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!