Hitching Posts At our home in the historic section of West Granby, CT, the old granite hitching posts standing in the rail fence line are immediately obvious. The remaining granite sentinels with…
Category: Who Am I
Posts to help folks get to know me
The January challenge
January is jigsaw puzzle season at the Jones household. I don’t know if it’s the cold outside or just that we need a change of pace from the business of Christmas. But…
Daylily season underway
I’m a daylily fan Daylilies are still blooming even though things are a little soggy. The blossoms look great with a few drops of water on them, but eventually most of them…
My Christmas Village and Trains
West Granby Christmas Village and Trains Each year for about 20 years, I have set up a Christmas train village and invited children of the church to visit and run trains. This…
50th Christmas Tree
This year was JoAnne’s and my 50th Christmas. The grand tree pictured above as the centerpiece of our Christmas decor this year (2019) is our 50th Christmas tree. This year’s version (an…
Unexpected November flower bouquets
I can’t believe my marigolds have not really been killed by frost yet. They were burned this past weekend but I went out ahead of that anticipated cold and rescued flowers for…
Building my Daylily Collection Thoughtfully
A few years back, after a vacation in the Adirondack Mountains of upper New York state, we decided to head toward Vermont passing just north of Lake George on Rt. 74. …
Pastor Jones Honored for Forty Years of Ministry
JoAnne and I were at our church’s annual summer picnic, held this year at Sunrise Park in Suffield, CT. I saw the cake on the table decorated with “40 years” but…
The Privilege of Mentoring
On Sunday afternoon, Oct. 7, 2018, my wife and I left right after services at Copper Hill Church and drove all afternoon to Canandaigua, New York to attend the ordination service of…
Christmas Village 2018 completed
Many of you have been watching the construction of my 2018 Christmas train village as I have posted some progress reports on Facebook. You have been patiently waiting for the “finished product.”…