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...

St. PATRICK'S DAY PARADE IN NAPLES, FL...2014

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HUMUNGOUS PARADE, SO MANY WORE GREEN, EVEN THE WATCHERS, EVEN GREEN WIGS, GREEN GLASSES, SHOES, EVERYTHING!  THE PARADE WAS TWO HOURS LONG, AND THE BOTTOM PIC SHOWS THE LARGEST H.S. BAND, MUST HAVE BEEN 200.  THERE WERE 16 MARCHING BANDS....I REALLY ENJOYED IT ALL.

CRY!  I CAN'T GET HERE IN MY CASITA....3 TO 4 FEET OF SNOW YET!

OH, WELL, IT'S BACK TO FLORIDA....MARIA, DIANE AND VERNA WALKING DOWN THE BEACH

HUGE, MANY BLOCK ART AND CRAFT FAIR IN NAPLES
YOU CAN SEE ALL 3 GIRLS ...WHITE, BLUE AND PINK SHIRTS

WHOOPS...MEANT TO PUT THIS MANATEE WITH OUR TOUR

THESE METAL ANIMALS ARE ABOUT SIX FEET TALL AT THE ART FAIR...I SURE WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAUL ONE HOME ON THE PLANE, BUT IT MAY HAVE BEEN KINDA DIFFICULT

AT THE ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARADE....EVERYBODY AND EVERYTHING HAD GREEN!

ANTTI AND BRUCE HELMINEN LOOKING IN MY 2ND STORY WINDOW FROM ON TOP THE SNOWBANK...GIVES YOU AN IDEA HOW MUCH SNOW WE HAVE

                    TALKED TO A BAG PIPER ON ST. PATRICK'S DAY....HE WAS THE LEADER OF THE
                    PIPES AND DRUM CORPS FROM THE COLLEGE OF MANHATTEN

THE FOLIAGE AND FLOWERS IN FLORIDA GROWS HUGE....LOOK AT THE STREET SIGN IN FRONT OF THIS TREE.....THE TREE IS AWESOME

ON MAY 3RD, A SENIOR CITIZEN OF THE HOWELL CONGREGATION WILL TURN 90 YEARS OLD.  SHE IS HOMEBOUND, AND A MESSAGE CAME FROM FRIENDS OF HERS TO POST THIS:....PLEASE SEND HER A BIRTHDAY CARD TO BRIGHTEN HER DAY.  HER ADDRESS AND NAME:  SUOMA SAARELA....34848 FREEDOM RD, APT. 215...FARMINGTON HILLS, MI  48355

SUOMA CAME FROM FINLAND IN THE 1940'S AND HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE (DETROIT) HOWELL CONGREGATION SINCE.