Reunions then and now

Hey Cousins, Very excited about getting down that road later on this week and pullinginto Jones Valley for our really special Reunion Celebration.  YourCousins are for sure very creative and have come up with some unique andthoughtful ideas that are going to set this 2023 Reunion off, and we canuse them going forward. Getting to the Reunion these days has (more…)

Two Weeks at Labor Day

Rain and shine. This nice — now almost two weeks’ — stay has been some of each. I arrived on August 29 and it rained sporadically for days and sometimes with a great flourish of heavy rain, thunder and lightning. Since the weekend of the virtual family annual meeting (Sept 5) the weather has been gorgeous with highs in the upper 80’s and 60’s at night.

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2019 Jones Valley October Visit

Hey Cousins, This is not exactly late breaking news, since I’m reporting about my trip to the Valley the previous week, but it was such a good time I needed to pass it along.

The weather was perfect, and the one day it did rain I had plenty to do in the Cabin so it was all good. One thing, when you visit not at Reunion time, you get to see nature’s unexpected beauty with unexpected treats like these flowers around the Cubage Cabin – .”Red Surprise Lily” Continue reading