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Emma wrote: "I was trying to think about that...I have no idea. What color makes you think of East...? 🤔"😣
Dorothy wrote: "Emma wrote: "I was trying to think about that...I have no idea. What color makes you think of East...? 🤔"😣"
Yeah, I don't know. 😒 Blue? 🤣🤣🤣
Emma wrote: "Dorothy wrote: "Emma wrote: "I was trying to think about that...I have no idea. What color makes you think of East...? 🤔"😣"
Yeah, I don't know. 😒 Blue? 🤣🤣🤣"
Maybe black since we don't have grizzlies in the east?
Dorothy wrote: "Maybe black since we don't have grizzlies in the east?."Hey, I bet that's it!
Emma wrote: "Dorothy wrote: "My bear is real, and so is Emmi's!"Quite right! 😤"
You two did not risk life and limb to get your pictures! 🤣
Ruth wrote: "You are out camping in the wilderness. You are awakened by a rustling noise.
You go outside and see a bear outside your tent.
You run 1 mile south, 1 mile west, and 1 mile north,
to return to y..."
Sounds very much like a story I just read... 😂
Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Dorothy wrote: "My bear is real, and so is Emmi's!"Quite right! 😤"
You two did not risk life and limb to get your pictures! 🤣"
Mine looks pretty dangerous to me!
Meg wrote: "Ruth wrote: "You are out camping in the wilderness. You are awakened by a rustling noise.
You go outside and see a bear outside your tent.
You run 1 mile south, 1 mile west, and 1 mile north,
t..."
You would say that!😋😂
Dorothy wrote: "Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Dorothy wrote: "My bear is real, and so is Emmi's!"Quite right! 😤"
You two did not risk life and limb to get your pictures! 🤣"
Mine looks pretty dangerous to me!"
A picture with Teddy bear status.
Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Dorothy wrote: "My bear is real, and so is Emmi's!"Quite right! 😤"
You two did not risk life and limb to get your pictures! 🤣"
So you say...😏
Can anyone guess the riddle?What color is the bear?
Ruth wrote: "Can anyone guess the riddle?What color is the bear?"
So...you're saying my guess is not correct?
Ruth wrote: "Can anyone guess the riddle?What color is the bear?"
My head is spinning!! 😵🤣
Ruth wrote: "You are out camping in the wilderness. You are awakened by a rustling noise.
You go outside and see a bear outside your tent.
You run 1 mile south, 1 mile west, and 1 mile north,
to return to y..."
White. You are at the North Pole and the bear is a polar bear.
Pammy Jo
Pamela wrote: "White. You are at the North Pole and the bear is a polar bear.Pammy Jo"
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Ruth wrote: "Yes!! Thank you, Pammy!"I just figured if you run those directions to return to camp, you would be at the North Pole. I also think if a person is camping in a tent at the North Pole, they deserve to be eaten by the polar bear!
😆😅😄😃😂🤣😀
Pammy Jo
😲 Of course Pammy Jo would know! 🤣🤣🤗
Ruth wrote: "Yes!! Thank you, Pammy!"I just noticed you added "New Englander in Spirit" to your name, Ruth! If I were to add something to my name, I believe it would be "Pamela Jo...She who wants a ticket that will take her anyplace but here!"
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Actually, it's rather sad that I feel like that.😥
Pamela wrote: "Ruth wrote: "Yes!! Thank you, Pammy!"I just noticed you added "New Englander in Spirit" to your name, Ruth! If I were to add something to my name, I believe it would be "Pamela Jo...She who wants..."
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We are officially snowed in at the moment! We've had somewhere around 10 inches of heavy wet snow and it's still falling, and the plow isn't working! Our neighbor is coming over soon to see what he can do but if it's what he thinks it is it won't be fixed today. 🌨️❄️
Meg wrote: "We are officially snowed in at the moment! We've had somewhere around 10 inches of heavy wet snow and it's still falling, and the plow isn't working! Our neighbor is coming over soon to see what he..."Oh no!! 😳
Meg wrote: "We are officially snowed in at the moment! We've had somewhere around 10 inches of heavy wet snow and it's still falling, and the plow isn't working! Our neighbor is coming over soon to see what he..."Oh, gosh, Meg!
Sorry you are all snowed and the plow isn't working.
We'll keep you all in our prayers.
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Oh Meg! It always seems that equipment breaks down when we need it most! Heavy wet snow is the worst! I'll be thinking of you and praying.🙏🙏🙏Pammy Jo
That's one reason I don't like winter. 😂
Dorothy wrote: "That's one reason I don't like winter. 😂"I don't like winter, either...or Spring...or Summer...or Fall! 😁😂🤣😃
Snow......yuk!!!!! I hope y'all are warm and ok until the plow gets fixed. That being said, I grew up in western NC, and we sometimes got snow, but nobody had a plow. I used to think a snow shovel was called a pig shovel because we used them to clean hog barns. The first time I saw more than a few inches of snow was when I went to Alaska for winter warfare training. Yankees made fun of me. ☺
Pamela wrote: "Oh Meg! It always seems that equipment breaks down when we need it most! Heavy wet snow is the worst! I'll be thinking of you and praying.🙏🙏🙏Pammy Jo"
Thanks, Pammy Jo. 😊 Well, it could be worse. It could be 20 inches, and it could be 0 degrees! Hopefully we'll be able to dig ourselves out tomorrow.
