THE POND/DAM IS DONE

FINISHED...LOTS OF WATER..GRADED..NEW BRIDGE.

BEAUTIFUL !!!

The above pictures were taken on Sunday July 26

THEN

ON TUESDAY

July 28th

5 INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN AN HOUR

What a shock...a downer and discouraging

But after we adjusted to what happened

and talked to Mike who did the work in  the

first place....we consider a lot worse things

could happen, so we can still be thankful

for the good things in our lives.

The Dam will be repaired.

LARRY'S FAVORITE OF THE SHOW

1928 ROADSTER

TECH SESSION..MUSEUM..AND...

CHATTING WITH HUDSON PEOPLE FROM

ALL OVER THE COUNTRY

Larry's Tech Session

"Search and Rescue"

There were about 30+ at the class

At the end of the session he tells

"Uncle Josh Buys an Automobile"

They love it!!!!

We went to Ypsilanti via bus (4 buses full)

They served us a nice buffet before we went

through the museum.

Quite a few years ago we were driving to Northville

from Endwell and saw a Hudson stopped at a gas

station just outside of Cobleskill.  Larry turned around

and went back and talked to the owner.  It was the

man who owns this museum.  It was the first time that

Larry/Dad had heard of a Hudson Club, and then the

fun began !!!! 

More to come!!!

Hudson's Hudson's and Hudson's

Tuesday July 14th

They say there's over 600 Hudson's here

This is the Step down section, there are

sections designated for 10 yr spans

 

HUDSON HEAVEN

Can you find our Hudson?  Find this camper above..our

car is the red Hudson with the hood up.

Out to dinner with friends from New York

ON THE WAY

Our second day (Monday July 13)

Another beautiful day to travel. 

Seems like every place we stopped somone came up

 to look at the Hudson and wanted to talk.

We took the scenic route around Cleveland, along

Lake Erie shore line.  Beautiful homes for miles

We stopped at a Subshop, then ate them here

overlooking the lake.

When this little boy saw our car he said, "There's

Doc Hudson". He was thrilled to beable to get

in it but was somewhat shy so one of his sisters

got in with him.

Another interested soul and a willing Hudson Man

sharing Hudson stories.

We stopped at the Michigan Welcome Center

Another interested person.  Every stop takes

extra time as Mr. C talks to whoever is interested.

And while Mr Hudson chats I take pictures of flowers

and scenery.  This was so dark it looked almost black.

I picked a couple of seed podsoff the ground 

 to  take home and see if I can grow some.

I'm trying to catch up here...it's Wednesday already and

I'm stil bloggin for Monday.  Not my fault, couldn't

get on the internet until last night. More coming!!!!

HERE WE COME DETROIT

July 12 to 18th

The 50th Annual International Hudson Meet

is in Detroit, Michigan. It is also the 100th

Anniversary of the Hudson Automobile

We left Northville Sunday a.m. and had a leisurely drive

on Route 20.  What a beautiful part of New York State.

We even stopped at a garage sale along the way.

Felt funny going through Cazenovia without stopping at

Sue's, but I knew we couldn't stop for just a few minutes.

I didn't take any pictures the first day, just enjoyed

 the scenery, beautiful day and just being together. 

We stayed in Ohio the first night

Day two later !!!!

THE POND IS OPEN

This weekend is the first the newly refurbished pond

was used for recreation and fishing.

The pond will come up another foot yet.

Danielle Fishing...new dam in the back ground

Coming ashore

These are my grand nieces and grand nephew

Heather, Dustin and Danielle

The little guy is Brett my great grand nephew

My brothers family had a picnic Friday night

and some of the guys slept over in their tent.

They were around all day today fishing,

playing on the the beach and paddling

around in the Paddle boat.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHARI

Today is our eldest daughter's big 5 - 0

It just can't be possible ! 
 July 9th 1959

That day is still very vivid in my mind.

The joy, pride and "cloud nine feeling"

holding for the first time my new baby daughter.

She was the cutest, prettiest baby in the nursery.
(Spoken by a proud Mom.)

Here are some faces of the past and present.

Shari has always been very loving, caring, thoughtful and giving.

A girl of many many talents. Takes after her Dad.

We have thought about you all day..my first thought

was of you this morning.  I know you had a nice celebration

last Saturday.  May this year be very special and joyful.

I just had to try this new program my cousin told

me about. The only thing was that I couldn't get

it to use all the pictures in the file.

FATHER'S DAY

I know I know...Father's Day was several weeks ago

but I have been off blog duty for awhile,

so scroll down to catch up.

Father's day was a fun day.

Sue, Chris,Kenzie, Katie and Sammy, Shari

Misti, Jeremy and Sharah were here.

Shari and Sue prepared most of

the noon meal. I just sat and watched.

(I was still recovering from my back episode)

Larry opening his gifts and cards after lunch

Katie and Sammy discovered my garden cart and pushed

each other back and forth on the porch for half and hr or so.

FOURTH OF JULY

Every year since I can remember Northville has had

"The Doins" and a Parade.

Our kids and most of the grandkids have grown up

and don't always come back for the celebration.

Rory, Larry, Joel, Bill, Donna, Lori, Becky with baby Landen

and Heather. Missing: BJ, Paul, Matthew, Jeremiah and me.

July 4th 1993

Note that we are standing in the same place as always.

My sister, BJ (Grandma) and Jeremiah Johnson

Matthew Johnson

After the parade, we met Ruth and Bruce Hollenbeck and

their daughter, husband and 5 kids. They had plans to stay for the fireworks,

so we invited them over for supper.

They picked up some barbequed chicken and we had hot

dogs, salad etc to share. At about 9 o'clock

We all went up to the cemetery (our tradition) and

watched the fireworks.

Missed my kids and grandkids!!!

FINISHING TOUCHES

The Pond

The pond is filling up nicely. The bulldozer and other equipment

have left. Mr. C is finishing up some odd jobs.

He scares me especially since he does this by himself.

He dragged this big rock/boulder to the area with the tractor

and chain. The picture doesn't show how deep this area is.

This is out of focus because I had the camera on close up

Then he shovels some dirt on top

He's also been smoothing the dirt/sand all around the pond

with his little wheelhorse tractor.