My Desultory Blog

RichC | December 26, 2021

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Tags: annalyn, boxing day, brenda, christmas, christmas eve, drew, ellerie, family, katelyn, megan, oostras, Photos, richc, taylor

RichC | December 23, 2021

While posting to the blog yesterday, I noticed a “Year(s) Ago On This Day” post archiving the stamped concrete was being pour/stamped for our backporch – 14 years ago). And even more shocking is that we were building our house back in the winter and spring of 1996! (click on house photo below of Katelyn, […]

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Tags: backporch, brenda, construction, home, house, idiom, idioms, katelyn, memories, project, taylor, TBT, throwback, thursday, time flies

RichC | December 19, 2021

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Tags: Alexa, annalyn, crazy-face, drew, echo, ellerie, family, granddaughers, katelyn, mp3, speaking

RichC | December 16, 2021

The years go by quickly and I’m not sure how to keep up with the time anymore, except maybe by watching our granddaughters grow up … or noticing gray hair and elbow wrinkles. UGH! The 8 years and 8 months our son-in-law Drew has been married to Katelyn and part of our family have been […]

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Tags: birthday, drew, family, katelyn, oldlyweds, taylor, TBT, throwback, thursday

RichC | December 9, 2021

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Tags: angel, annalyn, christmas, decorations, drew, ellerie, family, hockey, katelyn, lucky charms, snow, taylor

RichC | November 22, 2021

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Tags: buckeyes, college, drew, football, jerry moody, katelyn, megan, michigan state, mp3, music monday, musicmonday, ohio state, rick derringer, sloopy, sloopy girl, spartans, taylor, the mccoys, youtube

RichC | November 11, 2021

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Tags: annalyn, babysitting, bompa, brenda, crafts, drew, ellerie, family, games, katelyn, mp4, oma, perrysburg, playing, richc, veterans day

RichC | November 2, 2021

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Tags: 2021, annalyn, costume, drew, ellerie, family, halloween, idiom, idioms, katelyn, megan, taylor

RichC | October 30, 2021

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Tags: annalyn, brenda, condo1718, delray beach, drew, ellerie, family, florida, katelyn, richc, vacation

RichC | October 14, 2021

Although I’ve highlighted our 1987 Mercedes Benz 560 SEL before (see photo in front of my parent’s house in Sidney) and this fall photo at West Branch State Park reminds me that autumn is the perfect time to take my current 1982 MB 300D Turbodiesel out for a drive. The ‘87 was one of those […]

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Tags: 560 sel, brenda, family, katelyn, mercedes benz, ne ohio, sidney ohio, taylor, TBT, throwback, thursday, west branch

RichC | October 10, 2021

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Tags: amazon, annalyn, apples, asphalt, chores, drew, efe, ellerie, family, granddaughters, hardware, katelyn, landscaping, neighborhood, orchard, paving, plumbing, river rocks, valve stem

RichC | September 23, 2021

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Tags: annalyn, brenda, condo1718, delray beach, drew, ellerie, encore, family, florida, football, katelyn, megan, momh, osu, richc, taylor, weekend

RichC | September 9, 2021

Last month when we were together with the kids, they were talking about enjoying trips to Michigan for long weekends during the summer (Drew’s parents have a house on Lake Michigan). It brought back memories for us and I mentioned that once-upon-a-time we thought about buying cabin property in the Upper Peninsula on Lake Huron […]

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Tags: brenda, cedarville, Corbett Chronicles, family, home video, katelyn, michigan, mp4, richc, taylor, TBT, throwback, thursday

RichC | September 4, 2021

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Tags: annalyn, aruba, backyard, chalazion, damage, ellerie, family, grass, grubs, insects, katelyn, lawn, megan, pests, sod webworm, taylor

RichC | August 17, 2021

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Tags: annalyn, backyard, birthday, brenda, drew, ellerie, family, katelyn, mp4, pool, taylor, vacation

RichC | July 29, 2021

While reviewing and purging a few backups to stay under one of my cloud storage service’s data caps, a favorite photo popped up that was backed up on OneDrive. It was a pre-children time for Drew and Katelyn visiting his parent’s place on Lake Michigan when there was free-time for self, hobbies, tech gadgets and […]

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Tags: cincinnati, drew, drone, family, katelyn, memories, michigan, ohio, Photos, quadrotor, river, taylor, TBT, throwback, thursday

