21 June 2009

Papa

I don't know if you can read the shirt, but it was a thrift store find he's pretty proud of :)
It reads as follows: "I can only please one person each day. TODAY IS NOT YOUR DAY. Tomorrow doesn't look good either." :) He's holding the shirt out wide so I could capture it, but it's obviously better in person...you might be able to catch him on Monday in it :)



On this father's day - a tribute to my papa.

- He can never pass an apple orchard in the fall in New England without stopping to pick a few bushels
- He has this uncanny ability to find wonder and awe in the most minute of details in God's creation - the green of the moss on the forest floor, the variety of mushrooms found growing on rotting logs and alongside said moss, etc etc etc
- He is a pretty phenomenal craftsman when it comes to working with his hands, especially with wood
- He pours over baseball box scores everyday for most months of the year
- He sticks with a team faithfully, even when they stink for decade after decade
- He's child # 3 of 6 in the family of Amy and the late Herman Lutjens
- He walks really fast, even on vacation
- He doesn't listen so well all of the time, and now he's got his "bad ear" from Meniere's to blame it on :)
- He makes a mean stir-fry, ooh and eggs fried in bacon grease with home fries...yum yum
- He loves finding the perfect card for any occasion, but especially birthday cards...can you just picture him in Target laughing his head off trying to think of who he could give a certain one to?
- He used to take my brother and I wood cutting with him on Mondays when we lived in Pittsburgh and had a wood burning stove in our living room for the majority of our heating needs - and usually the outings involved a stop at Dunkin' Donuts on the way :) (this was my personal favorite part of the day :)
- Oh does he love a bargain!
- And a used book store?!? Watch out, he could stay in there ALL day!
- Buck Nights at Three Rivers' Stadium in the 1980's...Gen Adm seat for a buck, hotdog for a buck, coke for a buck...they were a favorite!
- He loves a good laugh, a good book, a good movie, a good ball game, a good conversation, a good friend, a good hike, and he loves us three kids. we love him too!

Happy Father's Day, Papa!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I thought it was Mister Donut that we stopped at...but who am I to contest the steel trap memory

J

Anonymous said...

Thanks for all the highlights!
It reminds me of how rich my life has been since we took you home from St. Mary's.

And thanks for leaving out all the lowlights that had to be covered by the blood.

d