Saturday, February 1, 2014

THESE THREE PICS WERE TAKEN IN THE FALL, WITH WALT'S, BRIAN'S AND KALA'S FAMILIES, THEY WALKED ON THE MONK'S TRAIL.  IT WAS VERY BEAUTIFUL AND PEACEFUL, SAID EVEN US OLD LADIES WOULD BE ABLE TO WALK IT....SO WE WILL GIVE IT A STAB WHEN SUMMER COMES.  CHECK OUT THE FANCY BENCH...THERE WERE SEVERAL TO SIT ON, SO WE OLD LADIES CAN REST IF NEED BE.



LOCH NESS MONSTER PEEPING ABOVE THE WATER.

THIS IS THE OLD CHARLES BRIGGS SCHOOL WHERE MANY OF US ATTENDED....WE WERE REMINISCING ABOUT THE TEACHERS (ESPECIALLY MISS GRIERSON) AND THE PRINCIPAL, MISS SANDELIN.  SCHOOL HAS BEEN BOUGHT BY A COMPANY, BUT NOTHING WAS DONE WITH IT, BUT SITS BOARDED UP FOR MANY YEARS.  LOTS OF MEMORIES HERE.

GREG HYRKAS AND MOM CARRIE HYRKAS
GREG WORKS IN INDIANA, IS A CHEM. ENGR. AND IS ENGAGED OF JESSICA.

THE SNOW ON OUR CHURCH IS SOMETHING TO BEHOLD....AS WE WERE SITTING IN BIBLE CLASS WED., WE NOTICED THAT THE SNOW IS WAY PAST THE HALFWAY MARK ON THE WINDOWS BEHIND THE PULPIT.

martin and ina helminen's little sweetheart, lydia
they are living in no. dakota at the present time.

NANCY KIILUNEN AND DAUGHTERS VISITING MY NEXT APT. NEIGHBOR, CAROL JURMU RECENTLY

I DID A "SELFIE" PIC ON THE SWEDETOWN SKI TRAILS TO SHOW THAT WE DO HAVE SUNSHINE UP IN THIS HERE NECK OF THE WOODS SOMETIMES