And baked a pie?

Well, we made a cheese cake too, I guess that counts.

You all might be wondering where I’ve been for a little while, but to tell you, my Dad came to visit.  I haven’t seen him in a very long time so it was a visit that we were all looking forward to for some time.  Had lots to do, stuff to get tidyed up and all, and just excited about it all.  The girls were excited as well, and we had a lot of things planned.

Like fishing…

Maggie has been wanting to go fishing for ages! And my Dad is quite the fishing man, and she was very excited to be able to go and spend some time fishing with her Grandpa. She caught 2 nice sized bluegills out at our local park, Mallard Lake. Jessy was catching photos and I caught quite a few mosquito bites! (g) It was a nice afternoon.

That evening we had a good meal of homemade chicken and dumplins with salad and apple pie and ice cream as well as a game of Cassaronne. It was nice to just have some homey time to visit and just get back in touch. All the varmits at the Moby enjoyed my Dad very much, but especially a certain little puppy girl… she really latched ahold of him and was at his side nearly anytime possible.

Gypsy was swept off her paws as well, as my Dad has a way with his doggie pals. One evening, they were outside in our little temporary yard and when they saw my Dad come up the walkway, both doggie girls were just whinning and wagging tails happy to see him.

Next day we had a little more visiting time, and I learned that my Dad is a banjo technician as well! (haha) He helped me change out the tuners on my old banjo, as I was not really confident that I could do it right. Turns out it was pretty easy and now, they are holding true to tune so much better! I’ve been struggling with the thing for five years and finally it seems to be behaving much better.

Good thing because that evening after going out to dinner at a nice local restaurent, we went to a band practice and to meet all my bandmates there. I really wanted my Dad to get a little taste of what is so important to me, aside from my darling daughters, the moby and my gardening and all. Let’s face it, bluegrass is a very very big part of my life. We had a little visit and did some picking and talking and all was nice. Jessy shot a few pictures of the event as well as some of the whole visit.

In the end, it was too short, but it didn’t matter, it was a great chance to reconnect and get back on track with staying closer in touch. It’s funny how time can pass by and you never know until you step back and realize that it’s been a good long while. Life has a way of doing that to you.

Aside from the visit and the memories, it was so sweet for him to bring us up two lovely gifts… my grandmother’s china and a beautiful old marble top table that was hers. He wanted me to have these things and I’m so pleased to become their caretaker. We’ll take good care of them, and they already have found a place in our home. We’re waiting for a nice Sunday dinner to try out the china. We intend to use them because I think my Grandma would like that better than just having them set away. The girls are looking forward to having dinner on them tomorrow.

I’m hoping that perhaps in the winter, we’ll try and get ourselves down there for a visit. I would love to see the ocean again, and to see all that is Florida! And what’s nice is that my Dad lives not very far from where some good friends winter and play music down there! That will be nice to be able to go and visit a few hours and play a little music in the warm winter sunshine of Florida, especially when the snows are blowing and cold!

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