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Here we all are, including
Aunt Huntz, In our
Christmas picture. See if you can count the number of dogs in
this picture. And if you come up with more than 4 your wrong.
FROG POND TALES
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It has been requested because of the size of this web page, for all
new changes a description of the change and link to that change will
be located in the Frog Pond Tales
The pages
Amie's surprise and The More of
Amie's surprise have been combined into 1 page that can be
reached by entering The Amie and Tom Pages. I did this to clear up a
sound problem I could not find a fix for.
Three pictures have
been added to the Lamoreaux Family History page. To find the
pictures go to the Lamoreaux Family page to the upper right. Click
on the Roehler Link then click on more pictures and about 1/2 way
down the page you will see
Tilly and
Dan Popey. Tilly is my God Mother.
A
picture of mother frog has been
found and posted on Diane and Don's page.
A slide show has been added of
some of the tanks
and such that Mike Builds. Also a second show of the
reunion at Lees
has been added.
I believe I mentioned that one of my cousins, an, ex
marine, had built a tan k.
Actually he has built more than 1 tank. Follow the link or click on
the picture to the rest of the Lamoreaux family page to see several
more military vehicles he has refurbished. There is one more picture
he is mailing to me which I will add when it comes in.
Yesterday I
traveled with
 Tom
Hamel, and his mom Huntz to Southern Ohio to visit with Lee Hamel
and 2 cousins I haven't seen in over 35 years. Bill Scudder
who lives near San Francisco and Mike Scudder who lives just out
side of Houston. I will be putting a link to the slide show on the
Lamoreaux Family page. You
can go directly to the slide show by by clicking on the
picture to the left.
I moved the
pictures of the reunion of friends in Brighton Canada to the Diane
and Don page so it would be easier to find.
Since you are already here, click on the
picture to the left to go to more
pictures of my friends.
Ann Barker passed away today December 17th 2007 of stomach cancer.
She will always be remembered.
More tests
were run of Miss Camilla's sex determination. I want two make
sure you understand the words that
are printed with her pictures are from her father , Kate the dog
and some old witch taken from out of the Frog Pond history files.
More pictures have
been added of Camilla as she grows
in Amie's womb. You will also find these pictures by clicking on the
picture of the 10 week old fetus located in
Amie and Tom's page.
These latest picture are proof positive that Amie and Tom went and
did it. It is remarkable what detail can be seen in these pictures.
There is one thing missing though, and because of that they are
pretty sure it is a girl.
A slide show of the South Hills High School Class of 1962 
reunion party has been added. The music is only a temporary
selection until I can find something more appropriate. Click on the
link above or the picture to the left. You will also find the slide
show on the Frogs Page. The happy group to the left is the Mt.
Oliver attendees. of this years reunion. If you did not attend, you
may have missed the last chance to see some of your old and I mean
old friends from the class of 1962. These are the people that came
from other districts that attended SHHS. Plans are in the early
stages to try to have a 50th reunion of only Mt. Oliver graduates.
That is only a couple of years away. If you did not attend the 45th
reunion of the class of 62, because you thought you would not know
anyone, then you have no excuse not to attend this reunion as these
will only be your Mt Oliver friends. If plans can be finalized and
any of the organizers need help give the Frog a call.
The latest addition is to the Lamoreaux History page. I have added
more old family pictures to the Roehler link that have been
gathering dust in a box in the cellar.
An addition has been made to the
Air Force Buddies page
On September 4th Diane and I traveled to Brighton Ontario, to visit
with some friends, Minnie stayed with Jen and Don.
The picture below Jen says was Minnie's favorite spot. Jen had a
basket full of cloth scraps she uses for sewing and Minnie made a
home in it.
The friends we were visiting are all originally from England. I last
saw Mary over 35 years ago and Ann about 15 years. Chris we
saw last about 2 years ago. Bob who is married to Chris I have known for only about 27 years , best we can figure.
I have made a small slide show of our visit, but it is made a
different way that will allow you to scroll down to a picture you
like and by clicking on the picture you should be able to copy the
picture into your computer and print it on your printer.
Remember this slide show requires you to use your scroll button or
pointer to see the pictures.
More pictures and some comments have been added to my pictures of
our Brighton Ontario trip. These were pictures that Bob Copeland
took.
I think I have found the appropriate
background music.
Click on the link
to see and read about these great friends.
I have changed the
cover music again. I always try to use music on the home page (
Known as the index page if you are into building web pages) that goes along with
the feelings of the day. I thought this little ditty from the
Legendary Stardust Cowboy
would fit right in as we are looking at the middle
90's for the rest of the week with local cloud bursts and flooding
under these showers. So if you plan to be hanging your
underwear on the clothes line, be careful to check the temperature.
