We met up with the Jrs at Ellis Park last Sunday for the final race of the season. I can’t win a bet to save my life, but Casey did alright, as did Samantha! I had surgery on Tuesday to re-center my left optical lens and it went well. This time around the anesthesia left […]| The News from Sonnystone Acres
Family Stories will be a blog about the lives of my shirt-tail ancestors – aunts, uncles, cousins – and I’ve got some good tales to tell. For the Introductory post, I introduced m…| The News from Sonnystone Acres
3 posts published by Jo Mayne Casey during August 2025| The News from Sonnystone Acres
Last week was good. Appropriate cards and greetings were sent to the lucky people who married my children. My long-time hairdresser coaxed my tresses into their usual bleached-blonde-blowout — yes, I actually pay to look this bad. A new longevity-of-phone-call record was set by me and my soul-sister – and I could have talked longer! […]| The News from Sonnystone Acres
Despite the charming fantasy of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, the Actual, Factual, honest-to-goodness middle of summer here at Sonnystone is/was August 7. Many of our Spring-plantings have now aged out and we have just enough time to get in a second planting, so I’ve spent the week (mostly) pulling up and replanting, trimming, and […]| The News from Sonnystone Acres
Melissa and Eliza, Casey and I, made the 5-hour drive from Sonnystone to Dublin, Ohio, on Friday, checked into our suite, then picked up Emma from the airport around 11pm. So good to see her! I too…| The News from Sonnystone Acres
Melissa and Eliza arrived on…um…I think it was Wednesday… I’ve lost track of the days. Nova and Samantha joined Eliza and me to visit the Mall on Friday, I do know that. The Jrs joined us yesterday for our Family Picnic (inside, of course) – green beans and new potatoes, corn on the cob, fried […]| The News from Sonnystone Acres
It was a soggy week here at Sonnystone. I’m personally sick of it, and even the gardens seem over it. Despite the assault of storms, we made our way through a fairly mundane 7 days – ti…| The News from Sonnystone Acres
7 posts published by Jo Mayne Casey during April 2025| The News from Sonnystone Acres
2 posts published by Jo Mayne Casey during July 2025| The News from Sonnystone Acres
I wrote last week… If you’ve been following me on FB, you’ll have noticed that my #1 grandie, Emma, is On Fire; she has been first in most of her recent feis outings and second isn’t too bad, either. She placed 22nd in the World Championships in Dublin, Ireland earlier this year and I expect […]| The News from Sonnystone Acres
It was a good week here at Sonnystone Acres, despite “feel-like” temperatures in three digits and humidity described as “Very”. We were up with the birds getting the gardens…| The News from Sonnystone Acres
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Our #3 grand-daughter, Eliza Belle Mayne Jose, graduated from 8th grade on Thursday. She will continue on to 9th grade at the same school, Avenues The World School, so it’s called a “St…| The News from Sonnystone Acres
2 posts published by Jo Mayne Casey during June 2025| The News from Sonnystone Acres
And since all this loveliness can not be Heaven, I know in my heart it is June.” —Abba Louisa Goold Woolson. After a cool and rainy May, June met us with Sunshine and balmy breezes. My cataract sur…| The News from Sonnystone Acres
Happy Easter and Passover and whatever Holy Day you celebrate today! We’re having an early breakfast with the Jrs and then spending the day in the garden. I hope your day is full of peace and…| The News from Sonnystone Acres
We are now on Part 4 of The Sonnystone Saga, the genealogy of our Old House. Here are the links to Part 1 and Part 2 and Part 3 in case you missed them. The Reed Family li…| The News from Sonnystone Acres
My favorite plant store opened yesterday and I was first one there! I’ve bought tomatoes and sweet peppers to baby until it’s time to put them in the ground. I’m going back today …| The News from Sonnystone Acres
As noted in Part 1 of this series, Jacob and Maria/Mary Miller were the first folks to build a home here on the land we’ve named Sonnystone Acres. Jacob Miller was born 1812 in the Electorate…| The News from Sonnystone Acres
We weathered the windy weather well, but it was as scary as any I’ve witnessed. Now we’re on Day 4 of thunderstorms and interminable rain. I am not Inspired… In order to spare you…| The News from Sonnystone Acres
