July has continued June’s spell of hot weather—which wears at me & is exhausting:(
Just listening to Greg Fishal’s forecast is draining.
The previous 2 days here have passed the 100 degree mark, with yesterday breaking a record in the Raleigh area.<\/p>\n
Last Friday, taking a long Fourth of July weekend, we packed up, dropped off Wyatt at Town & Country kennel, & drove north to Pa. to visit Keith’s mom & dad—Keith, Cameron, Skye & me.
(At the same time Seth & Kelley headed in the opposite direction, to Florida, to see ‘best buds’ George & Leigh)
Those of us heading north were hoping for a cool respite!!
That evening we arrived at Keith’s sister & brother in law’s home in Western Pa. After settling into our designated “B&B” for the night (Ken’s uncle & aunt’s home–their story later), we met at Jean & Ken’s Saturday morning for breakfast.
Afterward Keith, Skye, & I headed to Pittsburgh to pick up Grandma to take her to New Castle for a noon picnic\/reunion with her family, she being one of three daughters of Ira Irvin & Goldie Gladys Kennedy Brown, & their children, & children’s children. (Their baby brother, Uncle Russell, died a few years ago)
Jean & Ken & their gang met us there.<\/p>\n
Aunt Beryl hosted the gathering, with food & chairs spread under a huge (Elm or Ash) tree. The large branches shaded the entire yard! After eating, everybody lingered, reminiscing, catching up, enjoying seeing cousins, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, grandchildren:)
Cameron showed off his new Subaru:) And John showed off his 1940 Ford:)<\/p>\n
A day of sweet reunion:)
To be continued…..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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