In Honor of Grandma

A year ago, I helped Grandma Georgie celebrate her 92nd birthday. Grandma loved a party, and we all had a great time. Now she is gone, and I felt like I needed to remember her love of life and do something fun to celebrate her birthday, the way she would like to.

Birthday weekend started on Friday night… Chinese takeout and a movie with Jesse, Noah, Skylar, Ivey and Stephen. And I ordered Cashew Chicken, in Grandma’s honor.

Grandma became a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) in 1973. She made me a member in 1986, and now I am looking into finding my own local chapter. In honor of Grandma’s birthday, on Saturday I treated two women from the Chinkchewunska Chapter to lunch. Here I am with Allyn (corresponding secretary) and Bonnie (the chapter Regent).

After lunch Ron and I hit the road to join a local party. (I wore my white & turquoise jersey in Grandma’s honor).

Grandma’s birthday is also the 25th anniversary of our local Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge, so there was a celebration.

Ron signed us up as volunteers for future Refuge events, like tree planting. Stay tuned.

Well, it’s Grandma’s birthday, I guess I should have some cake. But wouldn’t you know it, the fresh local apples were actually more delicious.

Time to race back home. We have to get ready for dinner…

We took our friends Eric and Laura out to dinner to celebrate their engagement! (I wore turquoise again, in Grandma’s honor).

Come on.. the night’s still young! We made a couple of stops on the Warwick, NY Moonlight Pond Tour. Very cool.

Sunday rides are always a pleasure…

Breakfast at the barn. Grandma would’ve loved it.

Grandma was always on the move, happy to be able to go and do… This weekend we’re doing a good job of living life and keeping busy, but I might need a little downtime in my hammock swing this afternoon!

Turkish dinner with Steve, Lorine and Stephen. Yum.

Grandma & Grandpa always got dessert.. So we went to Dairy Queen and got a turtle sundae to share. And since Grandma was so happy when someone surprised her by buying her ice cream, we treated some people tonight. I even got a hug! Afterwards, we drove out of the cloud cover to see the eclipse of the super blood moon. In Grandma’s words, “Another day gone good.”