RichC | July 11, 2021

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Tags: annalyn, aquarium, backyard, brenda, drew, ellerie, family, fun, funm mp4, granddaughters, katelyn, pool, project, puddle, richc, summer, swimming, tailgating, tie dye, vacation

RichC | July 10, 2021

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Tags: 4th of july, annalyn, brenda, drew, ellerie, family, katelyn, megan, memories, mp4, richc, sparklers, taylor, weekend

RichC | June 20, 2021

Received nice photo from Katelyn and Drew last week and since I included one of Taylor and Megan last week, this is one that needed to be archived on my blog. Most most personal photos nowadays are of our granddaughters as Brenda and I have long ago moved past the stage of photos our ourselves […]

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Tags: birdhouse, coyote, drew, family, katelyn, megan, mp4, raccoon, sunset, taylor, trapping

RichC | June 11, 2021

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Tags: annalyn, critters, drew, ellerie, family, katelyn, possum, raccoon, red tail, skunk

RichC | May 28, 2021

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Tags: annalyn, brenda, dance, drew, ellerie, family, granddaughters, katelyn, mp4, pool, recital, richc, splashing

RichC | May 26, 2021

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Tags: annalyn, barb, birthday, brenda, caitlyn, carson, drew, ellerie, family, gnome, katelyn, mp4, mud hens, randy, richc, surprise, taylor, toledo

RichC | May 18, 2021

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Tags: annalyn, antique, birthday, brenda, dresser, drew, ellerie, family, frontgate, gazebo, katelyn, megan, richc, rugs, taylor

RichC | May 15, 2021

Yesterday was my “space-camp” and NASA Sharp daughter Katelyn’s birthday and I had been saving a link that I forgot about just for the occasion … so will post it a day late … along with an amazing 2020 photo of Jupiter and Europa from the Hubble Space Telescope. We share an interest in space […]

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Tags: birthday, cluster, daughter, galaxy, hubble, katelyn, nasa sharp, photo, space, spacecamp, telescope

RichC | May 14, 2021

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Tags: annalyn, birthday, brenda, drew, ellerie, family forever into eternity, katelyn, richc

RichC | May 5, 2021

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Tags: annalyn, bedroom, delray beach, ellerie, family, flowers, headboard, katelyn, lilac, megan, pano, panorama, Photos, richc, roses, taylor

RichC | April 3, 2021

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Tags: annalyn, annimal kingdom, disney, drew, ellerie, family, florida, katelyn, mickey mouse, orlando, Photos, vacation

RichC | March 14, 2021

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Tags: aluminum, annalyn, archive, betterbox, cement, family, haircut, katelyn, mailbox, perrysburg, quikcrete, repair, replace

RichC | March 13, 2021

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Tags: annalyn, christmas, Computer, drew, ellerie, family, gift, granddaughers, ifixit, katelyn, outside, Photos, repair, small, spring, taylor, tools

RichC | March 2, 2021

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Tags: annalyn, birthday, celebration, drew, ellerie, family, frozen, granddaughers, imagination, imax, katelyn, movie, ohio, oostra, party, perrysburg, toledo

RichC | February 14, 2021

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Tags: annalyn, brenda, coronavirus, covid19, ellerie, facetime, idiom, katelyn, Photos, taylor, vaccination, valentine's day

RichC | January 28, 2021

When searching for a photo of my 1996 Toyota 4Runner (never found one), I stumbled across a couple personal photos from 1997 and will archive them for today’s Throwback Thursday #TBT. One of “professional Brenda” dressed for the office in 1990’s style (ha!) and the other of our family on an October Hawk Migration birding […]

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Tags: 1997, 4runner, ani gif, anigif, audubon, birds, brenda, family, florida, hawk, hiking, katelyn, migration, peninsula, richc, st. joseph, taylor, TBT, toyota, trip, trips

RichC | January 27, 2021

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Tags: annalyn, birthdays, ellerie, family, katelyn, Photos, ponytail, sisters

RichC | January 20, 2021

While talking with a customer on the phone today and talking about when I’ll be traveling to NE Ohio again, they asked me when they could get the Covid-19 vaccine? See Covid-19 Vaccination Program – LINK. So I figured it would be appropriate to include a screenshot from an Ohio-based health care provider in our […]

