LIZZIE GOES EAST 2 FEBRUARY 2009

Lizzie writes: It's hard to believe that only two weeks separated my visits from Chicago to Connecticut . . . Ohio greeted me with a lot of snow . . . Tanglewood Lake (and golf course) in Bainbridge, Ohio . . . and the beautiful Tanner & Toby Our hosts, Bob & Lois were fantastic . . . but, being mere humans, don't merit a photo. Ohio is the site of my home town, Akron. I've no death-defying pics of Akron and, in fact, only these two: The house where I lived until I was four years old - only it wasn't really the house as such because it was just the basement . . . no house on top when I lived there in 1955 905 Alfred Road, Akron - ah, happy memories and then the place my father caught me out on: As some of you know only too well - I LOVE Thrift Shops (Charity shops in the UK, Op Shops or Vinnies in Oz). My father noticed this one and said not a word when I notified him of my intention of stopping and having a browse . . . only to find that they sold not secondhand clothes, toys or household goods, but only buns, bread, pies and pretzels!!! I caught up with loads of family: cousin Shelley & her husband Mike (along with their Cocker, Abe) . . . . . . who hosted a family get-together which included a fourth-birthday party for Seth (my first cousin twice removed for the geneologists) Eric, Seth (birthday boy), Emma (Shelley's grandchildren) and Nicole, Shelley's daughter

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