Sat 2 Aug 2008
Today we’re planning on picking blueberries with some friends and then going to climb a little mountain around here. Here are two views from the mountain when we hiked it last, a few months ago.
That last picture is the view of Mount Monadnock from the peak of the mountain we’re climbing today. I believe Monadnock is one of the most climbed mountains in the country.
From Wikipedia, I have no idea if this is accurate (I have heard it many times before though):
Mount Monadnock is often described as the most hiked mountain in the United States as well as the second most hiked mountain in the world, with 125,000 hikers yearly,[4] behind only Mount Fuji in Japan, with about 200,000 yearly hikers.
4. Baldwin, Henry I. (1989). Monadnock Guide 4th edition
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Last night I went to play with a community band that I have not played with in a long time - they asked my sister to fill in for someone and invited me along too. As usual, I had fun in the trumpet section 
And I wore my grandmother’s dress. It was the first time I’ve wore any of her old clothes, I think, and I really liked it 
It was interesting to imagine how she was when she wore that dress - maybe she was just a little older than me. I miss her, and I can still feel her hug when she came to visit, or we would go sleep at her house Pleasant memories! I wonder if those will just continue to fade, or since I have visited them so many times they will have permanent residence in my head.
Posted by Bonnie under Uncategorized
August 2nd, 2008 at 4:54 pm
The design is very Fifties, “modern” and conservative at the same time. I wonder if some of your granddaughters will be the same size as you?
August 4th, 2008 at 1:49 am
Oooh…pretty!
August 6th, 2008 at 12:21 pm
That is so sweet that you got to wear your Grandma’s dress. When my grandparents came in June, it had been almost 3 years since we saw them. My Grandma brought a dress of hers for Julia. Julia got to wear it to our Keepers banquet. That was really special for them both.
It looks a lot like your dress but it has a draped neck and is sleeveless. Hope you all are doing well.
August 12th, 2008 at 9:01 am
Those are neat pictures of the mountains! Blueberry picking - a couple weeks ago my brothers, Jonathan, Ben, and I went with my married brother, Peter and his wife, Amy and we picked 50 pounds of blueberries! Yummy! =)
Looking forward to seeing you all this week!