A Snowy Day... by Ezra Jack Keats, a marvelous children's book, great illustrations about a little black boy about 5 going out in the first big snowstorm of the year. Do you remember it? It's in the same category as the Bunny and the Carrot, memorable. What are some of the childrens' books and stories that are special to you? Libraries that you remember?
Well, we had our first truly snowy day in Michigan finally. It started early Sunday morning and by the afternoon we had 10 inches or more in different places, big and fat flakes, lacy bushes and trees until the wind started blowing the snow off. Not too many folks at the 8:00 Mass at St Monicas or on the road. We drove the truck, taking our work clothes with us right out to the farm. Tom worked again on the trim around the window and baseboards. Then went for a vigorous walk in the snow, me following in Tom's footsteps. We flushed an owl in the same place tom and the rabbit hunters flushed 7 owls last week. Sat night we drove to Lake Doster for a cocktail party at Dave and Marcia's with some cousins and an old St Augustine friend suffering from pancreatic cancer.
CC and Charles
She was the first to call, all excited about her china purchase. Belks is discontinuing her wedding china pattern with a 60% discount plus her 20% employee discount. She now has 14 dinner plates, cups and saucers (thanks to Lisa), bread and butter plates and salad plates? Am I correct CC:? They had a good weekend with the Sumners for Sarah's birthday party. Charles, the tool man, had made his mom a telephone table for her present and worked all week on it. The only glitch was CC was at Belks and Charles needed the car to figure out how to fit the table in the car to the party. They were late for the party, oh well. Good job, Chuck.
Charlie and crew
Quiet weekend at the Cronley house, lots of computer games, sledding for Ray and a friend Alex over, couch time for Chas and Lily, Sandra at her boyfriends, Maria working. Chas' next home project with be taking out the laundry sink in the back hall, putting it down in his workroom. That will free up lots of space in the mudroom entrance. Raymond got a good report card all S's and one S-. Fine job, Ray.
Kelly and Jay
They are finally back on power. It came on 2pm Sat morning, 2 weeks exactly. They did have to pitch all the refrig items, liberating according to Kell. The freezer stuff was ok. Her big new is preparations for the big White Rock Mountain 15 mile run in Arkansas this weekend. They are going Friday after work(She has a busy week interviewing, wining and dining potential candidates for a dept position). She and her running buddies did the big 15 mile run on Sunday ,verrrrrrrry cold. Good Luck sweetheart, fly like the wind up that mountain. Blog us the details next week.
Lisa, Brian and Brado
The guys are still working hard on the upstairs bedroom. The last project is replacing the dry wall around the west window before the final painting finishes. Looks good, she sez.
Bowling for them last night, Lisa was up to a 153 game once. Brady has ski club Tues. He has to qualify on 3 levels for an open pass. But they finally also have the snow.
Have a great week. Luff ewe
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I bought "A Snowy Day" for Raymond. I always liked Harold and the Purple Crayon. We had a cirus book that I loved. I found a copy at an antique store. I remember a book called "Grand Prix" that had all those great photos of the "hurtling bombs" (cigar race cars) of the 60's crashing spectatularly. Much later, I'd thumb thru the Harold Robbins collection..
My all time favorite is "The Velveteen Rabbit" by Margery Williams. I was introduced to it in 3rd grade when I got to read a passage in a wedding Mass at Notre Dame. I fell in love twice that weekend - with the story and also with the campus.
My memorable books from childhood are "Stewart Little", "Charlotte's Web" and "Trumpet of the Swan". Gosh, I think Mom read Trumpet of the Swan book, 2 times in a row at my request. Mom would read a few pages, or a whole chapter if I was lucky, right before bed in my white day bed with my heart comforter with the lace trim. Like always, the movies of those stories did not catch my imagination like the books did. I don't remember what age, but many Friday nights were spent at the Portage Public Lib until the lib closed at night.
Okay, I STILL have the Rabbit with the carrot book from the Richland, Michigan library. Everytime I try to purge, I just can't let it go.
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