Green Root Beer: August 2008

Sunday, August 10, 2008

Before and After

This is the old city hall before window trim.

AFTER
The photos below show the result of many months of hard work and perseverance. The window trims that Dad has been working on are beautiful. Just another step in the complete restoration of this building and a labor of love on the part of Dad and all those who believe in this project.

Way to Go, Camden!

Dad e-mailed me some great photos of Camden's Court of Honor held on July 27, 2008. He earned his Eagle along with 5 other young men in his Ward. Wow, they must have a great scoutmaster and a wonderful Bishop! What an accomplishment for Camden. A man from Hogle Zoo brought an eagle to the event-this eagle was nursed back to health but was not able to return back to the wild. I'm sure it must have been powerful for all to see this magnificent bird and realize that the Eagle award in scouting is a great achievement. Congratulations, Camden!

Dad's Green Root Beer

When we were growing up, we all knew our dad's preferences: a "real" plate at the dinner table, black licorice, two poached eggs for breakfast, frozen water from a gallon-sized Clorox bottle, mincemeat pie, and oyster stew on Saturday night. And did we mention green root beer?

Huh?

Mac's soda pop came in clear glass bottles before the days when soda was measured in liters. It must have been two quarts or so, in black cherry, root beer, orange and lemon-lime flavors, with the latter a limey (no doubt artificial) shade of green. On Sunday evenings, we often had popcorn and ice cream floats while we watched the weekly Kennecott movie. Dad's favorite was the lemon lime soda, and we always had it on hand for such an occasion. But we don't recall ever hearing "lemon lime"; Dad called it "green root beer".

We named our blog "Green Root Beer" because we hope our sweet memories of past times will create the background to share and record our everyday history as it happens in the present and into the future. Welcome to the Buchanan Family Blah Blah Blog...feel free to post your stories and pictures!