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Ham and Potatoes
I baked a ham and potatoes for dinner. Elizabethe was quite excited. She made it real clear this is the type of meal she enjoys. (Me? I like to stir it up and make something new and different.)...
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Where Does Time Go?
Well folks, we are completely booked for the 2012 Pageant Season. That’s right. It is still 2011 and the Beckwith Mansion is BOOKED. This should be a heads-up for all of you planning to attend...
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A Portrait Session, Flooring and the Temple
Last week I ordered some laminate flooring to re-do the kitchen, mud room and breakfast nook. I figured about 400 sq ft, and ordered 440 for the slop. Well, that flooring arrived today. (Talk about...
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Sherlock Holmes
Today was a day of errands and catching up on computer work for the studio (retouching and that sort of stuff.) So, about 4pm, I reminded Elizabethe we wanted to go see the latest Sherlock Holmes...
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When Visiting, Where Do You Start?
When visiting Palmyra, too many people just breeze through here. A recent guest at the mansion commented that it took her nearly 3 hours to walk through the Sacred Grove, and she had thought she was...
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5 More Things From 101 Things to do in Palmyra, NY
Continuing my list… our the E.B. Grandin Building (217 E Main Street) Visit Alvin Smith’s Grave (Old cemetery on Church Street) Buy fudge at Candy Corner Fudge Square (205 E Main Street), Say, “Hi”, to...
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The Next Installment 16-20
Here’s 16-20 of 101 Things to Do in Palmyra.. Grab a sandwich at Donna’s “Muddy Waters Cafe” (Market & Canal Streets) While eating your sandwich, sit at the pier on the Erie Canal Visit the...
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I Didn’t See It Coming
While mowing the lawn today, the mower suddenly stopped. I mean, it just came to a dead stop. It turns out the ground must have settled around the water meter and the blade hit it. It bent the blade...
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Wet Leaves
As a kid I loved to make models. Each one came with a sheet of decals. You’d soak them in water, they would slide off the paper, and then adhere to the plastic model. Well, wet leaves are like...
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Leaf Clean Up 2012
The full-time missionaries helped me with the leaves today. Elder Vasquez had never jumped in a pile of leaves. In fact, I don’t know that they have enough trees in Cabo San Lucas to even make a pile...
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Fall is Beautiful
Fall around here is absolutely beautiful. In spite of the fact our leaves are falling before they turn red, it is still beautiful around here. The Temple from the Smith Farm on a Fall Day I gave up...
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Help Raking Leaves
Six missionaries came over today to help Elizabethe and me with raking the leaves. At the end, one of the sisters commented that when she saw the leaves she thought there weren’t that many. But, when...
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Sunshine and Snow
This morning we had another inch of new snow, but around 9am the sun came out. It’s 19 degrees outside, but the sun is out. This is the coldest December we’ve had since moving here. Since a picture...
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