June Happenings

Barb is the "guest" blogger on this post to catch up on some June activities. She's definitely getting into vacation mode.

This past Saturday, Tom's son, Stephen Kucera, married Jennifer Neville in a beautiful wedding ceremony in Cleveland Heights, with the reception held at Key Center in downtown Cleveland. The Drs. Kucera will be residing in Tampa after a honeymoon in St. Thomas

Jennifer and Stephen make their grand entrance to the reception.


Tom and Jen are helping to celebrate in style.


Becky, Anne and Joe are in party mode.



Joe demonstrates how he so ably passed out the programs at the wedding.


Tom's parents and Barb and Jim are just a few of the many guests who had a wonderful time.






Here's an update on the progress of Carly's renovation on her soon-to-be rental property. Will it be done by the end of July? Stay tuned!

A community garden is being developed in the park behind our house. I decided it would be a cool thing to get involved with, so Jim and I became "charter" members.



What did I get us into?



Ready to plant!



Several hours later...

Congrats Anne!

Anne is a proud member of the Class of 2008! Her graduation party was held in Toledo on Saturday with the ceremony on Sunday. She's heading to Washington and Lee University in Lexington, VA, where she wants to continue her studies in journalism. Among other high school activities, she was the editor of her award-winning school newspaper.


Anne with her proud parents (Tom, Jen, Paul, Mindy)



Anne with Schuyler and her cousins Carly, Sarah and Evan.





Dave, Lois and Ann enjoy the festivities.


Dave & Dee
were Anne's
"nannies" - Dave when Anne was just a baby, then Dee took over for the next 17 and a half years!

A future member of the Class of 2024???

June 1 - A Beautiful Day for a Freighter

June 1 was a beautiful day in Cleveland, perfect weather for watching a tugboat pull a long freighter down the Cuyahoga River toward Lake Erie. Here you'll see the freighter Calumet get pulled (backwards) past a drawbridge. First...a look at one of the towers of the drawbridge. The bridge lifts a section of roadway high into the air to give the freighter clear passage. View of the Calumet as it passes under the bridge. The tug pulling the Calumet continues downriver. Ahead, the Goodtime III, a sight seeing vessel, turns to get out of the way and head downriver with the advancing freighter following close behind.
Here's a video of the event. You'll hear some noises--the bridge creaking as it moves up, wind and the bridge's bell. Click/drag the red dot to fast forward.