Al wrote: "Snow......yuk!!!!! I hope y'all are warm and ok until the plow gets fixed. That being said, I grew up in western NC, and we sometimes got snow, but nobody had a plow. I used to think a snow shovel ..."Haha, yeah I felt a little silly talking about the plow for 10 inches of snow! 😂 But we have a big driveway and there are open fields to our north and west, so we get huge amounts of drifting. I'm the only one who is able to shovel, so it's not really practical. I tried once last year and it took 2 hours to do less than a third of it!
From my afternoon walk...probably my last walk without snowshoes! 😂 The snow was already knee-deep in many places. 
Meg wrote: "From my afternoon walk...probably my last walk without snowshoes! 😂 The snow was already knee-deep in many places. "
😳 Oh my goodness...
Well, here's what I mean when I say it could be worse... 😂
Al wrote: "Snow......yuk!!!!! I hope y'all are warm and ok until the plow gets fixed. That being said, I grew up in western NC, and we sometimes got snow, but nobody had a plow. I used to think a snow shovel ..."Nasty Yankees!!!🤨😄
Meg wrote: "Al wrote: "Snow......yuk!!!!! I hope y'all are warm and ok until the plow gets fixed. That being said, I grew up in western NC, and we sometimes got snow, but nobody had a plow. I used to think a s..."We have a long driveway, too. I know all about shoveling it. We used to do that until our neighbor got a plow for his truck.
Pamela wrote: "Nasty Yankees!!!🤨😄"I was waiting for you to say something like that! 🤣🤣🤣
Pamela wrote: "Al wrote: "Snow......yuk!!!!! I hope y'all are warm and ok until the plow gets fixed. That being said, I grew up in western NC, and we sometimes got snow, but nobody had a plow. I used to think a s..."Amen!!😂
Meg wrote: "Pamela wrote: "Nasty Yankees!!!🤨😄"I was waiting for you to say something like that! 🤣🤣🤣"
LOL!!! Because it is Pearl Harbor Day today, I am being a loyal Yankee today. My U.S. flags are flying with black mourning ribbons and I am paying respect to my friends and relatives who fought in WWll. I will fly the flag all week, not just today. It was a somber week for my family...my great-uncle, James, was killed in Belgium on December 10, 1944. I was very close to his parents, my great-grandparents, so I felt as if I knew James. They talked about him all the time. My neighbor and dear friend was stationed at Pearl Harbor, enlisting in the Army months before the attack. He was extremely angry because the Japanese bombers blew up his trombone! He used quite colorful language when he discussed that day. He went on to locally command the PA State Police. Before he died, he gave me all of his WWII photos and his PA State Police memorabilia. I treasure all of it.
Pamela
Pamela wrote: "Meg wrote: "Pamela wrote: "Nasty Yankees!!!🤨😄"I was waiting for you to say something like that! 🤣🤣🤣"
LOL!!! Because it is Pearl Harbor Day today, I am being a loyal Yankee today. My U.S. flags a..."
Well, Rhode Island is the only state in the union to make VJ Day a state holiday, so y'all are ok!! 😁
Al wrote: "Pamela wrote: "Meg wrote: "Pamela wrote: "Nasty Yankees!!!🤨😄"I was waiting for you to say something like that! 🤣🤣🤣"
LOL!!! Because it is Pearl Harbor Day today, I am being a loyal Yankee today. ..."
Well, then Rhode Island is okay. I'm a life long PA resident, but some of my ancestors moved South and fought for the Confederacy. One actually fired the first artillery shot to strike Fort Sumter, from Johnson's Island. He was a member of The Palmetto Guard. I have always been a Southerner at heart. Had I lived in the 1800's, I would have followed my family South and I would have been a loyal Confederate. 😁🤫
Pammy Jo
Before I realized that my little Twilight was born on December 7th I was considering naming her Pearl. But by the time I knew I had decided on Twilight.
Pamela wrote: "Well, then Rhode Island is okay. I'm a life long PA resident, but some of my ancestors moved South and fought for the Confederacy. One actually fired the first artillery shot to strike Fort Sumter, from Johnson's Island. He was a member of..."That's really interesting, Pammy Jo! I have ancestors in every American war. My great-great grandfather was in the Civil War (he was a Yankee 😋). My great uncle who just passed away a couple months ago at 99 was in WWII.
Meg wrote: "Pamela wrote: "Well, then Rhode Island is okay. I'm a life long PA resident, but some of my ancestors moved South and fought for the Confederacy. One actually fired the first artillery shot to stri..."We are rapidly losing our WWll Vets.😢 In my opinion, they truly were "The Greatest Generation." I recently read that there are fewer than 325,000 surviving, of over 16 million Americans who served our nation during the war.
I don't usually share my blog posts here, but this poem really lifts me up and I had lots of fun "illustrating" it, so I thought maybe some of you would enjoy it as well... 😊http://yeflowerlovers.blogspot.com/20...
I really like Whittier!! Very cool post with those pictures (and snow)!!! Since I'm almost computer illiterate, unless it's work related, your blog post is like.......MAGIC!!!!!!☺
Early American Literature
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Read it again! Notice that it doesn't mention going East...now, don't you think that's peculiar?"
Yes, ..."
I was trying to think about that...I have no idea. What color makes you think of East...? 🤔