My Little Teva Girl

This picture was taken at her cousin’s graduation from high school.

If you look hard enough you can tell the toenails are painted different colors. That’s my Eloise.

This post is linked with Nancy’s 
 "Your Sunday Best."

For the Love of My Grandchildren

Three of My Six on Graduation Day

Crenshaw 20 ~ Willy 18 ~ Eloise 7

Willy’s Graduation from Saint Andrew’s School, Delaware 2012

Crenshaw graduated from Saint Andrew’s in 2010.
Ya gotta wear those blue blazers and school ties!


"Grandchildren are the dots that connect the lines 
from generation to generation.”
  ~Lois Wyse


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Like Christmas Everyday ~ Black and White Wednesday

Some Very Important Carvings

After my grandson, Willy, graduated from Saint Andrews last Friday, we all went downstairs to see the chapel where some scenes in "Dead Poet’s Society" were filmed. As we were walking along a corridor on our way out, we came upon this unbelievable beaded board wall. The tradition coming down through the years is each person in the graduating class carves his or her name and the year of graduation. I did a very poor job with the photos, but I really wanted to share them with you. I think it is one of the neatest things I have seen in a long time. Trust me, we were not allowed to carve anything on anything at the boarding school I attended with Dominican nuns.

Willy had to be different. He went for as close to the ceiling as he could get.  I really got a kick out of seeing his name carved there for posterity. His brother, Crenshaw, carved in it two years ago, but we did not find his name. If you did not see the pictures of the school which looks like it belongs at Oxford instead of Delaware and would like to see them and the family, here is the link: 

http://climbingthedigitalmountain.blogspot.com/2012/05/another-grandchild-graduates.html

I think after 4 years of living, studying, and learning in this boarding school all the boys and girls of the graduating classes earned the right to carve their names in the wood.  

This post is linked with Lesley’s "Signs, Signs."

Another Grandchild Graduates

This was my world last week...attending the graduation of my daughter’s middle son, Willy, from Saint Andrews School in Middletown, Delaware, on Friday. Gene, Eloise, and I drove up on Thursday, and then we drove back to Lexington on Saturday to spend the Memorial Day weekend on the creek. My daughter’s older son, Crenshaw, graduated from Saint Andrews two years ago. The campus is beautiful and reminds me so much of Oxford. The following is a series of  pictures of the buildings and a bit of the graduation. 

Clock Tower 

I just love the 2012 banner hanging there 

in all of its glory!

Staff Housing

Entrance to the school.

The Lake

The Chapel  ~ Scenes in the movie "Dead Poet’s Society" were filmed in this chapel.

Graduation Seating

Piper piping for the graduates’ procession. Two years ago when my eldest grandchild graduated there were 5 or 6 bagpipers piping, but this year there was only one and he did one great job!

Graduates Processing

 The Happy Graduate

 Here are the cousins:

Crenshaw (2010 graduate), Henry (10th grader at St. James School in Hagerstown, MD, Willy (this year’s graduate), and Eloise ( age 7).

 A Happy Willy

 Last but not least...here is the family. It was one beautiful day for a graduation.

Thank you all for your comments over the weekend. I am sorry I was unable to return my comments to you, but I was unable to even get to the computer. 

This post is linked with Our World Tuesday.