Had an awesome Fathers Day....

bittersweet....

my dad, Angie's, my sil's, my nephew's have all passed on and my dil's dad is in another state and suffering results from a severe stroke several years ago...

But for a few hours, church service, breakfast and visitng with them and that GRANDkid as she shared her first Fathers Day with her daddy all was well.

Mine was bittersweet too, Gary. It was Father's Day 1985 when my DH and I bought this old house that had been out of the family for over 30 years. My Dad was very touched and delighted. Why does 1985 feel like just ten years ago?

Originally Posted by EZMONEY:
Had an awesome Fathers Day....

bittersweet....

my dad, Angie's, my sil's, my nephew's have all passed on and my dil's dad is in another state and suffering results from a severe stroke several years ago...

But for a few hours, church service, breakfast and visitng with them and that GRANDkid as she shared her first Fathers Day with her daddy all was well.

Gary, you and others were so lucky to have your dads in your lives as you were growing up. My dad passed away when I was 17 months old. I have been ticked off about it ever since.

Yes, Bargoo, we are very lucky. I wish I could pass on some of my memories to you.

Hey! It's the longest day of the year. How can we celebrate? Is it too early for a beer?

Originally Posted by Ruthxxx:
....... Is it too early for a beer?

"you talkin' to me?" :)

I wouldn't have to ask if I were talking to you. Actually, I'm just in from a huge day of garden work (cutting trees along the fenceline) and am about to pop the cap of a CANADIAN brew! It's the real thing.

My dad passed away 5 years ago. But I got to see my son get married on Fathers Day this year. And my new daughter (-in-law) got to walk down the aisle with her Dad. It made a nice new memory. My daughter got to celebrate Fathers Day with her Dad. I got to watch my nephew-in-laws spend time with their young sons. Very nice Fathers Day.

My friend Glen has three grown children One lives in Virginia, 2 live in different cities in California. He got the same identical Father's Day Card from all 3. They didn't get together about what card to send, they were purchased at 3 different stores in 2 states. What are the odds of that happening ?

Originally Posted by bargoo:
My friend Glen has three grown children One lives in Virginia, 2 live in different cities in California. He got the same identical Father's Day Card from all 3. They didn't get together about what card to send, they were purchased at 3 different stores in 2 states. What are the odds of that happening ?

:D That happened to me once with my 2 kids but one was bought locally and the other in Minnesota, while my daughter was visiting family.

So tell us BILL....

is it a self portrait or is it Theo?

Originally Posted by EZMONEY:
So tell us BILL....

is it a self portrait or is it Theo?

Notice the missing ear !

spell check BARGOO...spell check....wink

geeezze . . . Not that we East coast folks ever wonder about California or anything, but just have to note that 'Whitey' Bulger, the most wanted violent criminal in Boston's history, has been found happily living in, . . . in . . . Santa Monica California - among the apricot trees and hibuscus blossoms.

Probably riding his bicyle in the San Francisco nude bicycle run. No wonder the FBI didn't recognize him.

Sometimes I'm very glad to live in Canada so I don't need to know this stuff.

Originally Posted by BillBlueEyes:
geeezze . . . Not that we East coast folks ever wonder about California or anything, but just have to note that 'Whitey' Bulger, the most wanted violent criminal in Boston's history, has been found happily living in, . . . in . . . Santa Monica California - among the apricot trees and hibuscus blossoms.

Probably riding his bicyle in the San Francisco nude bicycle run. No wonder the FBI didn't recognize him.

And the reason he escaped to California was because the Boston authorities wouldn't arrest him.

This started April 12 and it's still plodding along. Yawn!

RIP Columbo!

WEEKEND!

:carrot::carrot::carrot::carrot::carrot:

YES!

:carrot::carrot::carrot::carrot::carrot:

But let's have a coffee first and dance into it slowly. (Dumb carrots!)

I'm on my second cup of coffee....

Outside at the rivers edge, laptop and wifi... had an awesome breakfast burrito and walked the entire town of Downieville.... twice....a great way to kill 15 minutes!

Originally Posted by EZMONEY:
Outside at the rivers edge, laptop and wifi... had an awesome breakfast burrito and walked the entire town of Downieville.... twice....a great way to kill 15 minutes!

