List:
1. The FWiB.
2. The Eshelmans.
3. The library book sale.
4. Family.
5. The rain stopped and it wasn't to hot at the Fair.
6. The chocolate covered dried cherries I'm overindulging in.
Then I decided to take a walk, so I went down to the bank and looked at the lake which was very, very rough (we had serious rain and wind last night). From there I walked to the head of the road, and was just about to come back when Linda came by and offered me a ride.
So I found out she had been to the Newfane Library to use their printers and was heading back so I asked if I could go with her. So she went back to her cottage and I ran and got my purse and we went to Newfane. I liked the library, and I bought two books from the book sale.
Then she went to the post office and dropped me at Tops where I bought more milk. Then we came back to the cottage and by then it was almost time for the Eshelmans to arrive.
They got here at a bit past 3:00. We sat on the porch and talked for awhile and then we went to the Niagara County Fair. There was a group there with kangaroos!!! Cousin Bob paid for Diane and I to go in and interact with them, and it was really fun. They are small kangaroos, and some wallabys and a capybara, and some tortoises and an armadillo.
Then we walked around the fair to the animal exhibits and saw goats, cows, pigs, rabbits, guinea pigs and fowl. Finally we went in search of food. I got a beef on weck, and onion rings. Then we went for ice cream at the 4H stand. Yummy.
Then we left and came back here, and I Teamed the FWiB. We talked until 8:30 when I had to call Middle Brother. He is fine, went swimming Tuesday and is getting his hair cut tomorrow.
After that I decided to go down to the bank to watch the sunset over the lake, but I never got there because I ran into Carrie M and Trevor H having a discussion on the Fair. I joined in, and Trevor, not knowing who I was, invited me up on the porch. I said yes, and when he introduced himself I said, "Hi I'm N, your somewhat distant cousin". So we got the relationships straight (his grandmother was my grandfather's sister) and we had a very nice time. I met his wife, and daughter, and Carrie M and her husband Kevin joined us.
After several glasses of wine, and about an hour and a half of conversation. we broke up, and I came back here to write this.
Tomorrow I am going to take my annual walk to Olcott just to prove I can do it.
Gratitude List:
1. The FWiB.
2. The Eshelmans.
3. The library book sale.
4. Family.
5. The rain stopped and it wasn't to hot at the Fair.
6. The chocolate covered dried cherries I'm overindulging in.
