Thursday, March 20, 2008

Happy Easter




 We were looking for my mother's "Joy of Cooking".  Instead, MaryEllen and I found 4 cookbooks that belonged to of Aunt Blanche (B. A. Hayes - Blanche Ashcom Hayes).  We are going to make split-pea soup tomorrow.  Recipe dates to 1927.  

Have a wonderful Holiday!!
Love
Barbara Lee

News from Ft. Myers



Anne and MaryEllen toured the Sanibel "Ding Darling Preserve" yesterday with Ted and I. The new tour bus is open air and the birds were wonderful. We visited Nathan's memorial at the Epicopal Church. And stopped into Anne's shoppe, "Noah's Ark". SO MANY people came to greet her. It was fun to be introduced as her family.

We recorded recipes and some stories with MaryEllen and Anne.

Wendy, Steve and Casey had us all to dinner. Bess is in Australia. Becky is finishing her graduate degree. Her field is Public Services and she has contributed much time and efforts as a volunteer with the American Diabetes Association. CASEY HAS HER DRIVERS PERMIT! She has promised to visit Colorado to snowboad sometime soon.





The Wassermans plan to visit with Sarah in California this summer so I will get to see them also when they pass through the Rockies. It is fun to have such a wonderful family.


Love to all!!

Barbara Lee

Blog: Anne and Mary Ellen

News from Ft Myers:
 
Yesterday, Anne Hall and Mary Ellen Snyder toured the "Ding Darling Preserve" with Ted and I on Sanibel Island.  The new tour bus is all open air and the birds were wonderful.  We visited Nathan's gravesite at the Epicopal Church on Sanibel.  We stopped into Anne's shop, "Noah's Ark" and so many people know her well.  It was fun to be introduced as her family.
 
We recorded some recipes "Rum Peach Pie" and few other fun stories of the family. 
 
Wendy, Steve and Casey had us all to dinner last night.  Bess is in Australia.  Becky is finishing her masters.  Her field is public services and she has done much as a volunteer for American Diabetes Association.  CASEY HAS HER DRIVERS PERMIT!!  She has promised to come to Colorado to do some snowboarding.  My daughter, Michaela, is waiting for her.
 
The 3 of the Wassmans will be visiting the Sarah Cox in California this summer..  so I get to see them when they come west. 
 
It is a joy to have such a wonderful family.
 
Love to all!!
Barbara Lee

Monday, March 17, 2008

Ava Lee turns 1 year old




Hillary and Graham invite you to Ava Lee's Birthday.  
Ava Lee is Uncle Tom and Aunt Lee's great grand-daughter.

Sunday, March 16, 2008

Aunt Mazie is in Florida


Ted and I have been visiting with Aunt Mazie for the past week.  We have had a great time catching up on the 'details' of the stories Uncle Tom (our Dad) told of the kids at BleeckerHall.

Tomorrow, the 3 of us head for Fort Myers.  We will bring the tape recorder and with Aunt Anne's help, we should have much to share with you on our website.

Love to you all!!

Barbara Lee

ComputerGeeks: We are connected to royalty


Betty Holberton is Uncle John Snyder's sister.

The original 9 Snyder kids:  
     John, Eleanor, Betty, Marion, ?, Bill, Charles, Dot, Bob

Uncle John was the eldest. And he married our youngest, Mary Ellen.

Monday, March 10, 2008

Blog: Sample Entry from our website


I added this entry into our blog by selecting the button at the top of our "Mailbag" page on our website:  http://bleeckerhall.com/


Your email application should open for you and you will see the TO address preloaded   [bleeckerhall.family@blogger.com]

The subject line defaults to Blog:   (append a heading for your test message)

Because this is a generic account,  the entry will be signed "Bleecker Hall Kinsfolk".  

When you get familiar with the blog and writing to it, then create your own "contributor" account so that your entries will be signed with your name.   Follow the instructions in the INVITATION you received in your email. It will look like mine shown below.  This will create an entry under the 'Contributors' heading on the left of our Blog site.

Have fun playing with this..  Nothing is permanent.  After we get familiar with the tool, we will clean out the 'test messages' you write before we INVITE the rest of the family to join in.

Love you!

Barbara Lee


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Date: 10 March 2008 19:43:43 GMT-06:00
Subject: You have been invited to contribute to Bleecker Hall Kinsfolk's blog

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To contribute to this blog, visit: 
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You'll need to sign in with a Google Account to confirm the invitation and start posting to this blog. If you don't have a Google Account yet, we'll show you how to get one in minutes.

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Bleecker Hall Bloggers

Hi, Family

This is our Blog Site.  Send mail from our website else add an entry here.  After we get familiar with how it works, we will send out information to the rest of the family