What are you doing in Downieville ? I didn't think you dedicated Southern Californians ever ventured to Northern California .

Post office (buy stamps), dry cleaners, library, lunch, buy fuel (he he, you didn't think I'd put "gas" on the list after lunch did you?), Sam's, ALDI, Publix, back to post office (mail letters), realized I missed one of the due books - back to library. Ran all the errands between bouts of rain. What happened to Saturday?

Your Saturday ran off with my Saturday. If they breed, we may get extra Saturdays.

Shall we try for Sunday? Sun would be nice - we've had four days of clouds and rain.

Originally Posted by bargoo:
What are you doing in Downieville ? I didn't think you dedicated Southern Californians ever ventured to Northern California .

Well Bargoo I do venture up here every now and then for work and pleasure...

and just to see how the other half lives....

which leaves me to appreciate the "south" even more ;)

Step daughter and some of her firebreak team from Americorp took us on an amazing and difficult hike yesterday...awesome....

Sitting outside our room again right now, river water splashing on my legs from time to time.....

there are some nice things "up" here...

but I'd never admit it in public......;)

And, if I'm not mistaken, they have a baseball team "up there" also; you might try to get tickets.

Sunday - still raining one and off, but we need it so it's appreciated.
Went to see Midnight in Paris.

Originally Posted by BillBlueEyes:
And, if I'm not mistaken, they have a baseball team "up there" also; you might try to get tickets.

It would take every bit of intestinal fortitude that Gary has to ever admit that The San Francisco Giants won the World Series.
San Francisco.......oh yeah ....San Francisco is in Northern California.

Originally Posted by bargoo:
It would take every bit of intestinal fortitude that Gary has to ever admit that The San Francisco Giants won the World Series.
San Francisco.......oh yeah ....San Francisco is in Northern California.

True story ~ this afternoon Angie and I were walking off some lunch and wine here in the downtown area of our hotel. We walked into a Thomas Kinkade gallery, while looking at some baseball ones he has done that I have never seen before, the gal comes up and says...."Oh, we have a Giants one in the back I could bring out for you".....

I will keep my comment back to her to myself....;)

Originally Posted by EZMONEY:
True story ~ this afternoon Angie and I were walking off some lunch and wine here in the downtown area of our hotel. We walked into a Thomas Kinkade gallery, while looking at some baseball ones he has done that I have never seen before, the gal comes up and says...."Oh, we have a Giants one in the back I could bring out for you".....

I will keep my comment back to her to myself....;)

OH ! I wish I could have been there !

Originally Posted by bargoo:
OH ! I wish I could have been there !

:D I wasn't that bad :) But I did tell her she said the wrong thing to open up a road to a sell .... found out her daughter lives in my city and her husband is one of our finest Troops....

still no sale.....;)

Looks like our "wine train" today may get :rain:

Gary, Are you sure you want to hang around Downieville ? I understand only one woman has been hanged in California, and that happened in Downieville.

California is a scary place, right? So far I've hesitated to visit. If I ever do, I'll make sure Downieville is not on the itinerary.

Originally Posted by Ruthxxx:
California is a scary place, right? So far I've hesitated to visit. If I ever do, I'll make sure Downieville is not on the itinerary.

You are probably safe if you don't murder anyone.

You'll be fine. California is actually very accepting of women with attitude.

Boston, on the other hand, has a dark history around that. A few centuries ago it seems local authorities agreed not to hang Mary Dyer provided that she leave town and stop saying that individuals had as much right to interpret scripture as Bishops.

She left. She came back. She kept saying. She was hung.

Apparently they used a refined definition of "religious freedom."

Back in 1851 in Downieville , Ca a young woman by the name of Juanita was found guilty of murder , convicted and hung the same day it happened , she was hung from a beam over the Yuba River.

If this thread doesn't show more signs of life, there will be a hanging in here!

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Originally Posted by Ruthxxx:
If this thread doesn't show more signs of life, there will be a hanging in here!

What is the proper attire to wear to a hanging, that is if one is not the guest of honor ?

I'd imagine one would wear the same attire as one would wear as guest of honour at a beheading.
Wills and Kate are in Canada now. I'll ask as their family has had experience in this field.