Monday, March 30, 2009
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Friday, March 27, 2009
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
message from pete: baseball
when we were kids in grade school we played ball back of aalto's garage. the two bordering streets were 7th and iroquois. a home run could be placed in clouthier's yard or then in mugford's or richard's yard. we played mostly softball slow pitch but not blooper pitching. we chose up sides using a bat and two fingers or claws were permissible. the lousy players were chosen last . we never had enough gloves to go around and generally we had to wait for honey ham to show up who at times had the only bat. but we never had a catcher's mitt. one day roy mukka figured we should do something about that so he went door to door pleading poverty and before long after begging for a couple blocks he had enough money and to spare and went to the sports shop (can't remember the name) in calumet and bought the mitt. i don't remember what he did with the left over money. when three outs were accomplished the players who had gloves left them in their field positions for the opposing team players to use. sometimes we did play hardball in aalto's field. it wasn't uncommon to have a coverless ball which was generously taped to make it hold together. but when we had a newer ball which was starting to have lacing breaks we put it aside and waited for wild bill ellison or crazy bill to come along and toss it to him. he would take it home and relace the ball and on his next trip through would toss the repaired ball back on the field.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Monday, March 23, 2009
white city hotdog roast
white city gang. where me and ma had our first holding hands over 50 yrs ago (jan 1954). walked to end of pier to lighthouse. i think we walked back too.
Sunday, March 22, 2009
alabama
at rv park in alabama. trim carved by guy from big traverse
jpstorm, leo,aaron,davejuntti,janet,regina,bob
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Friday, March 20, 2009
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Monday, March 16, 2009
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Friday, March 13, 2009
Monday, March 9, 2009
Birthday boys
Vern Koskela is 85 today. Loren had a birthday a few days back, and they usually celebrate together.
Andrea and HelenSunday, March 8, 2009
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Monday, March 2, 2009
karg, roger and tom keranen at the farm shack. me and reino hauled the railroad ties from the copper range line which ran thru the property with the farmal a. the shack is one tie x two ties and the joints are cemented to keep out the wind. lenny hill came and cut the door, window and stove pipe hole with a power saw. this place saw lots of use until vandals continuously wrecked it. but now the boys resurrected it and roger made a stove in metal shop for heating. i guess the door is just a makeshift somethingorother for now.
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