This Month’s News…

Two very important birthdays this month: The Good Old USA and Dad!  The USA is 248 years old.  Dad is one year older than he was at this time last year.

Captain Rob and First Mate Dan took a cruise on the Potomac, along with passengers Mom, Tanya and Pop-Pop.

Our Zucchini Patch is in full production mode. We hope it won’t be too long until Zucchini Bread appears on the scene!

Mom, Dad and friends Cathy and Kirk went to a USA vs. Scotland Rugby Match at AUDI Field. Although the Scots won a close one 42-7, a good time was had by all.

Ross and Hannah are moving to Athens, Georgia this month. Hannah earned her MS In Plant Pathology at WVU this spring. She will begin studies toward a PhD in Forest Biology at UGA this fall.

We got a new pool skimmer this month. So far it is doing an excellent job. It normally runs on solar power but its batteries can also be charged via a normal electrical power outlet.

Yellow Pig Day was a prime time to have fun with numbers!

That’s most of the news that’s fit to print…see you next month…enjoy the pictures!

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Mom and Dad returned from their tour of Scotland earlier this month. To see where they went and what they saw take a look here.

The pool is open and ready for action thanks to the resident Pool Service Technicians (AKA Owen and Dad!).

The property now has that “Summer Time” look thanks to our resident interior/exterior decorator (AKA Mom!).

Cosmo had a landslide win in the annual defurminator contest. Winnie was once more a very distant second.

Cosmo had surgery to remove a cyst. Other than the indignity of becoming a conehead for a few days, his post-op recovery went fine.

In June of 2022 Pop-Pop’s PCs and printers located in the basement had a long-standing issue…random loss of connectivity to the existing household WiFi network (FISHNET). He got tired of coping with this PITA issue, spent a few dollars and installed a separate Wireless Mesh Network (hbrnet) to provide networking services in the basement. Except for power outages, hbrnet has been online 24×7 for two years now…and random basement connectivity outages are a not so fond memory!

That’s it for this month, enjoy the pictures. And we wish a belated Happy Father’s Day to those who qualify.

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This year, the fools had to share their day. It was also Easter Monday. On Easter Sunday We had a semi-traditional Easter dinner – Ham and Perogies with Pineapple Upside-down cake for dessert. All had at least one piece of cake before Cosmo the dog managed to get way more than his share!

In April 2023 Pop-Pop took his ancient Omega self-winding wristwatch out of retirement yet one more time. He wore it daily until the stem broke one morning as he was setting the time. The Omega is now in permanent retirement. Pop-Pop now wears a “Takes a Licking and Keeps on Ticking” Timex Expedition!

Have you ever wondered about the origin of terms such as “graveyard shift?” Take a look here to find out.

There was a Partial Solar Eclipse in our part of the world on April 18th. During the eclipse, in addition to the darkened sky there was a drop in the outdoor temperature of about four degrees: 73° F to 69° F.

In addition to April Fool’s Day and Easter Monday, this month had a few more notable days, including this favorite!

Did you find the Easter Egg?  If not, scroll to the top and select the Fool’s Cap.

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