JEREMY, CODY, GRETA (HYRKAS) AND NEW BABY SEAN..2014

GRETA, SEAN AND ME

HYRKAS CREW AT TAAVI'S FIRST BD PARTY

LEAH AND I MET IN DULUTH ON MY WAY HOME FROM COKATO IN APRIL
LEAH LIVES IN DULUTH

MARK KANGAS AND SON, COKATO, MN

UNCLE WES KANGAS IN JACOBSVILLE, OUT FOR A RIDE WITH MARGIE AND BRIAN, AND WE FOUND OUR FINNISH SURNAME ON AN OLD GARAGE

PEARL LOUKUS AND , BEST BUDS

KATRINA (RUSSELL) HELMINEN AND LILLY

MARGIE CUDDLING LILLYBUG

 HAVING BIRTHDAY  CAKE FOR MARIE COOPER  RECENTLY AT MY NEIGHBOR, CAROL JURMU'S...

ABBY (STORM) AND JACOB BJORN, MARRIED MAY 10, 2014

MARY AND PHIL STORM

JENNIFER AND BJ BJORN

STORM FAMILY

FOUR GENERATIONS:  MARGIE, ME, LILLYBUG AND RUSSELL HELMINEN

BLAIR AND CHRIS HALONEN, COKATOTOWN, MN

COUSINS:  JERRY, COOKIE, SUE (YERGES) AND I

MORE MEMORY LANE...THE FOUR OF US OFTEN WENT FOR A RIDE, ATE OUT.
DON AND CHARLOTTE, ME AND PETE IN EAGLE HARBOR

ESKOLA FAMILY:  FRONT, ETHEL, CAROL, BILL HEINONEN
BK: JUDY, RICK, ANN, BARB, AND JIM

AMY RUOHONEN, KATE HELPPI, ANIKKA TAIVALKOSKI, RUTH HARMALA, JULIA HELMINEN, ROWENA TOROLA, CARLA HELMINEN, BECKY KANGAS

Brianne (Tolkkinen) and Peter Helminen wedding recently in Menahga, MN

Kathleen Storm and fiance Kent Daavettila at his Tech graduation..he graduated in Biomedical eng., they are getting married Sept. 13, 2014

At maryjean's: Verna, Sheri, MaryJean, Myrt

I AM GIVING THIS PAINTING OF BLUEBONNETS AND YUCCA BLOSSOMS FROM TEXAS TO ANYONE WHO WANTS IT....IF YOU WANT THE FRAME, IT WILL COST $50, OTHERWISE I WILL TAKE IT OUT OF THE FRAME.  IT'S A 12 X 16 OIL...

MEANWHILE, BACK IN COKATOTOWN...DICK AND MARYANN WUOLLET

HARVEY AND VERNA GRANGROTH

FRED AND THELMA HALONEN

GRETA ANDERSON, CONNIE HENDRICKSON

KEN AND GRETA ANDERSON

KAREN STONELAKE, ANNETTE TOLKKINEN

ANNELI ANDERSON, BRITA HEIKKINEN AND ELLI ANDERSON

LARS HELMINEN AND ISABELLA

ON MAY 10, 2104, FOUR OF MY GR/KIDS DECIDED TO TAKE A LAKE SUPERIOR DUNK!

DARLENE HELMINEN, ISIS TOROLA, JOYCE HELMINEN, NINA TOROLA
NOTICE THE ICE!!! (SOMETHING TO DO WITH RAISING MONEY FOR SOME CHARITY)

GETTING GEARED UP, WHILE THE REST OF US HAD WARM JACKETS ON
TEMP ABOUT 50, 20 MPH WIND, SO FELT VERY COLD AIR

READY, SET, GO!  ALL SCREAMING!

SCREAMING LOUDER!

AND LOUDER!

YOWEE, BRRR, LAUGH!

THEY CAME OUT LAUGHING, THEY DID IT!  DUNKED RIGHT UNDER!

THEY CLAIMED THAT THEY WEREN'T COLD, THAT THE AIR FELT WARM.
WHAT A CRAZY BUNCH!  I LOVE THEM!

TWO OLD LADIES "PLAYING TENNIS"

SHE THINKS SHE WON AND DIDN'T SEE MY FACE (PUFF, PUFF, PANT, PANT)

BROWSING IN THE MUCKY MUCK MALL...LOTS OF WHITE SLACKS SEEN THERE, AND "MY DEAHS:...VERY EXPENSIVE, WATERFALLS,  BUT WE HADDA LOOK ANYWAY.  A MAINTENANCE MAN ACTUALLY TOOK OUR PIC...HE WAS FUNNY

VISITED LYNN AND LARRY SLEEMAN ON MARCO ISLAND

WE HEARD A PIANO PLAYING, SO  WE WENT IN,  IT  WAS  ONE OF THOSE STOCKING~FACE STUFFED MAN "PLAYING" THE PIANO

WE WENT ON A ROOKERY TOUR  TOWARD SUNSET
THIS ONE OF THE MANY PEREGRINE FALCONS ON NESTS  IN THE INTERCOASTAL WATERWAY

WE WERE GIVEN BINOCULARS...VERNA AND MARIA

IT WAS GETTING A BIT CHILLY TOWARDS DARK, BUT THIS IS THE TIME THAT HUNDREDS OF BIRDS WOULD COME AND ROOST IN THIS PARTICULAR ISLAND

APPROACHING THE ISLAND...

CLOSE~UP OF SOME OF THE BIRDS...EGRETS,  IBIS, TERNS, CRANES, PELICANS, ETC..MANY MORE...AS WE CIRCLED THE ISLAND, BIRDS KEPT FLYING  IN FROM EVERY DIRECTION.  AT THE TOP, MIDDLE, YOU SEE AN EGRET SHOWING OFF, TRYING TO ATTRACT A MATE....HE WOULD FLUFF OUT HIS FEATHERS, THEN DUCK HIS HEAD WAY DOWN THEN POP IT UP HIGH...KEPT REPEATING THIS RITUAL.  (YOU COULD SMELL THE BIRDS,  TOO)

TAKEN A FEW YEARS AGO...ANDREA AND I, PLAYING A DUET ON OUR VIOLINS.
I NOW HAVE GIVEN MY VIOLIN TO ANDREA, WHO HAS CONTINUED PLAYING...