Photos for Marielou

[Thommos sister]

Patricia, so pleased you are much better. Good oh..Great photos, I have a do to go to in October, Roaring 20's. The clothes are just right in your pics. Thanks so much.
Matt beautiful photo of Mum and bub waiting for the bus!! So much joy from this great link. Tina xxo

[Patricia]

Tina - Lovely comments regarding the photos. I see you are heading for a
great time in October. I will let you in on a little secret. Janine told me that
she obtained the dress from a place called "Rent the Runway!" I don't
know if they have it in Australia but you choose a dress and they send it
in two sizes complete with the return package. She knew she would never
wear it again, so had been told this was the best way to go. I know I have
three lovely dresses from the girls' weddings' that I have never worn again,
such a waste of good money!!

Said this was this mode of transportation haha!!

Matt - Great shot of the Moma and Baby Bear. There must be plenty of Black
Bears around as we had a close encounter while in Montana, one came up
close and personal to the house we were staying in and we got several good
shots from the deck!!!! It was the highlight of my visit! Also plenty of Wild
Turkey!!

[Matt]

Great photo's there Patricia.Your daughter looks fabulous.
We are having a huge problem with black bears all over Vancouver Island and the coastal mainland
of BC.The wild berries ripened very early this year and bears have come down from the woods for big feasts.
Up to now about 60 have had to be destroyed and about 80 relocated and the wildlife rehab facility about 30 miles away from the Cowichan
Valley has between 30-40 cubs that will be released into the wild next year.
Matt

[Thommos sister]

Patricia, thanks so much, love the Great Gatsby look in the photo, gave me some ideas. Matt, beautiful bears, it's so sad when they have to be culled, same with our kangaroos, not enough feed to sustain them. My pal Mal looked after Freddy for the weekend, took him to the park. It's a long slow road to recovery from the puppy farm but the love he receives has sure helped him. T xox

[margaret willee]

tina thanks for the photo of Freddy he looks very happy ....
Patricia ,,,, love the 20's look , good idea to hire as you say they just hang in the cuboard never to come out ..... M

[Thommos sister]

Thanks Margaret. Reading at the mo....Ruth Hamilton Lights of Liverpool published 2012 set in Bootle and surrounds, in the 1950's, Teddy Boys etc. Patricia I you don't like the books about poverty and hardship from years earlier, this one is different, Lpool recovering from the War, living in prefabs, launderettes just opened up. Each family in the street has their own troubles. Great reading Tina

[margaret willee]

tina thanks for the book tip ,,, will see if it's on my kindle ... M

[Patricia]

Thank's Tina - will certainly have a gander, as that one sounds right up "My Alley!"

I have just watched a video called "Brooklyn" about an Irish girl who leaves for the
States and the heartbreak that is involved. You had better have the "Tissues" ready,
I found there were so many incidents which occurred that I also experienced, it really is a
lovely moving movie.
The book " Brooklyn" is a 2009 novel by Irish author Colm Tóibín. It won the 2009 Costa
Novel Award.

Having strong winds and plenty of rain at the moment from "Hermaine" but cannot
complain, as we have been very lucky compared to other States and low-lying
parts of Virginia, which are flooded.

[margaret willee]

Patricia ,,,,,, lovely film saw it some time back on you tube ,,,,,,,,, M

[Thommos sister]

Thanks Patricia about Brooklyn, I've never heard of the movie or the book. So pleased you are safe from the storms. Tina
Lovely Father's Day today and Harriett's 19th birthday in our backyard, lovely and warm 19c, Pop got sunburnt!! Cakes, pies, prezzies and an awesome game of dominoes!!

[Patricia]

Tina - Wish Harriet a belated "Happy Birthday!!" Sounds like
a fun day with also celebrating "Father's Day!

I never thought a seven year old would be teaching me
new tricks, but sure enough, while out in S.F. fixing breakfast
for the three girls, I was preparing some strawberries to
add to their breakfast (they always have a side dish of
fresh fruit w/every meal) and Morgan came up to me and
said "Nana, I can show you a quick way to get the core
out of the strawberry!" she then proceeded to show me.....

Have been doing it ever since!
p.s. You have to use one of those hardy plastic straws, not paper ones
and just cut off about a 4inch piece. I just then wash it when I'm
finished and reuse a few more times.

[jean eaton]

Patricia, great pictures of the family and the big old bear.
Thanks to your granddaughter for the great tip on hulling strawberries, I will be using it from now on.


Tina, glad the pup is doing well. My son had to put his dog Molly to sleep the beginning of June, He misses her so much.
Molly was 15 yrs old and had cancer.

Matt, nice to see your post of mum bear taking her cub to school.

[jean eaton]

Patricia, I watched Brooklyn, reminded me of my first months over here. A nice story.

[Patricia]

Jean - It really was a lovely story and so true.

While we were in Montana Thom and Lew took the Girls for a walk,
one that was very different from a walk with their Mom & Me!!
However, the Girls thoroughly enjoyed themselves. I guess that is
the reason for a Mom & a Dad!!


I can tell you I would never have climbed that high at 7 & 9 years!!

