Lesson 927: Encapsulated

 

A Thanksgiving Hello, Readers!

This photo from earlier this week

is deceiving--

we are having a cold, and wintry holiday

here in Erie.

Here are the birds one day,

and here the next!

Let me encapsulate the past week for you!

Wicked for Good was just that---Good!

So was a Wicked Brunch at The Cork,

right down to the sparkly French toast!

Sam walked down the yellow brick road

in his ruby red shoes...

or to the old, familiar

high school gym.

Slam and Truck 

together again

playing in the Alumni Game.

Even the cheering squad showed up!

And now, as I type this,

I can hear their laughter bubbling up from the basement.

telling stories of new places,

and adventures of young adulthood.

Where does the time go?

Is there a way to bottle it up?

Perhaps this blog is a way to do that.

Clark School found a way to do it.

A time capsule assembled in the year 2000

was opened on Monday.

It contained so many interesting things!

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The Class of 2000 put together the time capsule

because they opened one that was assembled in 1987-88!

That one contained some very old photos of Clark School--

and the history of the old quilt that hung in the foyer.

Time is precious.

and it does fly.

How did Eloise and family pass the time on Thanksgiving?
For starters,

we all agreed our dinner this year

was perfect.

The perfect amount of food.

The perfect amount of side dishes.

And the perfect amount of snow to start off the holiday season.

I really enjoy picking at the puzzles

the offer to readers of the Erie Times News.

Yes, we still get the actual paper!

Grandma also bought us this large sized word find.

Natalie likes to help look for the first letters.

We are glad she didn't look to the second letters and beyond.

It started out fine with the traditional terms--

I questioned the Sweet Tea

but as

I've been in a bubble most of my life

I thought, ok--maybe.

Whoops.  

Recipes.

I've made that one before.

Then things got interesting.

I hope the Native Americans forgive the spelling.

but 

What.

The.

Heck??

I'm headed to bed 

to dream of the Mashed Pofatoes I'm craving

but won't eat before bed.

I'll dream of a footbal season with one 1--

the one where Penn State wins the National Championship.

Have a great weekend!

Eloise

Lesson 926: Growing Older

 

Hello, Readers.

Thanksgiving preparations are going on

here at the Lamp Post.

Recipes ready,

grocery lists prepared.

Holiday prep never gets old,

but the older I get,

the longer I need to get ready, it seems.

As 2025 grows older

sun sets low on the horizon early--

in the 4 o'clocks now.

As it does,

it throws its light to the tree line.

giving everything a homey,

golden glow.

Any Readers have any luck with bee houses?

I never have.

If there's a trick to attraction,

let me know.

As the last of the leaves grow old

and begin to bend and fall,

Natalie has been helping make the last of the winter preparations

out in the greenhouse.

Here she is snipping of the zinnia heads.

as we save the seeds to replant next year.

Even with the days growing darker,

the sun in the morning is nice to see before work.

It looks like the new yard deer.

still in need of a coat of paint,

are worshipping the morning sun.

As the year grows older,

the lake grows angrier.

Goodbye big beach chair.

Hello, Ice Rescue bar.\

Look at what the township crew

pulled out of the water at Shorewood.

Clearly a UFO.

It was so windy when I was down there last weekend

it blew the port a john door open.

Glad no one was in there!

Soon, my favorite row of oak trees

along the east parking lot of Rolling Ridge

will lose their leaves.  

I love how they look against

a gray sky.

This gal is riding a lucky streak again.

She won a YMCA raffle basket

scored some Wicked cereal,

and tickets to next Tuesday night's showing.

One of the best things I watched this week

was a video from Neil deGrasse Tyson.

He is the popular astrophysicist 

that came to Erie to speak at the 

Jefferson Educational Society.

My students love him!

He makes complex science

exciting and somewhat understandable.

He had some fantastic thoughts about growing older.

Weekend Homework:

Watch this 13 minute video

for some thought-provoking material.

He has a great laugh.

Listen to it,

and for a Bonus Point,

tell me whose laugh that reminds you of.

I can't quite place it.

CLICK HERE

Enjoy your Thanksgiving prep!

Eloise