He was quite the out-doors man. He loved to hunt and fish. I think his favorite was night time fishing out of a canoe on the upper Allegheny River. When I got old enough, I went with him. Although it worried my Mom, she knew that boys needed to do things like that with their dads. He taught me to love nature and respect it and when hunting or fishing, never take more than you can eat. Never, ever waste anything.
My Mom was an outdoors person, also. Both my Dad and my Mom lived along the Allegheny River in Pennsylvania; Dad up river at Foxburg and Mon down river from there in a little town named Phillipston. Oh to return to those good old days. . . but time moves on and we have to move with it. But it sure is nice to reminisce and I hope you all had good times that you can now look back on with smile. Now, have a great day, you hear?
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DeleteYour family life back in PA sounds wonderful. What a great way to grow up.
ReplyDeleteIt was, I was blessed.
DeleteSounds like you had a wonderful Dad and a very good upbringing. Happy Father's Day to you.
ReplyDeleteI did, and all my relatives were fantastic.
DeleteMemories of our fathers are wonderful, so many great things we did together.
ReplyDeleteYes, they sure are wonderful. I pity those who grew up without a dad or wit a lousy dad.
DeleteI hope you had a wonderful Fathers Day. I also have such fond memories of my dad. He taught me how to fish and make our own lures. I was such a tom boy haha we had great times together even in the later years.
ReplyDeleteFishing, hunting, canoeing, those are the things that fathers are for and keeping us on the right track.
DeleteMy Dad was the greatest too. We were taught honesty, respect, love your fellow man, work hard, but,,, take time to play. We had fun with each other, and always had the neighbors at OUR house. The more the merrier with Dad. Still miss him too.
ReplyDeleteA wonderful dad gives us the right direction to take in life.
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