[jean eaton]

Brave girls, no fear at their age xx

[Patricia]

Thanks, Jean!!
My orchid is still in rehab just sitting there doing absolutely nothing
so I bought this until the other flowers (hopefully) once again!!

[jean eaton]

Patricia, pretty Orchid, is it silk or living ? Lowes nursery had a sale on plants so I bought four....No flowering ones though.

[Patricia]

You were on the mark, Jean, it is an artificial one
don't have to worry about where I place it or watering it!!

[margaret willee]

Patricia ,,, it's lovely even if it's not for real ------------ mine has just got one more flower ....... so proud ...... M

[jean eaton]

Patricia, I don't have much luck with Orchids coming back to life, so think the silk one might be the way to go for me. It is very pretty.

Margaret, your Orchid sounds very healthy.
Went for a ride to Red Rock Canyon last Sunday, so nice to be out of the city traffic. It's a 15 min. drive from my house.
We had a couple of days in the 80's but back to the 90's for the coming days......Shouldn't complain as much better than 113 F

[jean eaton]

Mack, this was the first time trying 'Add image to post' it was so easy.....thanks for that.

[margaret willee]

jean .... a lot diffrent from here ....... M

[jean eaton]

The desert Margaret. If you click on pictures they do enlarge.

I miss the ocean.

[margaret willee]

jean thanks for the tip , it is breathtaking ...... your welcome here we have water all round ,..... M

[margaret willee]

just got back from Gotland a small Island in the _Baltic ....... in the back ground is a very old church 10 th century ....... M

[Patricia]

That is a lovely photo, Margaret. How did you get it to be that size?

While we were on holiday in Duck, NC this summer, I discovered
"Tomato Pie" so today I "Googled" and came up with a recipe
for same. I will let you know whether it is a "Hit" or "Miss"

[margaret willee]

patricia , don' ask me as i don't know , the prgram I used didn't work had to get the help of husband ......
Pie looks good to me ..... M

[Matt]

Hi Margaret,when Sheila and I did our Baltic cruise last year two places that we visited will stick in
my mind FOREVER .St Petersburg and my favourite Gotland.I love the history and stories about the Vikings
and do not think there is one centimetre of ground that the Vikings did not walk on in Gotland.Our guide was a high school teacher
and I know he shared the same passion about Viking history as me and when I mentioned L'Anse aux Meadow in Newfoundland(first
Viking settlement in N.America 300 years before Columbus) we became best friends for life
Beautiful Island and wonderful town with the best museum.
Matt

[margaret willee]

Thanks Matt yes I really enjoyed my visit ,,, the viking king was Valdamar ........ M

[Patricia]

Matt - Believe you are a former "Navy" man and thought you might be
interested in the latest Destroyer which is at the moment
in Norfolk, Virginia. Have you seen anything like this
before, don't know what to think.............


Name: Zumwalt
Namesake: Admiral Elmo Zumwalt
Awarded: 14 February 2008
Cost: ≈$3.5 billion[1] to 4.4 billion[2]
Laid down: 17 November 2011[3]
Launched: 28 October 2013
Christened: 12 April 2014
Commissioned: 15 October 2016 (planned)[4]
Status: Completed; undergoing sea trials
Badge: USS Zumwalt DDG-1000 Crest.png
General characteristics
Class and type: Zumwalt-class destroyer
Displacement: 14,564 tons[5]
Length: 600 ft (182.9 m)
Beam: 80.7 ft (24.6 m)
Draft: 27.6 ft (8.4 m)
Installed power: Integrated Power System (IPS)
Propulsion:
2 × Rolls-Royce MT30 gas turbines (35.4 MW ea.)[6] driving Curtiss-Wright electric generators[7]
2 × Rolls-Royce RR4500 turbine generators (3.8 MW ea.)[6]
2 × propellers driven by electric motors
Total: 78 MW (105,000 shp)[6]
Speed: 33.5 knots (62.0 km/h; 38.6 mph)

USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) is a guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy. She is the lead ship of the Zumwalt class and the first ship to be named for Admiral Elmo Zumwalt.[8][9] Zumwalt has stealth capabilities, having a radar cross-section akin to a fishing boat despite her large size.[10] On 7 December 2015, Zumwalt began her sea trial preparatory to joining the Pacific Fleet.[11] She is to be homeported in San Diego, California.[12] The ship will be commissioned in Baltimore on October 15, 2016.[13]

[Patricia]

Margaret - Lew gave the "Tomato Pie" two thumbs up so
if you are interested in the recipe, I will be glad to print it!

[Matt]

Thanks Patricia,looks like a cross between a submarine and that "stealth ship"
in the James Bond movie "Tomorrow Never Dies" but very interesting in that
it's propulsion is Rolls- Royce gas turbines.
Matt

[jean eaton]

Margaret lovely old. Church, is hat a cafe in front.



Patricia, pie looks good, I have never had tomato pie.


Matt, nice to see your post

[jean eaton]

Went to Town Square Shopping Center for lunch at California Pizza with Mark, Michele and Tyler who is a friend of my grandson. We have known him since he was a little guy.
Beautiful day..

[jean eaton]

sorry ignore this xx