Crack O' Dawn Coffee Club Says Goodbye to Gerry

This morning (at the crack of dawn) we had a farewell party for our fearless leader, Gerry, who is retiring at the end of the month. We had a nice turnout of about 33 people and loads of great breakfast food! We found out that Pat and her husband Wayne, who has passed away and one other unremebered person were the 3 who showed up for the first Crack O' Dawn Club meeting in 1995.

Presentations

 Eric presenting our framed, group photo

 Pat (original founding member from 1995) presents our card with a million dollars

 Gerry waving around the million dollar bill

 Inga presents card with real money!

 Ulanawa presents Gerry with a Shutterfly book full of happy memories

Gerry looks perplexed with something in the book....must be the picture of the dead coyote

 Ulanawa, Kevin and Rita

Veronica presenting Gerry with a bag of nuts!

 and after all that we still went for our usual one mile walk on the Cherry Island Trail

I personally want to thank Gerry for all the fun and education that he has given me this past year. Wish I would have joined years ago. He is a walking, talking, real person with information that is presented in an informative, witty and interesting way....who needs google when you have Gerry. Well, I guess we will need google because Gerry is leaving us. I hope that our group will continue as strong as ever with our new fearless leader.
Good luck and goodbye to you Gerry.

Memories

Our tour group...arrows pointing to Val, Frank and me. Photo was taken in Ireland. Mary, our director, is on the left end and laying in front is our bus driver, Mark (he was a real pro). Also in front is Pauline and her stupid BEAR that she forced us to interact with. A great group and look at the background...beautiful!
5 years ago we were headed home after 3 wonderful weeks in Great Britain and Ireland.

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The Meadow in June

After the sun burned off the mist, The Lake Erie Meadow was glittered with sunlight. There are Ox-eyed Daisies, Coreopsis, Black Eyed Susan, False Sunflowers, Sweet clover and Thin leaved Cone flowers and more, in bloom right now. But, as pictured above, the whole field is ready to burst into bloom with another variety of Cone flowers. It will be beautiful. Stop by to see the meadow. It is a great photo opportunity as well.

I spent almost an hour hanging out in the meadow area and was rewarded with 4 Indigo buntings and several Goldfinches.I was disappointed that there were no butterflies other than Cabbage Whites and Dragonflies. Will be there Saturday for Crack O' Dawn and can't wait to see if the meadow will be putting on the best show of the season!



Misty Morning

Fisherman with barge in background hidden by fog

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