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27th Wedding Anniversary

While the 27th anniversary is a significant milestone, our actual 45 years together speak to a deep, enduring love. This photo of us posing with our wedding cake at the Blue Parrot Restaurant in Avalon, Catalina Island, California, captures a special moment that holds a lot of meaning for us. It’s a reminder of the joy and celebration that marked the beginning of our wedded journey together — and the many more years of love, laughter, and shared memories that have followed.

What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. – Mark 10:9.

September 12, 2025 by Family Nostalgia

Covered Bridge in Barrackville

My Dad’s mother was born in Barrackville, West Virginia in 1891. We decided to visit her birthplace on our summer RV tour. Verna took this photo of the famous wooden bridge as we were driving through town. Click on the image to enlarge.

From Leo AI:

The Barrackville Covered Bridge is a historic wooden bridge located in Barrackville, West Virginia. It spans 145 feet (44 m) in a single span across Buffalo Creek and was built in 1853 by local bridge builder Lemuel Chenoweth. The bridge is a modified arched Burr truss, with siding added twenty years after the bridge’s construction.

According to the Barrackville Covered Bridge – Wikipedia, the structure is one of the few remaining covered bridges in the state and is listed on the National Register of Historic Landmarks. It was saved from destruction during Jones’ Raid, April 29, 1863, by the Ice family, nearby mill owners and Southern sympathizers.

The bridge is an excellent example of a modified Burr Truss and is in substantially original condition. It is the only covered bridge in the state that bears its vehicular loads with essentially no modern reinforcement.

Visitors can explore the bridge on foot, but motorized traffic on Pike Street is now routed upstream of the structure. The bridge was restored in 1999 and is now preserved by the Barrackville Covered Bridge Preservation Society.

July 23, 2025 by Family

Happy Independence Day!

Happy Independence Day, America! On the 249th anniversary of independence from our tyrannical overlords of yore, we seem to be enjoying much in the way of prosperity, peace and the blessings from above.

From The Patriot Post:

On July 3rd, the day before the Continental Congress affirmed our Declaration of Independence, John Adams wrote to his wife, Abigail, that the 4th of July “ought to be commemorated, as the Day of Deliverance by solemn Acts of Devotion to God Almighty.” He continued, “It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports, guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other from this Time forward forever more.”

He added: “You will think me transported with Enthusiasm, but I am not. I am well aware of the Toil and Blood and Treasure, that it will cost Us to maintain this Declaration, and support and defend these States. Yet through all the Gloom I can see the Rays of ravishing Light and Glory. I can see that the End is more than worth all the Means. And that Posterity will triumph in that Days Transaction, even although We should rue it, which I trust in God We shall not.”

The defense of Liberty requires eternal vigilance…

Image above; Posing for the camera with our patriotic colors showing. Click on the image to view enlarged.

Today, we celebrated with prayers and thanks for our freedoms, followed by a steak and salad dinner.

July 4, 2025 by Arizona Family Holidays

A Hardy Feast for Fathers Day

It is interesting that “Fathers Day” and “Hardy Feast” are anagrams of one another; that is, each phrase contains all the same letters in a different order.

In fact, the entire weekend – Friday the 13th, Flag Day and Fathers Day each featured a “Hardy Feast.” Patty Melts on Friday, a Seafood Bake on Flag Day and Beef Tenderloin Steaks (a.k.a. Filet Mignon) with a green salad on Fathers Day.

Happy Fathers Day to all the Dads, Granddads and Great Grandads out there. If there are any Great-Great Granddads left, then a special shout out to y’all.

June 15, 2025 by Family Holidays

Tucker’s 4th Birthday

Congratulations to Tucker who is about four years old today. Congratulations to us for adopting him on March 11, 2022. He has been a wonderful, affectionate and downright cute li’l guy for three years in this household.

Named “Mr. Tuxedo” by the Humane Society (for apparent reasons), we changed it to “Tucker.” He happily answers to that name now.

We hope to keep him around for a long time to come. Happy Birthday, Tucker! Click on the image to enlarge.

March 8, 2025 by Critters Family

It’s Tucker

Here I am posing for the Daddy’s Cameraphone with one of my play balls. This green one is almost too big for me to pick up, but I can do it anyway. The game I want the Daddy to play is “keep away,” where I growl and then run away with the ball. Sometimes I drop the ball and the Daddy throws it so I can chase it. And then play keep away some more.

I am almost four years old, I weigh about 12 pounds (5.4kg) and I am about 16 inches (40.6cm) long, not counting my tail. I look cuddly ’cause I am.

Clickable Image.

January 21, 2025 by Critters Family Photography

Avalon 1998

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