Kennisons' Meeting Place

Just took a few pictures looking over the hill and thought I post them. It's short and ends abruptly ( what do you want, National Geographic?). Going camping tomorrow for two nights. It's raining now. It's supposed to rain for two days. Wish us well!

I talked with Ginny tonight. Tom took her to Pittsburgh today to see a surgeon at Prespyterian Hospital. The doctor was very frank about the surgery - regardless of any other health problems. It is a very serious operation with lots of implications. Ginny has decided not to have the surgery. She is just going to continue to do what she does every day. She calls about 10 people a day and she writes to about 12 people every week. I just sent her labels to put on her postcards for her weekly notes. She used the first ones today. She is just going to continue as she has. She still hasn't had a cigarette. She has finally quit smoking!!! Yeah!!

I just saw this today. It's called BigPicture . It's part of the Boston.com website which is the online version of the Boston Globe . We don't watch TV news (don't get me wrong, we watch plenty of TV, just not the news) so seeing these high resolution pictures helps me think about these events. Using the web also allows you to choose the big picture you want to see and how long you want to look at them. Anyway I thought I'd pass this along.

Carey came to Dallas last Sunday to meet a client. He came over to Arlington after work and he and I went right out to the lake. Carey dropped into the water and pulled on the slalom ski and just took right off for a couple of good runs. He looked like he does this every week, and not twice in the last 20 years. We sat out on the water for sunset and a visit. It was a very pretty evening. There are more photos on my albums attached here. Did you also realize that you can click on any photo posted here to view it in full size? We took the Collins clan to the lake for the first time a week ago. Will went out on the raft with his dad and immediately took a spill. They got back on had a good ride. Katie is an old pro on the raft. She tried out the new skis sized for her age and weight. You can see from her expression here that she was amazed that she just popped up and skiied on her very first try. We are looking forward to a great summer on the lake. We went out on Wednesday evening last ...

Thinking of Dad on Father's Day. Here's to all the Dads in the clan. Hope that you have a great day. Kevin

Kevin, How did you get the animation to fly across the screen? What was the song that was playing? You are so good with your video. Mother's Day seemed to be a great success. What fun. Tow Daddy was at it again!!

Hi to all, I got home last night from Ginny's. My computer would not boot and I was very worried about it. It is back up, so I will just let everyone know what is up with Ginny. She went into the hospital on Tuesday with bronchitis. That cleared up with medication. She has had an aneurism that they found 5 years ago and it has been monitored. It had doubled since her last picture of it. In trying to measure this aneurism, they found that she has another one - even bigger. She is not going to do anything about this situation at this time, but she is going to schedule a consultation with a surgeon in Pittsburgh where the surgery would take place (if it happens). That has not been scheduled yet. She came home on Saturday. I left on Monday. She is still Ginny. Her spirits are good. She is a realist. She has not smoked for 2 weeks. We will see how things go. Tom has lost his job. Things are tough.

Summer got to Connecticut over the Labor Day Weekend. One of things that is good about living up north are the summers. No real news just thought I'd post to try and do my part to keep this thing going. ;-)

My dogwoods are so full of blooms. They are terrific. Carey, your dogwood is probably also loaded. It is so much bigger than mine.