From Summer to Fall to Winter in One Week

Saturday is snowed. Today they are putting up the Christmas Tree in front of Radio City Music Hall, and it's Halloween!
Last week it was warm and sunny, then it got cooler, then snow!
Mother Nature is all messed up!
Today is Halloween so the candy man will be busy!!
Actually after work Vito and I are going over to see the 9/11 Memorial. I signed up for a spot when it opened, and this was the first day I could get two tickets. I'd much rather pay respects and honor heroes, then watch people in costumes be annoying. To each his own, but Halloween isn't a fave "holiday" of mine. I'm silly and wear costumes all the time. :)

Cropped photos and one more

I cropped some of the photos from earlier and there is one other shot of the Bieberle's around the headstone.

Burials and Passings

The grandkids and great grandkids. Back row l to r: Justin Klenda, Trevor Bieberle, Joel Bieberle, Jared Klenda. Middle: Ryan Bieberle, Kristin Lock, Josh Klenda, Diedra Demel, Sarah Britton. Front: Jason Westbrook

My stepmother Dolores Bieberle Westbrook, stepbrother Glen Bieberle, stepsister Janice Bieberle Klenda, stepsister Kay Bieberle Demel today in Hoisington. Sadly, burying Keith Bieberle today, eldest son.

My brother Randy, nephew Jason Anthony Westbrook (9 1/2 years old) in Claflin Cemetery after the funeral in Hoisington. Visiting the graves of our Granparents and Aunt Emma, as well as our Mother and the marker for my father (he is buried at Arlington National Cemetery but we had a marker placed next to our mother, in the town where they met).

Remembering Keith Bieberle

This is an old photo, 1988, but I wanted to honor my stepbrother Keith Beiberle, far right in the photo. He passed suddenly Monday evening. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family. He was a great father, husband, brother and son. He was and always will be held in high regard by all who knew him.
Too soon, too sudden.
Keith, Jim and Gil are there to welcome you Home.

More Photos from Sunday at National Cemetery

Randy and Jason looking at the marker. I put my cross on the stone for a bit to exchange energy. Sure do miss you Dad!!

VA

I took the Bolt Bus down to VA this past weekend. I left Friday morning from 6th and Grand with low clouds hanging over my head. When we got to just outside of Baltimore for a pit stop, we made it from the bus to the service building then it poured rain, so we had to run back to the bus in the rain.
It stopped not long after so that by the time we got to DC it was sunny.
I took the MARC train through Maryland to Point of Rocks and Sonya, George and Jason picked me up.
Saturday was beautiful weather, clear, cool, breezy. My older sister Cheryl and I went for a walk and it was just heavenly.
Later we had a BBQ at Sonya's (she is renting Randy and June's house as they have moved to Colorado). Randy and Jason had come back to get Sonya's camper that she is giving them. See, we DO share as a family!
Sunday we all went to Arlington Cemetery to pay our respects to Dad. It was a beautiful day!!
They left to finish up plans for Randy and Jason and Sonya's departure Monday morning (Sonya is helping drive then will fly back home). I ended up meeting up with my friend Deb Tsimbidis (a classmate from Hayfield) and we spent the rest of the day talking at her lovely new home. Not far from Hayfield actually!! Then she and I went to Lorton to her favorite Italian restaurant and our classmate Chuck Davisson met us there for a bit. A lovely mini reunion!
Deb took me back to Union Station to catch the 8:30PM Bolt Bus. I got back to NYC and was home by 1:00AM.
A lovely, short but sweet weekend.
Perfect in every way!!!

Remembering Dorothy

Yesterday was/would have been Dorothy Tritsch's birthday. I went to church and shared with my friend David. I imagined Dorothy sitting in an empty space in the pew 2 rows ahead of me. I miss her but know she is at peace and reunited with Norman!
Happy Birthday Dorothy!!

It's Time to Dress for Fall

Took this photo on the way in this morning in Grand Central. The sun only does this certain times of the year/day. The black walls are going to be the new Apple store. Since Steve Jobs died yesterday, it's fitting that the sunshine was streaming in on the vision they call APPLE.

Took this of the flowers along Park Avenue from 46th Street looking north!
As the ending lyrics of "Summer of 42" theme.."one last caress, it's time to dress..for Fall!"