Lap robe for Edna

Up at Mance, PA, Edna is confined to a recliner day and night. Suzy and Tululah are knitting a beautiful lap robe for her continuing comfort.

IRON MAN........new ball joint

Albiet , not a strut or shock absorber, here is my implant. Nice bright and shiny.

Home for Halloween

Two extra days in the hospital due to complications............but I am home and in Suzanne's tender loving care. Rehab will take a while but Thanksgiving will be WONDERFUL in Maine at the Smiths!

THE TIME HAS COME...............

Left hip replacement is tomorrow, and taking a page from Obama's new approach to national health care, I am ready.

"Ask not what medicare can do for you, ask what you can do for Medicare!"

Personal hygiene will present challange for a few days, but given some quickly assembled tools, I can handle that also!


Corn holding.

LAST HURRAH.....before the saw!!!

Suzy and I made an impromptu overnight to Ocean City, MD to enjoy the last gasps of summer sans crowds and traffic. It was glorious and the pictures tell the story. Oh yes.....the fins were Daw fins, not sharks.

Maple magic...........early colors on the Patch

Sugar maples are staging a coming out party at Mance. Suzanne and I attended September 21-23. The color is early (although it has been 26 degrees) and for the moment, does not appear to be spoiled by the drought.

Visit to the Daileys of Delmar

September 14-16 found Suzanne, Dave and Tululah trekking north to Delmar, NY to visit little James (now a robust 10lbs), Patrick, Robin and Dr. Mike. It was a typical Snyder trip with a quick turnaround. We packed in a delightful day and a half, with train watching, farm familiarization, soccer totting, and much more. Tululah punctuated the visit when she commandeered a neighbor's car (she thought we had abandoned her) and would not let anyone inside.

Our timing on the trip home allowed a respite in Oneonta, NY where a "Brooks'" lunch was enjoyed