Until We Meet Again

Tonight were the calling hours for Chet Stoltzfus. The Amish couple on the right is Wayne and Esta Mast. Wayne was Chet's Shuffleboard partner many a time. The other couple is Albert and Ida Miller.  These two couples had brought Paul, a homeless guy with them to the calling hours. 

Paul and Chet became very good friends. I don't think Chet realized the impact he had on the people who came into contact with him. He was an intervort, a bit of a loner in his own way, but he, well he was himself in caring deeply for the under-dogs. At least this is my perspective of Chet. I will miss not seeing him around but for the rest of us life goes on... 

Empty

No shuffleboard playing tonight.  

Chet Stoltzfus

I am digging in my photo file and chose these two in memory of Chet Stoltzfus. On Memorial Day Chet and Anna Mary hosted a cookout for the whoever lives or  hang around the Pinecraft Park. 

This photo was taken one week ago. Chet and Anna Mary were on a golf cart ride, and like normal, a crowd gathers to visit. 

Life changes quickly. Funeral arrangements for Chet Stoltzfus are as follows:

There will be a viewing held in Sarasota on Tuesday evening from 6-8 at Weigands Funeral Home . And there will be a viewing held in Lancaster PA at Keystone from 2-4 and 6-8 on Thursday. Funeral services will be at Keystone on Friday July 29th at 10 am, with viewing at 9 am. 

Gene and Mabel Bontrager

Tonight Gene Bontrager is 59.9 years old. 

Tomorrow will be his 60th birthday. 

We celebrated tonight.

Getting to know both of you has been a blessing. 

The Grill

Open air cooking at the park.

Thursday Evening

Tonight I decided I am not going to post any pictures of the shuffleboard game and so I didn't.

Both of these men have Lancaster County roots. Maybe they knew each other in their younger years. I simply don't know, but neither one lives in Pennsylvania. Crist Petersheim lives here in Pinecraft and the other man is from Indiana.

This group is in the park about once a week. They come in quiet and respectful, do their exercises at the far end of the parking lot then pack up and leave again. 

Future Shuffleboard Pros

Tonight was the Wednesday evening Shuffleboard Champion. Tonight the winning team was Wayne Mast and Bill Whatchamacallit. (I can't remember his last name. Maybe I never knew it.) I will post more pictures on Facebook but here I want to post about the future shuffleboard champions. 

The youngest boys belong to Norm and Barbara Borntrager and the two oldest are Steve and Jolene Schlabach's boys.

Dinner Time

The Peanut Man was late getting to the park and the squirrels went from person to person begging for peanuts. when this one discovered nobody had any peanuts, he pulled grass and chewed on that. 

Fathers and Sons

 Tonight there were at least three fathers with young sons at the park. I don't recall ever seeing any of these men. Likely they are local not too far from the Pinecraft Park. As a whole the Pinecraft Park is a clean safe place for us all. 

The first two pictures are the same little guy. He was all in, in helping his Daddy play basketball. He even had his turn in shooting the ball.

 Running after the ball.

This Daddy and the two boys were at the volleyball court where there is lots of sand. The other father with a son was down on the swings. 

Cloud Formations

 Coming from the west on Fry Street, looking east at the incoming storm clouds.

The same buildings a couple of hours later, coming from the opposite direction on Bimini Street.

We had about half a dozen rain drops. 

Today

 County Workers cleaning and cutting weeds along the canal behind my house. A job that gets done a couple times a year. 

 The new house on Estrada Street is making progress.

Admiring the sunset. No two sunsets are ever alike. Each one has its own beauty.