Pecan Grove (www.pecan-grove.net) Pecan Grove and Senior Residence

Finally… beautiful weather!  Some asked for updated pictures from around Pecan Grove.  This is a great time for pictures, so here goes!  First the front and back of the senior residence.  Drainage swales were added last fall and rye grass was planted to stabliize the soil.  This grass is growing great now, but will die when the summer heat comes.  Hopefully good grass will replace it.

The garage in front of the residence and the spring house behind the residence (which contains the irrigation system for the pecans) are now complete.

The following show the fountain in the lake and the deck beside the lake with the long bridge which is just in front of the beaver dam (shown in previous posts)

The pecan trees are later than most other trees in bearing leaves, so they still look dormant.  Here’s a picture of the pecan orchard and the horses in front of the old farm house that Terry and Kim Hoffman live in.

Redbud, tulip bush, wisteria…

Cormorant Engineering is busy.  Here’s the barn with Cormorant hydraulic power units around it, and a new workbench in the barn for working on pumps.

Ed and Leah Bolt are spending the month of March at Pecan Grove again.  Dave, Mary, Heather and Anna, who live on the Newry PA convention grounds, came for a visit as well. The grandparent Bolt’s and Newman’s were friends before the Truth came in Maryland in 1933.  Here are the Bolt’s and Jack and Leona.

There’s been some carving and some painting going on…

One evening Dale and Patty Maki showed us their pictures from Peru. Another evening we showed our pictures from Haiti (no picture here).  The Bolt’s and Newman’s were together at our place.

Lot’s of other visitors through the month… many more than we have pictures of.

Ken

Crystal was with us at PG from March to November of 2009.  Her health started to deteriorate and in November she moved to the Opel’s in Pearland.  We’re glad for those family and friends who were able to care for her until she finished her course.  All of us, residents and staff, were able to attend her funeral last week.  Here are a few pictures of her from the 8 months she was with us.

Keith Ramsden was back for a visit, with his wife Gail.  Keith helped us at PG for a few months last year.

Sandra Wilson came to visit her sister Doris Crawford.

My cousin Audrey Fuller came to visit before going on special meeting rounds in Louisiana.  Here she’s with Joe, LiPing and Jonathan, and our workers Sharon and Jennifer.

Many of these folks were at our meeting at PG Sunday Feb 14th.  Here’s a picture of the meeting.

We’re looking forward to Ed and Leah Bolt returning for the month of March, and lots of visits around special meeting time.

Ken

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All are doing well at PG.  Here’s Bea with Leah Newman.

The beavers continue to build on their new dam, just a short distance from the senior center.

Stacey came by PG on her way to Columbia

The local friends have started monthly tea parties for the PG residents.  The following pictures are from the January tea party at Dale and Patty Maki’s.

It seems there’s always a reason to celebrate.  The following are from birthday meals for Joyce and Murray.

Unfortunately Crystal’s health degraded to the point we were no longer to keep her at PG.  Her relatives took her to their home for a week or so, and then her health got much worse.  She was in ICU for awhile and is now in an intermediate care facility.  We hope her health improves!

Betty Lawrence came to PG for a week and plans to come back full time at the end of December, so we’ll have 6 residents again, once Betty comes back.  The following picture is of Betty and her daughter Joyce.

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Sharon and Jennifer started meetings on Sunday afternoons.  Andrea was back for a visit last Sunday, before heading to the Mediterranean.

The beavers are back!  They dug a big hole in the bank under our trail.  Then the trail collapsed. Here’s a new beaver dam.

Brent turned 50!

Thanksgiving was wonderful!  31 of us, including 6 workers, 5 residents and many of the Newman clan.  Jennifer turned 29 and her parents showed up as a surprise.

The new equipment shed is nearly finished.

The first Cormorant Engineering pump should ship on Monday! The first picture below shows the downhole pump laid out horizontally, pumping water.  The second picture shows two of the surface hydraulic systems that drive the downhole pump.   We’ve celebrated a little early!

Ken