Birthday/dinner Party

To begin with I was going to have a dinner party for some old friends. Peggy and Bob Hershey and Janet Morris. I worked with Bob while I was in Salem and have the honor of being The Godfather of their two lovely daughters. I worked with Janet's husband when we were in high school. We worked on a twenty five man fire crew out of Camas Valley OR. in 1951. Gordon and I volunteered to cook for the crew when the cooks quit. We did this for two weeks using a wood fired stove. Never heard any complaints.

However I was so busy getting everything ready and serving dinner I forgot to get any photos of the meal and my guest. Take my word for it every thing was good. Table looks good! I served a fancy tomato and cheese salad with sweet Basil and olive oil and balsamic vinegar dressing, steak (cooked to perfection), oven baked potatoes and steamed broccoli.

The other day I took an hour to pick some black berries that I am taking to Delaney for a pie.
That is a one gallon of berries.

On Sunday I went to Nancy and Randy Gower's home for a birthday party they were having for Randy's dad. This is Nancy putting the smoked barbecued chicken on the table.

Randy is opening another bottle of wine. They were great host and have a very nice home in south Salem.

This was taken through the door of their family room that they just finished. It has two open walls. One opening is like a garage door, but no door. The other one is smaller but it also has no door. They must believe that the warming of the earth is here. But winter is coming also.

This is Nancy Gower who has more grand children than the rest of the family combined.

The ladies are discussing grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Nancy, Joann and Rick with the mother of Nova Ann's great grand children. Leslie. She is a lovely lady and likes having babies.

This is probably the best BBQ chicken I have ever had.

There was plenty of food and it was all good. Hard to keep my weight down with all this going on.

The birthday boy. This was Larry's 70+ birthday. They saved time by having an ice cream cake.

Renee and Nancy checking out the cards.

Grandpa Jeff with his pride and joy. His third grand child and at last a girl.

It is 3:30 AM and I am in the La Grand OR. Safe way parking lot. Thirty feet from the rail road tracks. I went to bed early and it is a good thing as for the last hour there has been a train every ten minuets or so it seems. I only have fifty miles to go in the morning, so I can get in a nap.