Friday, September 2, my friend, Robert “Slim” Bowser and myself headed to that great place known as Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The reasons for our visit were varied. We stopped by some businesses to present viewings of the print, “The Wheatfield-Whirlpool of Death”. We discussed options with a business that specializes in shirts and sweat-shirts. We [...]
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Gettysburg Visit
Posted in Historical, My Family on September 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
First Place At Car Show
Posted in My Family on August 1, 2011 | 2 Comments »
My step-father, Bob Miller received the first place honor at a car show at Elderton Pennsylvania. The event was held on July 30th, 2011. I had forgotten about the show until Bob and my mother (Ruth) pulled into the drive way later that same evening. I watched Bob glowingly remove his first place honor from [...]
Short Walk At The Homestead
Posted in Hikes, My Family, Wildflowers on June 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Bob and I went for a short walk down the road where I grew up along Silvis Hollow Road. The very comfortable summer weather was inviting. I pointed out some initials carved into the rocks that border the old “Joe Blair Hill”. This is the name we locals call this hill since a lawyer [...]
Memorial Day Thoughts
Posted in 2011 Spring Gobbler Season, Historical, My Family, Wildflowers on May 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I spent the very early hours of the morning of Memorial Day in the woods.(In fact, I wrote this blog during that time too.) What a great place to reflect! Of course, my thoughts, as they so often do, drifted back to some early years of my father and I trekking over these [...]
Memorial Day- Civil War Ancestry
Posted in Historical, My Family on May 29, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Memorial Day causes me to ponder on the reasons of war and those involved. My father, Allen K. Smail instilled a deep respect and honor towards are veterans. He was in the European theater during WWll. He saw concentration camps and other many sites most of us would cringe in terror over seeing. I have [...]
Short Hunt
Posted in 2011 Spring Gobbler Season, My Family on May 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I took Bob out to another area to hunt. I described the hike to the top would be a long and gradual climb. He was OK with the effort. We reached the field’s edge at 5:20A.M. and shortly heard a distant gobble. Within the next five minutes we heard 5, possibly seven, different gobblers. [...]
Laurie Has Turkey for Her Meatball Recipe!
Posted in 2011 Spring Gobbler Season, My Family on May 26, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I continued the elevation along the hill until I entered a gas line. I called and was immediately answered by a gobbler up on top of the grade. I walked up and called prior to going up and over the crest. He answered again and much closer. I searched for a good set up [...]
Ferret Lost & Tomfoolery
Posted in 2011 Spring Gobbler Season, My Family on May 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Last evening when I took my springer out to a business call our ferret, Quincy eluded me, passing by the door before the spring pulled it closed. He is fast and I never saw him. His bell and collar was removed for a bath and he carried it under the bed and Laurie failed to search for [...]
Mother’s Day 2011
Posted in My Family on May 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Laurie and I spent time with our mothers this Sunday. We both feel blessed to have our mothers around to torment. My mother’s name is Ruth Elizabeth (Yount)(Smail) Miller, now married to Bob Miller. My father passed away in 1999. Laurie’s mother is Anne(Reynaud) Craft. She was married to Wilbert Craft who passed away [...]
Five Miles In The Woods
Posted in Hikes, My Family, Wildflowers, Wildlife on April 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
False Hellebore Bob walking the plank After Bob and I ate a hearty breakfast, we left Susie (my springer spaniel) and mom to fend for themselves at home. We entered the woods after 9:00 to study the Cherry Run area for turkey signs and whatever else we could observe. The first obstacle we encountered [...]
