We went to church, Golden Chick and card bingo on our last Saturday night here. Other than mahjong I didn’t do much but straighten and clean drawers and cabinets.
Wednesday was our field trip to Gellman Stained Glass Museum. This is housed in a building specifically designed and built to house this collection of windows from near and far, but many were from the NE US. Only two pieces were made for the museum, the dome and another that I do not remember. I tried to identify the various Bible references without looking at the sheet. We had a group of about 35. I am on the washed out left, third in wearing white blouse and black pants.
This is the entrance facing the top of the cross of the nave.
This is a small piece of a Tiffany window called Te Deum, Of God. The baby signifies Herod’s slaying of the Holy Innocents, trying to kill the Christ Child.
I recognized the four evangelists, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John. The Beatitudes. The Mysteries of the rosary, particular Bible stories and many family windows with one to four or so people mentioned on it.
Below, the wedding feast at Cana, birth of Jesus, Christ praying in the Garden of Gethsemane, in memory of the Bew family over a 78 year time span. Just a few of the great windows on display.
We have been working on our two trips to Disney, the 4 day Disney Wish cruise in May and Labor Day weekend at the Grand Floridian. This family does nothing in a vacuum so the cruise “weekend” we girls are going on, is now at 7 people. Bill and Ted decided to come to Orlando too so Bill can finish up some of the jobs that still need to be done for Kristin’s renovation, Ted will be the tool caddy! Bill’s shoulder surgery keeps him from lifting, working with his hands above his head, etc. so Ted will serve in that capacity. Morgan is flying down with her Dad and Susan prior and we will pick her up at Disney Springs the day before our cruise. She will hang with the fellows, enjoy the pool and probably eating out, until we return on Monday. That way she will be there for Kristin’s 50th birthday celebration dinner. We will all fly home back to Detroit on Tuesday.
The Labor Day trip airplane reservations have been made. We will travel Wednesday before to Tuesday after Labor Day out and back to Detroit. Our Andre Rieu concert is 9/13 at Caesar Arena in Detroit and now my 60th high school reunion celebration is 9/21 in Cincinnati. We will spend a week or so there before we will finally head home.
Thursday we had dinner with 3 couples to say goodbye. Friday we cleaned and packed to be ready to depart Saturday morning bright and early. I have trouble getting down on my knees but even more getting up! Getting down to get in all the nooks and crannies of the floor totally wore me out. Ted cleaned out and packed up everything we had stored in the coach house. We are ready to roll. We met Jay and Stella next door at the fish fry to say so long, by April they will be back south of Houston. They are coming in off the road for good.
Next stop Gateway to the Gulf campground. That allows us to go through Houston Sunday morning about 10 when traffic should be light, relatively speaking!
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