An old house in Nile , NY with an old tin roof.

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St. Andrew Episcopal Church and rectory in Friendship, NY. I hope to attend at 9 a.m.

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We are in Cuba, NY at a camp for the weekend. Here is the town of Friendship, noted for its dairy products. We went to a local cemetery to get some tombstone rubbings from this 150 year old landmark.

The boys now sleep together when they are not in bed with me. Oscar, the younger one, adjusted immediately to the household.

We got a second, used car: A Toyota Rav 4, year 2000 in excellent shape. With the winters in the area, we will be using the 4-wheel drive quite a lot!

The two boys love the new screen door. They love to gawk at passerbyers. It,s amazing how well the two get along. I made a great choice and gave a congenial stray a home.

Pooch Saves Boy Lost in Wilderness

Pooch Saves Boy Lost in Wilderness

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helping out an old friend and a sweet reunion

I shed a tear today, but for a good reason. An old friend of mine whom I've known since I was 17, who is originally from Toronto, but ended up in Pittsburgh, PA; where I also lived for many years, needed to see her father who is near 90 and failing. I haven't seen him since I was 17. Now I am 54! Imagine!

My friend does not drive so I got on the Internet, found out a schedule for greyhound and opened up my home in Niagara Falls for her to stay. As my partner was in the Falls for a few days, he drove her over to St. Catharines, Ontario to visit her dad. It might be the last time she sees him as she doesn't get to do so too often. She works two jobs!

After 35 years, I saw the two together, which brought a tear to my eyes.

Getting back to Pittsburgh was no easy task for my friend. There were no busses to Pittsburgh from Buffalo in the afternoon and she could not miss work the next day: capitalism for you! I got on the computer from Warren, Pa, where I am, and called her in Pittsburgh to tell her that she could get to Pittsburgh in the afternoon via Cleveland. The trip would get her home in 5.5 hours.

Well. she visited her father , thanks to Robert who drove her from Niagara Falls, and was able to make the afternoon bus in Buffalo to go home. The picture says it all.

I helped a dear friend and reunited a father and daughter maybe for the last time! God only knows!

By the way, Robert sent me the picture on his cellphone to Warren, where I sent it to my e-mail to post it to the blog! Technology isn't all bad!

The two boys junped up on the window sill for a look at the outside. It made a cute shot.

The two cats Obie and Oscar are getting along fantastically. They chase each other, clean each other and are virtually inseparable. Here they are looking out of the new screen door. Oscar, the one on the right, sleeps with me every night.