2026-09-27

Fourth generation of Barton’s working here!

This is why I was creeping on Andy.  He’s been part of the push to get the Hammel house open in time for the Sauerkraut Festival. My dad was contracted to help rework the apartments (which were on the left side of the building in the top pic).  It was a lot of work over a year or so.  I helped out many nights and weekends and learned a lot.  At one point, my grandpa also came down (he was a home builder).  So, Andy marks the fourth in our line of Barton men to put his mark on it.  

You can see some of the vents he made that are sticking out of the wall in the lower left.  His truck was seen in front of the building in the lower left pic which is a screen shot from Katie Deaton’s post about their progress.
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Finding gold

You might want to look through your old jewelry?  I found these old chains among Janice’s things.  It doesn’t look like much.  It added up to 25g.  That’s about the weight of a single page letter in an envelope. It was worth $550 at the local jeweler. I added it to Julie’s “inheritance”. 
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I got a dog AND a kitty

Bitty decided to grace me with her presence and demands ;)
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“Big” hair David…

The kids couldn’t remember what I looked like when I wore my hair longer (and Julie prefers it) so I decided to see what it looked like if I skipped a haircut.  One month lather, here it is.  The reviews are mixed 🤪
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I was caught creeping on Andy… hahaha

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2026-09-26

He came back!

George Milo was missing from the farm for several days.  He showed back up about the time I arrived on Wednesday.  He was muddy and hungry but went right back to his usual antics.  My co-worker topped him back up with a few cat food packets and he was good to go!
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Imagine my surprise…

I found this while I was mowing the yard!  I carried up to show Julie and when she saw me coming she had a moment where she thought I might be carrying my severed finger! The only reason she didn’t freak out was because I wasn’t freaking out so it must not have been true… It smelled really weird!

The recent storms…

…netted me two wagon loads of sticks to pick up.  We were lucky.  All around us lots of huge trees were down. I counted more than twenty along Wilmington pike from Bill Yeck park area to Ferry Church!
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This morning, I got to save a hummingbird that had gotten stuck on the feeder❣️

I untangled his foot then held him until he got his wits back and flew off❤️
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I think this is what was going on… Crazy, he was gonna be cat food for sure!
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These are the great jerseys Julie found us

I like the Ohio themed logo, the res white and blue colors, the cannon patch, the stars on the sleeve and the fancy NHL logo on the collar. Laine was a player that ran hot and cold as a fan favorite so it’s fun to have one with his name on it given the history of the team from a few years back. 
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2026-09-25

A nice pic from my misty walk with Laura this week

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She got the best shot though.  These mushrooms stopped her in her tracks while Zoe was distracting me with a bathroom break, hahahah.
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Up to the minute…

It’s nice to get up to the minute game updates on my phone :)


The view from our pre-season seats

Our normal seats are one section to the right from this.  Nice view and cool CBJ colors for the whole arena. :)
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It pays to wait…

When we started going to the pro hockey games last year, we realized their SWAG prices were outragous.  Hoodies were $150 for example… Well, we waited until their clearance sale this year and we Julie found that they had authentic game jerseys on sale complete with player names and numbers!  These are normally $300 or so (see the stickers on the right).  But they were on sale for $60.  Even better, a snafu and trip back to the register meant the cashier felt sorry for us and gave us a two for one deal.  So we got exactly the jerseys we wudda wanted from last years season, at $30 each for two of them! I’m glad Julie’s eagle eye and bargain prowess were sharp this week!
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It’s hockey season again! Let’s go Blue Jackets!