Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Family Reunion Part II

 So many fun activities near Phoenix X!  Across the street was jet-skiing, a dolphin cruise, and a restaurant and hermit crabs.  Roman brought home what he thought was a shell from this area, but when it crawled away, we discovered it had a crab inside.
 Game night found cousins of several generations playing Mad Gab one night.
 Our team of just 5 of us (versus 8 on the other time) was victorious.  A sample card is below---the team needed to read it and figure out what it really said.


 With so many teachers on our team, this one was a piece of cake (attention deficit disorder)
On one of our early morning walks, we met Austin a fisherman.  He had already caught one flounder and whiting.  He was so sweet and let Roman help him reel fish in.


 Then, on our way back, we saw another hermit crab crawling across the dunes with a rhinestone glued to his shell---Bling became his name.  Other items found on that morning walk were a quarter with all of the silver buffed off and a can opener with the point up! (Yes, we found shells, too, but. . . )
The next day, we went across the street again and found even more hermit crabs.  All but one were returned to the canal before leaving.  Although all were offered to cousins, only one was taken home.



Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Fry Family Reunion Part I





We love going to Phoenix X where we have stayed about 6 times over the past 8-10 years.  We have never stayed in the same unit twice which makes life interesting.  While this condo had an abundance of sharp knives (at least 20) and remotes that we had no ideas what they went to all lined up in the master bed room, it was lacking containers for left-overs.

I could use each of the compartments of the Snowman Servette or store food in bags. . . .We were solo in the 3-bedroom condo until the Lewis' family came around midnight.  The next morning Roman, Rebecca and I went walking on the beach and around the condo---Tom and Donna came that afternoon.



Between Two Worlds

Most of my life, I've considered it fortunate that I was just ahead of the Baby-boom. Generally, the Baby-boomers were born between 1946 and 1964 after the fathers returned from World War II. It was a huge population explosion that has reverberated through American society.

This blog will be part history, part memories, part reflections of a retired teacher, but active "Senior". I have always felt like I straddled two generations forming a bridge. Sometimes I think like a baby-boomer, but sometimes I'm locked into my parents' Depression era thinking. I'm a dichotomy of two eras. But, I'm always ready to try something new---so here I am dipping my toes in the water of Blogworld.