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Posted in 2018, Autumn at Sonnystone Acres, Uncategorized, updates, Weekly Wrap-Up

The Bi-weekly weekly update…

Posted on by Jo Mayne Casey

As we watched Hurricane Michael slam into Port St. Joe, I was haunted by these pictures taken just last  March when we were there, staying at Presnell’s Marina…

 

Hwy 98 going into Carabelle FL
View from our camper, Presnell’s Marina, Port St. Joe FL
Cape San Blas FL

Cape San Blas is the strip of land catching the setting sun…  I read that Hurricane Michael carved some new islands out there.  The beautiful road that we drove from Port St. Joe to Carrabelle is washed out…

We have reservations for this coming March to stay right up the road from Port St. Joe at Indian Pass, a spot called Water’s Edge, and their last facebook post was “Please pray for us”.  I certainly am…

On a brighter note, here’s some photos from a morning at the mall with Olivia and Samantha…

 

 

Though we’ve only been back home a couple of days, it seems like a season ago that we camped up at Brown County,…temps were 80s and humid and it seemed like a last hurrah to summer, though the calendar says it’s October… I didn’t take many pictures, though…

 

Just a few of Brown County State Park (above) and some neat stuff I saw in some shops in Nashville, IN below…

 

I enjoyed getting away…

and came home rejuvenated, ready for Autumn’s changes…

Peace

Posted in 2018, Spring at Sonnystone, week-end wrap-up

Picture Post

Posted on by Jo Mayne Casey

We had a great camping trip!  We had planned to stay until Sunday morning, but broke it down Saturday afternoon, just before the storms arrived….charmed…

Campsite #126, Harmonie State Park

Saturday morning, before the rain, we wandered the Antiques Show…  We made some new friends who opened a new shop in NH that is filled with memorabilia.  We ran into some old friends who recently retired and travel once a month selling their old stuff.

 

 

It was a great get-away, but now we’re catching up around the yard/house.  As soon as I’m able to stop, I want to tell you about our new plans and catch you up…

Peace

Posted in 2018, Spring at Sonnystone, week-end wrap-up

Week-End Wrap-Up

Posted on by Jo Mayne Casey

I am in a cycle of griping about the weather and have begged for a week now to go back down where it’s warm and sunny.  I can assure you that next year we will not return until mid-April.  We’ve had to re-winterize the trailer (pull batteries and add anti-freeze) and that just exacerbated my grouchiness.

In an effort to lighten up, I bought two budding hyacinths and their sweet aroma wafting through the house has certainly helped.

 

My African violets are blooming again,

 

and my orchid looks happy…

I bought a new bonsai at Epcot and it’s feeling quite at home.

I Know that there is a happy ending to all of this, and that it’s sooner than later that I’ll be outside in the garden…  I could be cleaning the house, I suppose, but I’m going to follow the guidance of my Guru Margo: do some reading and catch up on my Goodreads goals; watch some Netflix (learning to speak in a scots accent by Shetland); and just Relax…

Peace

Posted in 2017, Spring at Sonnystone, updates

4 days in Manhattan…

Posted on by Jo Mayne Casey

The Kindergarten Graduation

5 years ago Emma graduated Kindergarten…Same hat.  At least my head hasn’t grown…

PawPaw, JoJo, Eliza 2017
PawPaw, JoJo, Emma 2012

Party at American Girl

Swinging in Central Park

Roaming the Met

The Bear follow us
Eek!

Sadly, I did not take any photos of the Ceili, only videos, and I would Love to share them with you.  Alas, wordpress is not being co-operative.  If I figure out how to upload them, I will post them.  All of the dancers were wonderful, especially Emma and Eliza.  So much excitement!  Word to my daughter, send me some pictures!

We’re back at Sonnystone, catching up with the garden and putting up the pool.  The New York Family is scheduling a July visit—hey, that’s just a couple of weeks!  Plans for Camp Sonnystone are underway.  Being with each family is wonderful, but getting All of Us Together is Superlative..!  See you soon!

Peace

Posted in 2017, Photos, Spring at Sonnystone

Adventures with with O & S ….

Posted on by Jo Mayne Casey

We went to the zoo to celebrate Olivia’s first day of summer vacation…

O is more excited than she looks
Olivia 9, Samantha 2

Afterward, we came back to Sonnystone and played…It’s nice to have PawPaw around to play clue and help with fairy wings…

Samantha spent a while working on her flying…

Missing the essential Pixie Dust, she didn’t quite lift off, but she persisted…I like that in a person…

 

Peace