A THERAPY DOG VISITED AT ASPIRUS HOSPITAL LAST WEEK WHEN I HAD A BRAND NEW HIP…NEAT IDEA, AND YES IM DOING WELL
Sunday, April 28, 2024
MINNESOTA BABY SHOWER..FOR MARIA JOHNSONS DAUGHTER BREA
BK: RENATA TOROLA, LYNN PINONIEMI, KATE PINONIEMI, BREA TOROLA, Kari TOROLA, JEAN LINNA, JENNI WATKINS, EVA TOROLA MARIA JOHNSON CHRISTAHALONEN, MARTHA PINONIEMI, CARLYE KASTAMO, ...HELENA HALONEN,
DAVE AND PETE TOROLA GOLFING IN DULUTH RECENTLY
RECENT PAINTING “COPPER COUNTRY MEDLEY”, MIXED MEDIA
ITS NOW GETTING SCANNED AND WILL HAVE PRINTS MADE
THINGS ONE CAN ENJOY IN OUR COPPER COUNTRY
NEW ENGAGEMENT…WILL SHECK AND GR/DAUGHTER LIZZIE TOROLA
RECENT VISITORS, GRACE NIEMELA, DEBBIE AND RON ROUSU (MPLS)
RANDELL SIBLINGS..JIM, DOLORES, STANLEY AND GRACE
HELPED THE GIRLS WITH AN ART PROJECT ONE EVENING…JACKIE KIILUNEN AND MADDIE TOROLA
JENNA, STANLEY AND SWEET BABY OTTO HELMINEN
MY COUSIN SUE YERGES FROM LAKE MILLS WISCONSIN
DENNIS AND SUE
Sunday, March 31, 2024
Thursday, February 22, 2024
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
MY 86th BIRTHDAY BRUNCH, ,GIVEN DESERT, CANDLE AND A SONG
BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS ON THIS TREE, WHEN IN FULL BLOOM, THE WHOLE TREE IS ORANGE
AT 8AM EVERY MORNING, A BUGLE SOUNDS AND THEN THE NATIONAL ANTHEM IS PLAYED THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE 45 SQUARE MILES OF GUANTANAMO BAY. EVERYONE STOPS WHAT THEY ARE DOING, STANDING AT ATTENTION,, THE MILITARY SALUTE DURING THE ANTHEM. IF YOU ARE DRIVING, YOU STOP ON SIDE OF THE ROAD. I NOTICED MANY PEOPLE AND MILITARY AT THE AIRPORT WITH SO MANY PEOPLE IN ONE SPOT, I WAS VERY MOVED. AT SUNDOWN, REVILLE IS PLAYED.
IN THIS PHOTO, WE WENT TO THE TOP OF A MOUNTAIN TO HEAR THE ANTHEM…BRIAN WAS CHECKING OUT THE SCENERY RIGHT BEFORE THE ANTHEM.
TRAVEL SKETCHBOOK…
A BANYAN TREE…HUGE AND BEAUTIFUL
TODD, EVELYN, BRIAN, LITTLE TODD AND I
ANOTHERBLOOMING TREE
IGUANA
RECENT TRIP TO GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA
IGUANAS ARE PROTECTED HERE, THERE ARE ROAD SIGNS..”IGUANA CROSSING”
THEY ARE ABOUT 15 lbs., and 3 FEET LONG
WE ATE AT A MONGOLIAN BUFFET…FIRST WAS A SALAD/VEGETABLE BAR, NEXT WAS A MEAT BAR, U PUT YOUR FOOD ON TWO PLATES, BRING IT TO THE CASHIER, WHO WEIGHS YOUR FOOD AND YOU PAY ACCORDINGLY, THEN TO SEASONING/OILS TABLE, NEXT GO IN LINE TO THE COOKS…DELICIOUS!
LITTLE TOD, SON OF EVELYN (Margie and Brian’s daughter) AND TODD
TOURING…MARGIE AND BRIAN.
BEAUTIFUL SHORELINE WITH THE LIGHTHOUSE. THERE ARE HIGH GRASSY, BUSH HILLS.
ONE MUST HAVE A SPONSOR TO GO TO CUBA..MOST PEOPLE THERE ARE IN MILITARY, GOVERNMENT OR CONTRACTORS. WE FLEW FROM THE MILITARY BASE IN JACKSONVILLE.
Monday, February 19, 2024
Thursday, February 15, 2024
IN FLORIDA ON A LITTLE TOUR WITH BRIAN AND JEAN TOROLA
THIS PIC IS OUT OF PLACE….THESE GUYS ARE ON THEIR WAY TO GO HOG HUNTING IN TEXAS…THEY STOPPED AT DARLENES HOUSE FOR A FEW HOURS OF SLEEP…IN DALLAS, TX…WAYLON TOLKKINEN, STANLEY HELMINEN, TWO ANDERSON BROTHERS, LADD AND NASH
TOUR OF THE JACKSONVILLE FORT FROM THE 1800’s
OUR NARRATOR
BRIAN AND JEAN IN A LOOKOUT TOWER
THIS PLANE HAS A STORY…(another out of place pic) MY NEIGHBOR HAD JUST BOARDED THIS PLANE AT O’HARE TO COME TO HANCOCK, ALL BUCKLED IN,READY FOR TAKEOFF WHEN A TRUCK CRASHED INTO THE WING, CAUSING A TERRIFIC JOLT….IT WAS NIGHT, SO PERHAPS THE DRIVER JUST DIDNT SEE THE PLANE….NO ONE HURT, OF COURSE,AS ALL WERE BUCKLED IN. THE WING WAS DAMAGED, AS U CAN SEE. A WEEKLATER, AS I SAT BY A WINDOW AT O’HARE, I SAW THE PLANE WITH THE BROKEN WING…..THEY WERE MOVING IT ELSEWHERE…..HOW CRAZY IS THAT?
I FLEW TO JACKSONVILLE TO MEET MARGIE AND BRIAN, PRIOR TO GOING TO CUBA TO VISIT THEIR DAUGHTER EVELYN AND TODD. WE HAD A GREAT VISIT AND DINNER WITH MORE TOROLAS WHO LIVE THERE…BRIAN AND JEAN (down for the winter) AARON AND TRISHA JOHNSON, MARIA AND PAUL LAMPINEN
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