Barnyard BBS

When you're treading water,
you're getting nowhere.
Which way are you going?
We+have+been+keeping+track+of+the+last+letter+that+my+grandfather+Tom+Shaffer+receives.++He+just+received+an+offer+for+DirectTV+(which+didn%27t+exist+when+he+was+alive)%2c+15+years+later%2c+with+a+totally+new+address.
This+is+my+grandfather%2c+Tom+Shaffer%27s+grave+located+in+Indian+Town+Gap+Military+Cemetery+(central+PA).++If+you+ever+visit%2c+you+can+locate+the+location+using+the+address+in+the+top+corner.
This+is+the+hill+where+my+grandfather%27s+grave+is+located.++It+is+in+the+center+of+Indian+Town+Gap+Military+Cemetery.
The+plaque+from+memorial+tree+dedicated+to+my+grandparents+(located+at+the+Hill+School+chapel)
This+was+pretty+much+the+whole+family%2c+plus+one+cousin+(Laurie+Davidson).++This+is+one+of+the+last+pictures+of+my+family+all+together+in+one+place.++I%27m+the+little+thing+in+the+back.
My+grandparents+Tom+and+Sally+Shaffer+with+me+during+the+Christmas+of+1983.
My+grandfather+Tom+carrying+me.++I+was+somewhere+under+a+year+at+this+point.
My+grandparents+(maternal)+dancing+at+my+parents+wedding.
My+grandparents+shortly+before+the+ceremony.++The+whole+affair+took+place+at+the+family+farm+in+Schwenksville.
My+mother%2c+Diane%2c+and+her+father+Tom+at+her+wedding+reception.
My+mother+and+her+father+walking+down+the+isle+at+her+wedding.++This+is+also+one+of+the+better+pictures+of+the+farmhouse.
My+grandfather+Tom+Shaffer+with+my+mother+back+in+1972.
My+grandfather%2c+Tom+Shaffer%2c+Lloyd+Davison%2c+and+a+very+small+Dan+Davidson+back+in+1967.
Tom+Shaffer+again.++This+time+as+a+district+manager+for+Bell+Telephone.++Taken+sometime+in+1955.
My+grandfather+Thomas+Shaffer+just+as+he+retired+from+the+Army+Air+Corps+(there+was+no+Air+Force+back+then).++He+was+a+pilot+as+a+civilian%2c+and+an+air+traffic+controller+in+the+Air+Corps.
Although+I+do+not+know+the+exact+date+of+this+picture%2c+it+was+a+LONG+time+ago.++This+is+my+grandfather+Thomas+Shaffer+as+a+young+child.