08/18/2007 I now can explain my
statement that I posted on 07/16/2007 when I stated "the Frog cried for
joy".
Click on this link to read the
reason as narrated by Tom Hesbach.
Because of that old
saying "If you get kicked off of a horse, get back on and ride him
again, For If you don't your inner fear may cause you to be afraid
to ever get on again" It was for that reason I went out the very
next day looking for a car for Diane. This was even before State
Farm Insurance had seen the old car and declared it totaled.
So I was riding a narrow path in that I thought
 I
had found a car for Diane. It was a 2003 Buick Le Sabre Custom,
31000 miles on it and nearly no age shown. I drove it and it felt
like the old one. The sales manager even had the young salesman
drive the car to our house so Diane could see and drive the car. The
first words she said when she saw it was "That was her car." The
dealer gave me a good price and was willing to hold the car for me
until I heard from State Farm. State farm looked at it Monday and
offered me $5600 for the wreck. It took no time for me to agree.
Click on the picture above to see a slide show of Diane's new car as
well as a few of my new car pictures slipped in.
On Friday July 27 I was awaken,
at about 7AM by a phone call from the Elyria, Ohio police,
saying Diane had been in a auto accident on her way to work. She had
minor injuries and was being transported to the Elyria Hospital. The
car was towed to a local bone yard were accidents go. When Diane was
released from the Hospital we went to the bone yard to get any
personal items out of the car. When we got there the first sight we
had of the car hit us both like a ton of bricks. Click on the
picture of the car for a slide show of what we saw. The slide show
is being added to the
Diane and Don
page.
07/16/2007 Remember this day. This was the day the
Frog
cried for joy.
Our garden has been doing quite well this year,
but only because we have been watering it nearly every other day.
 You
can see by this picture it is like a jungle. The people who live
next door gave Diane some fertilizer called Chickie chickie Do
Do, or something like that. Anyway it works like a champ. As the
name says it is made from chicken droppings or something but is safe
to put on family gardens or at least the Chinese manufacturer says
it is safe. I trust what the Chinese say as if you lie over there
they put you in front of a firing squad. It is a good thing we are
civilized here in the USA as the entire Bush government would be
dead if they were Chinese.
 The
lawn is nearly dead as we have not had a good all day rain that
soaks the ground in nearly 2 months. The picture to the right is the
support posts I put in last year, as the roof was sagging over the
back porch. you can see a little sunflower that somehow took root
and grew on it's own. We did not plant it, but it got plenty of
water from the potted plants above.
 The
last garden picture is my Banana Trees. remember the ones that I
kept in the sunroom all winter, well I separated them and replanted
them outside. They are doing quite well. As a mater of fact the
small one has sent up 2 baby shoots. I think this fall I will be
potting the small one and trying to save the roots of the big one to
replant next year. The last bit of news I have is I
traded my Chevy in on a Buick. Lucerne. We leased it for 39 months
as I do not do much driving anymore. The car comes with a 48 month
bumper to bumper warranty so we should have no bills except normal
maintance. We will use this car for the long trips as it is
loaded with everything they could squeeze into it. Heated steering
wheel and seat back the seat are heated in the winter. It comes with
On Star free for a year plus GPS navigation A hands free
telephone comes with it.
We are not sure we will be keeping the On Star after the year as we
have not heard the price yet for the service. The car will play mp3
CDs and has built in satellite radio. That is only free for 2
months. At first I said I would not renew it, but we have found a
channel out of the 220 or so channels we both like, so the last word
out of Diane is we may keep it for a while. The cost is only $15 a
month. It is quite a posh car. Diane will continue to drive her 97
Buick as she is worried that she has to park it in some unsavory
spots on the street when she goes to work in Elyria. It only has
77000 miles on it so if we are lucky and keep changing the oil it
should hold up. The Lucerne will be a nice car to travel in
once Diane retires. I drove a new Chrysler 300 convertible in a
local parade yesterday. A $35000 car, but there was no back seat
foot room. The Buick had a list price of $32000, but there is room
all over the place.
If the stock market will only hold together for an other couple of
months I believe Diane may be convinced to retire. The latest word
she has been telling her friends is she would like to retire at the
end of the year. The medical and drug insurance is our greatest
worry now.
Click
 on
the picture below to see a slide show of a vacation trip I took along with Mac Dumler to
Ibiza
Spain
in the spring of 1966,
The show has also been added to the Frogs page. Yes that is me when I was 22. Do you believe it no belly. Enjoy the background music.
A slide show of Tom and Amie's visit has been added.
I am sorry to say but they were here for 3 days and do you think I
picked up a camera. So the only pictures I have I are of their
preparing to leave from the old Elyria City Airport. So click on
this link to go to a rather familial scene of Amie, Tom and Kate
pre-flighting and fueling up The Cheetah for their departure back to
Maryland.
