Joel Wengerd

These pictures of Joel need no explanation. Friday evening I attended a family Birthday Party with a number of children present. Rather than join the visiting of the old people, although most of them are younger than I am, I sat in an out-of-way-place where I could take pictures without being noticed. After I downloaded the pictures the parents & grandparents enjoyed the pictures I had taken of their grandkids. 

Pamper is Full

Picking up the phone to text Momma...

"Let's see, what did Momma teach me to write?"

                                                "Oh yes, my pamper needs to be changed."

 

Eastern Tennessee

Yesterday I attended church services in this little old church building somewhere in Tennessee.

A slab giving the history of this church or spot. (Click to enlarge)

Modern day moon shining under the ramp.

Job is buried in this cemetery.

And other people too. The tombstones around the church building date back to the mid-1800's through early 1900's.

Anna and Laura

Here are a few more pictures of Anna and Laura after the group pictures were taken.

Just waiting for whatever next.

Starting up a conversation...

with Lester Hostetler, whom we can't see.

The conversation is about the group picture on his camera.

Elmer's Perspective

This is Elmer Beachy's perspective of the senior group in the previous post. I always look up and he obviously looks down. But then I am not a six-footer either.

Senoir Supper at the Park

Last night I was invited to join a senior group for a picnic at the park. (Click to enlarge photos.)

Lester & Sara Hostetler

 

Elmer Beachy and his wife

Boys will always be boys. It doesn't matter how old they are.

Time for a hand shake with the ladies. Well, most people shake hands with each other and I keep forgetting it. I never was a hand shaker.

Rising to pray the blessing before eating the meal.

Listening carefully to Lester tell some sort of story.

And the group picture

Seated are Anna & Laura Yoder. I think they are sisters and had both married Yoders and are both widow ladies. On the far left is Erma LaRaviere, Lester & Sara Hostetler, Wilmer Miller & wife, Samuel Bender & wife, Sam & Martha Hostetler & Elmer Beachy & wife. (If I don't know the wife's name then I just wrote "wife". Sometimes I remember their names and other times I don't.

If I can't remember names it is not due to old age. If you live in Pinecraft for more than two years, you forget names, but remember faces. It blows a person's mind to remember 1000 names a day during the winter months. 

Shuffling Tonight

Mother and daughter

These two are Kauffman brothers. Their Dad was Ben Kauffman. Ben had a brother Sam, Sam had a son Roman Kauffman, and Roman married my cousin Mary Troyer Kauffman. So I am posting these especially for the Roman Kauffman family. The one on the right reminded me of a Kaufmman long before I knew he was a Kauffman. He basically reminded me of his Uncle Sam. Click on the pictures to enlarge.

 

Both brothers are left handed, at least when it comes to shuffling.

This is the other end of the court; Elam Zook, LeAnna Miller. The Belleville PA guy, which is a brother to the Mother in the first picture. The lady shuffling is Lovina, John Kauffman's wife and the other lady is the other Kauffman's wife.

The other Kauffman's wife. She looks like a happy, down to earth barefooted woman.

The Setting Sun

This is the time of the year when we have beautiful sunsets. This one was last night on the bike trail at the park.

And this was tonight's sunset on the same trail. The other night while I was looking at the clouds I made the remark these clouds makes me dreamy. The old guy laughed and said, "They are just thunder heads."

Saturday Night's Game

Last night there were a couple of Shuffleboard games going. This one is family, at least on this end of the court. I didn't get many shots from the opposite end as the sun was glaring too much. I just love the looks, the happy face of the woman in the back ground. Elam Zook is playing against his mother-in-law. Elam's partner was Lester Byler on the opposite end of the court. The Mother-in-law was in partnership with her husband. (Click to take a better look at the faces.)

I think this young girl came with the happy face woman. She is intensively watching the game too.

This is family too, although he comes from Belleville, PA instead of Lancaster. He wears no suspenders because his church made it optional or doesn't allow suspenders. I forgot which.

All in an Evening's Drive

There is hardly anything going on in Pinecraft, at least not compared to the winter months and yet there is enough action to keep life interesting. This evening three ladies were peacefully fishing down by the creek.

And the next minute I was hearing screaming and so I quickly biked over to the edge and this one lady was swinging the machete. Suddenly their world turned upside down when the fishing pole laying on the ground caught a fish and the pole was being dragged into the water and a snake came swimming toward the fish on the hook and chaos broke out. I quickly decided to keep my distance and turned my bike around...

saw the crack peddler sitting on the fence. I left the park...

Pinecraft Tonight

Two out of three women that live on Bimini Street are out riding tonight. (Click picture to enlarge)

They rounded the corner and took off for the park. I followed them but by the time I entered the park they were on their way out again. They reminded me of children out on a joy ride, but it was a perfect evening to be out biking after an 88 degree day.

After the above two left the park there was only one homeless guy and myself in the park, that is until Bill Detweiler came biking back in. We visited until his phone rang and then I left to finish my ride.

As I neared home I was hearing music, so I followed the source to my neighbor Sam & Martha's front door. Anna Yoder was also enjoying the evening outside. About every time they finished a song we could hear distant clapping of hands. After looking around a bit we spotted a young girl standing in their back yard listening and clapping to the music. She made our day.