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• – Mabel Liked Roses –

  July 9, 2013

  Ringling Estate 3 Mabel Ringling liked roses and Italy She had an “Italian Style Wheel Shaped” Rose Garden created. The garden is 100 years old this year. I have no idea as to what type of flowering tree is in the photo to the right above but it is interesting. I like the way the…

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• – Ringling Entry 2 –

  July 1, 2013

  The Ringling Brothers - Barnum and Bailey Circus traveled from town to town by train. The animals traveled in special cars or in wheeled cages on flat cars. The animal and equipment/supply cages were often very colorful and elaborate. John and Mable Ringling and their guests traveled with their g...

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• Ringling Entry #1 – Photo Heavy!!!

  June 27, 2013

  While in Florida to attend the Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary party of Middle Son’s in-laws we did a bit of sightseeing. The sons and their wives would have shot me if we didn’t see the sights. Not really; they wouldn’t have had a chance. The Wife-Unit would have beat them to it. I would have been&...

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• – Haven’t Been Around Much –

  June 17, 2013

  I haven’t been around much lately. Doing some “lurking and some noting” but no writing. I really didn’t have much of anything to write about. Now I have. The Wife-Unit and I were invited to the Fiftieth Anniversary Party for our Middle Son’s In-Laws. IN FLORIDA! Wife-Unit says – WE’RE GOING! AND ...

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• They Are Back – Up Close

  February 3, 2013

  There I sat; fat and happy watching the tube and I see out the window next to the TV a deer very close to the back porch/deck. I have been keeping the Canon on a cabinet in the dining room with the zoom lens attached so I don’t have to run upstairs to my computer…

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• .-.Merry Christmas.-.

  December 22, 2012

  Merry Christmas

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• – I’m Still Alive –

  December 16, 2012

  Like I often say when someone asks “How Ya Doin?”, I’m Still Alive. Been doing a bit of “Noting”, lurking, but not writing. We have just about cleared out the MIL’s house and her “estate” is almost settled. The FIL’s estate was in a trust for the MIL. That led to some confusion but that…

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• – Does Anyone Want –

  October 24, 2012

  Some Oak Trees Two days ago we cleaned up the yard using rakes, leaf blowers and a garden tractor towed vacuum unit. This is what greeted us this morning. You don’t want to know what the rain gutters look like.

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• – The Buck Didn’t Stop –

  October 21, 2012

  I have been moaning and groaning about the damage done to the gardens by the deer. I in fact enjoy seeing them but I am PO’d by the damage they inflict..I would also enjoy seeing them try to eat some of the hot-peppers middle son has planted. I walked out onto the back porch a…

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