 Our
neighbors on both sides have Gold Fish Ponds, and it seems these
same 2 ducks have come to visit their ponds for the past 3 years. I
am sure it is only to swim around and get their feathers clean. But
a gold fish head count after a visit from our wild friends always
comes up short.
have added several
pictures to Minnie's page.
 These pictures are of her inside a hole she made in her pillow that
is located in the doggie bed that she has in the sun room. She
chewed a hole in the pillow then climbed in. She must have gone in
head first then turned around That would
have been funny to
see.
I have pictures of Diane in the Diane and Don page of Diane watching TV in her recliner. She
noticed after it was too late the leg rest of her chair was over the coffee table
so she could not get out of the chair. I thought this would be a
perfect photo opportunity.
Latest update includes
some pictures also taken during our visit to Florida in 2000. These
pictures are of the smaller theme park located near downtown
Orlando.
Universal Studios
A picture has been added to
Minnie's page, showing her typical spot where she sleeps.
Sometimes I wake up and am unable to determine if it is Minnie or
Diane who is doing the snoring. I also added a picture of my
prized Banana Palm
I grow it outside in the summer and bring in in the winter. It
currently is hibernating. It does not look anywhere as good now.
I have been
busy lately. I have a small collection of slides we took at the
MGM Park in Orlando, in 2000. I don't know how old it was but it
seemed older than most of the other tourist attractions they have in
Orlando.
A small slide show was added to the Diane
and Don link. this show has several slides of the
Smith family in 2000
including Bev's mother and the entire Davis family.
It's now 2007
A new year, A new beginning. If you want to see the
Frog Pond of 2006
you will have to click on .
All the pictures and music are still there.
A slide show has been added to the Amie and Tom
page. I call it July
2000 . These are some stray pictures I had on my hard drive, not
enough slides to make a show about each subject.
Not much more will be said of my surgery. I am probably 70 % free of
all tremors, the 30 % that remain are only visible when my pills run
out, and that is every 6 hours.
A new page is starting and you can find it on the
Frogs page. I have been getting pictures from friends I knew back in
the 60's from Anglia Control and otherwise. This new page will be
still pictures that I receive from friends but seem to get lost on
my hard drive. The first page of this format will be known as
Air Force Days, then
and now .
It's now Feb 24th Minnie has hurt her back. We
hope it is not serious but with Dachshunds they do have a
tendency of spinal cord injury. We are trying to keep her
still and are giving her a pain pill the vet gave us for her
last episode when she seemed to have pulled a muscle.
Several weeks ago she was over at the neighbors house barking at
their 2 large hunting dogs. She thinks that barking and nipping
at these big dogs is how you play. Usually she would nip then
turn and run before they would get her, except this time she was
standing in snow up to her shoulders, and when she nipped she
did not have the room nor traction to turn and run. The male who
has always been a little more aware of her grabbed her and
flipped her. She seemed ok as she ran home with the 2 dogs
chasing her. I think she was all right but just had the dickens
scared out of her.
I believe she hurt he back by squeezing between the steps going into the
sun room a couple of nights ago. She discovered that there was a
critter under the sunroom probably a cat. She got under
the sunroom floor and was barking at the stranger . It was about
2 in the morning so I yelled to her to get out and go to bed. I
noticed then that she had to squeeze real tight to fit between
the stair boards, when coming out. I will keep you appraised of
her progress.
Minnie had back surgery for a ruptured disk on 3-1-07.
She came home less than 24 hours after the surgery. I don't
think the anesthesia had worn off and we were taking her home.
The first night was rough as she had some pain in the stitches
area. Amie says it may have been a little self pity as well. It
was after 3:30 in the morning before she got to sleep.
A slideshow has been
added showing Minnie's battle wounds. The doctor says he
dosen't want her walking around too much for 6 weeks. that is
going to be difficult as she already forgot that she was hurt.
She just can't figure out why her hind legs don't do what she
wants them to do.
Don and Jen are out at Lake Tahoe skiing. This is
their 3 or 4th time out there. This time a small group of
their friends rented a house and are staying together.
To night the boat club is having a wine tasting
party. That is usually a lot of fun. We have about 10 of our close
friends coming so it should be a good night. I think we are
all going to meet at a local Mexican restaurant for dinner before we
go to the boat club. I will try to add a slide show of the evening
tomorrow.
Speaking of the boat club. Because I also do the web page for BCBC I
have posted several slide shows that may bring back memories , so I
have opened a link directly to my
Slide Show from the BCBC web page. Use the Beaver Tales button to
return to the Frog Pond.
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