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Tags: brenda, cdc, coronavirus, covid19, drew, family, katelyn, megan, ohio, taylor, vaccine

RichC | January 10, 2021

Thanks to my daughter Katelyn and her family, I’m in the process of reading the Tim Challies book, “EPIC – An Around-The-World Journey Through Christian History.” It is the new book I mentioned in my 2020 Christmas wrap-up post … and it has been challenging to put down. BUT … I’m sort of using it […]

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Tags: artifacts, Books, christian, devotional, epic, Faith, gift, History, katelyn, reading, tim challies

RichC | December 31, 2020

I had lunch “out” this week with my good friend Jeff, although this routine has become very infrequent compared to previous years. Still, we had a chance to catch up, talk about politics (Ugh), the old-days backpacking in North Carolina (an old scanned photo for Throwback Thursday #TBT) … and I opened his cool gift […]

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Tags: backpacking, blessings, camping, coronavirus, covid19, family, friends, hiking, jeff pitts, jeffp, katelyn, memories, Memory, reflection, solo, stove, TBT, thankful, vaccination, vaccine

RichC | December 29, 2020

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Tags: annalyn, brenda, christmas, corbett, coronavirus, covid19, coyote, drew, ellerie, family, katelyn, lumix, megan, oostra, Photos, richc, taylor, toolkit, truth for life

RichC | December 15, 2020

It has been a challenging year to say the least with the Coronavirus still raging in the US and around the world. So many lives, businesses and plans have been forever changed. Brenda and I just feel blessed to be surviving the pandemic and able to function in a day to day matter. We hear […]

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Tags: 2020, archive, brenda, christmas, christmas card, Corbett Christmas Letter, coronavirus, covid19, drew, family, idioms, katelyn, megan, postcard, richc, taylor

RichC | December 13, 2020

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Tags: annalyn, Art, birthday, drew, ellerie, family, happy, katelyn, museum, toledo

RichC | December 1, 2020

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RichC | November 12, 2020

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Tags: annalyn, archived, bikes, drew, electical, ellerie, famiy, hawk, indian summer, katelyn, packard, problems, relay, schematic, wiring

RichC | November 4, 2020

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Tags: annalyn, archive, back porch, drew, ellerie, family, fireplace, hair, katelyn, megan, osu, Photos, taylor, weekend

RichC | November 1, 2020

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Tags: annalyn, coronavirus, covid19, creative, drew, ellerie, family, halloween, jackolantern, katelyn, moustache, pumpkin, tesla, trick or treat, volkswagen

RichC | October 27, 2020

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Tags: annalyn, archive, baby, christian, church, dedication, drew, ellerie, family, idiom, katelyn, ohio, oostra, perrysburg, waterville

RichC | October 17, 2020

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Tags: annalyn, birthday, condo1718, drew, ellerie, family, florida, hocking hills, katelyn, keira, megan, taylor

RichC | October 11, 2020

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Tags: advice, annalyn, book, christian, ellerie, examples, Faith, grandchildren, grandparenting, grandparents, katelyn, life, norms

RichC | October 6, 2020

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Tags: annalyn, Books, bookshelves, brenda, collage, dentist, ellerie, family, grandchildren, granddaughters, katelyn, library, music room, preschool, school

RichC | September 24, 2020

We had our first taste of cooler fall weather for 2020 last week as the hot 80+ degree days of August and early September gave way to pleasant mid-to-high 70s and cooler evenings dipping into the 40s. Brr, my body has not adjusted yet. As autumn approaches and the temperatures are more tolerable in the […]

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Tags: 1987, 560 sel, 560sel, autumn, brenda, fall, katelyn, mercedes benz, taylor, TBT, throwback, thursday

RichC | September 22, 2020

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RichC | September 17, 2020

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RichC | August 27, 2020

Love this photo, although Katelyn and Taylor do look the same to me … well, add 10 years. I saw this photo from our Bermuda cruise in 2010 and thought, “I’m so glad we took as many trips as we did each year as a family!” The early years of traveling may have been on […]

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RichC | August 11, 2020

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RichC | August 9, 2020

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RichC | July 26, 2020

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RichC | July 10, 2020

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RichC | July 5, 2020

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RichC | June 30, 2020

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RichC | June 21, 2020

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RichC | June 17, 2020

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RichC | June 9, 2020

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