Category Everyday Life

A couple of weeks ago, Marian said let’s go for a walk. Usually, she goes to Sidecut Park, since it’s so close. But I suggested let’s try Oak Openings. It’s probably the oldest park in our Metroparks system. When we…

We’re visiting some friends, and I found an unopened can of Spam in their cupboard. They said go for it, so I made a sandwich using an english muffin, cheese and mayo. I loaded a pic of it to FB,…

I was pleasantly surprised when I found out that my grandson, Brayden, team was going to play on the ice at the Toledo Winterfest. He’s on a U10 house team in Sylvania. Needless to say, this was not something we…

I was so happy that our families could get together for our evening at Toledo’s Lights at the Zoo. I don’t think we got there last year, so I was looking forward to getting back there. No matter how many…

We had what was probably our last tailgate of the current football year this past Saturday, 10 Toledo was at home playing a league game against Western Michigan. There are 4 more home games, but 3 of them will occur…

We had to watch one set of GKs for the evening. It just so happened that we had Mud Hen tickets so we took them to the game. The evening was great. The top 3 Tiger farm prospects had all…

We have been blessed with me knowing a friend whose brother is a huge fisherman. He routinely catches his limit, and my friend graciously has shared some walleye with me for our dining pleasure. The first 2 times we had…

It started snowing lightly early Tuesday afternoon. It continued to get heavier as the day progressed and continued until 2 or 3 am. It’s not unusual to get snow in April, but it’s always a surprise. I captured what the…