Pecan Grove (www.pecan-grove.net)

September 28, 2010

Fall is Here!

Filed under: Senior Residence — knewman @ 7:07 pm

The weather sure is beautiful! 60’s at night, 80’s during the day. Beats the summer heat!

Esther had her 95th birthday earlier this month.

Convention time is here. Linda left today for Fosters Alabama with Esther, Teresa and Doris. They sure were excited about going! Most of the rest of the residents will go to Georgetown in a few weeks. Some intend to get more than one convention.

Work continues on the cabin.

Kathy and I took a brief trip to West Texas, and enjoyed a visit with Jack and Mae Nelson, shown here in their Ford Model A. Jack helped a lot with the building of Pecan Grove. Then we drove down to Big Bend national park. Kathy is under the balanced rock in the picture below.

Ken

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August 18, 2010

Welcome Esther

Filed under: Pecan Farming — knewman @ 6:17 pm

Esther Potts arrived at Pecan Grove in late July, soon after we had left on a 3 week vacation, so I’m late getting this blog updated. She’s the oldest resident we have, at 95, but does very well. We’re glad to have her with us. Here she is with Evelyn and Linda on the Polaris:

Frank turned 71:

We’re in the process of getting an assisted living license with the State of Texas. Part of the many requirements is that anyone working with food preparation must wear a hairnet. We’ve gotten a little carried away. Here’s Frank and Brandon Chandler (my nephew who works on the farm):

The bunk house is now complete and being used by the staff. With Esther we now have 9 residents, so there is only one apartment left. Previously the staff have used empty apartments to spend the night. Now Linda uses the last apartment, Cindy and Lounell use the bunk house. Construction on the log cabin for Kathy and me continues:

I’ve modified this blog so it only shows the 4 most recent posts… so it doesn’t take so long to download. If you want to see posts before that, select the desired post under Archives on the upper right menu.

Ken

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June 30, 2010

June Update

Filed under: Pecan Farming — knewman @ 9:16 am

All are doing well at Pecan Grove. We’re looking forward to Esther Potts joining us in mid July. Here’s a photo of our current 8 residents. Starting at the back left, Evelyn Kuck, Jean Hegemeire, Betty Lawrence, Teresa Goff. Front left: Doris Crawford, Bea Jecmeneck, Frank Porter Francis McPherson.

There were two birthdays recently, Bea (92) and Doris (87):

We’re still working on the bunk house for the staff. Once Esther comes we’ll only have one room left in the residence. Hopefully the bunk house will be finished in the next few weeks. We’ve started building a small log cabin on the other side of the farm for Kathy and I to stay in sometimes. I’m sure it will be used for visitors as well.

This was supposed to be a father/son project for Kenny and I while Kenny is off school this summer. Dad (Jack) is helping us a lot, and Brandon helps some of the time, so the cabin is going quickly. Hurricane Alex is slowing us down this week by sending a lot of rain this way.

Ken

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June 2, 2010

Welcome Jean!

Filed under: Senior Residence — knewman @ 4:11 pm

Jean Haggemeire moved into PG on Memorial Day, as our 8th resident. We’re glad to have her with us!

In April I forgot to mention that our good friends, Dominique and Mireille Mille were here in Texas for 5 weeks. They lived in Vietnam for 12 years before moving to New Caledonia in January. NC is a French island in the Pacific ocean near New Zealand and Australia. The following is a picture of them with their son Pierre who lives south of Houston. The second picture is Frank with Andrew Newman who lives in Atlanta Georgia.

We took the residents to a state park not far from PG again for a picnic in May. Unfortunately that will probably be the last picnic for awhile… it’s getting too hot!

Several birthday celebrations in May – Kathy, Jon Nelson (shown with Doris), Mike Rosamond.

Other visitors included the Gartins and Schneiders (Kathy’s sister and family).

We’re adding a small, 3 bedroom, “bunk house” for the staff to sleep in when the residence gets full. It should be completed in a few weeks. The second picture was taken at Kenny’s graduation from high school.

Destiny’s horse Dude needs more exercise. Here Brandon is riding him and then several are feeding him.

Ken

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April 30, 2010

Welcome Frank!

Filed under: Senior Residence — knewman @ 10:17 am

Frank Porter joined us from Flordia in early April. The following picture shows Frank and Destiny’s paint horse Dude. Frank is the one on the right! Also Phil Farris (who brought Frank over), Ray and Frank.

Evelyn Williamson spent the month of April with us. We hope she comes back to stay! Here she is with Jean Haggemeire who is coming to stay in June. We’ve had beautiful spring weather for sitting on the porch!