Drumroll, Please

It's Thursday!  Welcome back all you

 Time Capsule fans.

(If you don't wish to watch the video there are pictures of the contents below the video)

Keep in mind, what makes this time capsule unique is the sad story of alienation and the sudden death of Pop Pop... all which happened in 2006 - 6 years after the time capsule was buried. 

    

And now for the moment you've been waiting for: drumroll, please...

FYI:  It wasn't 8 years ago, but 10 years ago. (Gary made a few bloopers in this video.)  And it wasn't his grandfather> it was his father.  

What Pop Pop didn't think of....  Furbie had a battery and rested against the tin lid and over time it leaked and ate through causing the contents to get wet.  

Tip for the day: Never bury batteries in a time capsule.  They will leak.

Ironic>  The name Eileen Diehl is scribbled on the top of this photo.  Pop Pop must have thought about using her when he was fighting for his grand-parents rights for visitation with Athena.  Unbeknownst to him> Hubby used that same attorney in 2007, a year after his father passed away, trying to get visitation back with Athena as well.

Dear Diary,


There's talk that I'll be wearing my Christmas sweater on Christmas day.  Ugh!  Mom took her Christmas sweater back cause it itches.  Too bad I don't have that option. Humph!! Gracie.

Time Capsule

Okay, let's think blue skies and summer days.   Sunshine so bright, you can't help but smile!  

Has anyone ever buried a time capsule?  

Early this year Gary just happened on photo's one day when he was going through his late father's pictures - photos showing a place where one such time capsule was buried.

  Remember the post on Athena, Gary's daughter?  

Well, ten years ago, 7/21/2000 to be exact, Athena and her Pop-Pop (Gary's father) buried this time capsule together.  Special memories were tucked inside. 

Time would stand still... Athena was seven at the time.  

But time did not stand still.  

Pop-Pop would only live another six years, then die suddenly of a heart attack.  

Athena would be alienated not only from her Pop-Pop, but from her father and his entire side of the family as well.  

Time moved on.  

And a time capsule that was buried with love one warm July day and brought a grandfather and his granddaughter closer together, remained.  

Pop-Pop left behind photos of the site marking the exact place where the time capsule was buried, on the towpath in Freemansburg, Pa.  You can imagine the strange looks we got as we began our hike on the towpath this spring day, May 7, 2010 - ten years later-  carrying shovels.  

 We walked about a mile out the towpath and finally found the tree.

 The tree had grown, along with weeds.  But after an hour of digging, measuring, moving, and digging some more.....

It was found!

Wondering what's in the time capsule?

Yes, there were injuries from the thicket surrounding the pine tree where X marked the spot.

Notice the pictures beside the time capsule.  Pop-Pop had circled the exact place to dig.

He thought of everything....  well almost everything... 
you'll see what he didn't think of... in the video.

All of the dirt was replaced, neatly where it belonged.

And then we took the time capsule to Pop-Pop's grave where Gary and his oldest daughter Stacy opened it.  It was bittersweet.  Only ten years had passed, but it seemed like a lifetime.  So much had happened.  

I know, you're dying to know what was in the time capsule, right?  

Yes, we have a video.  Come back next Thursday to see :)