On Friday, 3/16, my aunt Ettie and cousin Lynda came for a visit. Friday was actually Ettie's birthday, so I decided it would be nice to have the family over for a birthday dinner.
She was surprised when we had a birthday cake.
We all had a good time together, including Dot. We never left to bring her home until after 10 p.m. and she never asked to leave. She seemed so happy to be with all of her family.
The next day, Saturday, Ettie, Lynda and I went to visit her at The Atrium.
The weather was so nice we took a walk around the grounds, and then sat in the little garden that they have. Dot immediately went to work cleaning out the flower pots, weeding, pruning, etc. I'm so happy that they have a place where she can do this. She loves it.
Dad, Marge, and Ettie stayed and had dinner with her there, and Lynda and I went out for dinner. It was nice to catch up on each other. We don't do that enough. We all had a fun time that evening visiting with Dot in her "living room." At times I wondered if we were going to be asked to leave. My family is loud. We talk loud and laugh loud. At one time, one of the residents was in her room crying out and moaning a little. Dot went to see what was going on. She entered her room (the door was open) and ended up praying for the woman. Would you believe that in minutes the woman calmed down and fell asleep. I have noticed that the residents really do look out for each other; so nice to see that.
On Sunday, we all met at The Atrium again. Ettie and Lyn were leaving around 12:30 to go home. Dad and Marge were coming to take Dot back to their house for a corned beef and cabbage dinner. Dot seemed tired, but she was still up to going to Dad's house.
On the way home, the weather was so beautiful that I called Paul and asked him if he wanted to go to the Cape for today and tomorrow (Monday is his day off). The kids were all at the St. Patrick's Day Parade. Surprisingly he said yes, so we packed an overnight bag and off we went.
We stayed in Eastham at the Town Crier where we had stayed last year. The Cape was beautiful and warm enough that we were able to drive with the windows down.
The next day we headed up to the Provincetown area and went to Herring Cove Beach and Race Point Beach. The weather, again, was beautiful and the light was gorgeous. At Herring Cove Beach there were whales out by that NOAA boat. In this picture you can see two black dots on either side of the boat. Those are whales. We were told that they were Right and Humpback whales.
We worked our way back down the Cape, driving by all of our old haunts. What a fun day it was. Such a spur of the moment mini vacation.
Here are some pictures from today.
P.S. More post offices. Be prepared - we went by a lot of post offices on the Cape!
East Sandwich
West Barnstable
Cummaquid
Yarmouth Port
Dennis
North Eastham
North Chatham
Chatham
Harwich Port
Dennisport
West Yarmouth
As I said, what a busy weekend!
6 comments:
Loved seeing all the pictures Debbie!! So neat to read all the things you said about your visit with Dot!! So precious!! Loved, Loved how she went to see how the woman was that was crying out and how she prayed for her! Sounds like you all had a wonderful weekend. Also, loved all your pictures of the Cape...some very familiar scenes! :)
We have spent many nice days out there at Race Point. We have sat there in Oct. all bundled up in blankets and jackets with hoods.
Don't you love Eastham, Orleans and Wellfleet area? That is where we always stay.
Sandi, I can't imagine how wonderful it must have been to live on the Cape. Such a beautiful place. You must miss it at times.
Janice, Yes we do love that area. We always used to stay in the Yarmouth area but lately we have been staying in Eastham. Last year we tried staying at the Wellfleet Motel but it wasn't open yet. The Town Crier is just down the road. It is beautiful up there. Race Point has the most beautiful sunsets!
Deb, Do you remember back when Bob and Tim were somewhere around 10 and 12 and we went to the Cape with Joanie, Danny, Alison and Johnny? Ralph was able to rent a cottage from someone he worked with. We asked if Joan and Danny wanted to go and share the expense. At that time they couldn't afford it so Ralph asked if Danny would help him put a new roof on our house and we would pay for the cottage and they could just help with food. So that is what we did. We all took our bikes and all 8 of us rode along the side of the road all over "EASTHAM". GOOD TIMES !!
Lin, Yes I do remember you all going to the Cape. I didn't remember the "terms" though. Isn't it wonderful to have friends that go back so far with you?
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