Ginny your day with family sounded like a picture Christmas card - I can only imagine the glow will stay with you for a few days.
nlhome today it is cold here however we may never come anywhere close to your winter weather experience - I heard on the news the dome for the Vikings' football stadium crashed in with the weight of the snow – How long does it take before you can use the roads?
We received the furthest edge of the cold - the temps plummeted and still have not reached 50 degrees - we are expecting a freeze tonight but for only one night and so I will not attempt to cover things - the faucets are wrapped but I do need to bring in the two hose reels.
Kiwi I wonder - I know it is summer in New Zealand however, it is far enough south that I am imagining the weather to be more like a summer in the northern states of the US. I bet you do not have Christmas around a swimming pool like some from Australia who post on Senior Learn. For Christmas, is it jacket weather or Tshirt weather?
Babi what a precious memory you shared - thank you - it was a touching story.
Steph a wand - huh
And Yes, Salan - we must take a 'Bluebonnet' trip...
Aewww Ann the Chocolate Crème De Menthe Bars sound fabulous.
All you Milly Molly Mandy readers - oh my - I too gobbled up the
Bobbsey Twins along with the
Mary Poppins series -
Mary Poppins Open the Door and
Mary Poppins Comes Back. I was sick in bed a lot as a kid - no anti-biotics in those days - Mom read mostly in the afternoons books like
Robinson Caruso, Gulliver’s Travels, Black Beauty and
Hans Brinker - Mom also read
Little Women that I hated - Jo was the only one with spunk and even she was to tame for me. When I found the Leather Stocking Tales I immediately identified with Hawkeye - Earlier, in the third grade I fell in love with Kate Seredy's books -
The Good Master, The Singing Tree and
White Stag.
My most favorite two books - in the Fifth grade my Grandmother gave me her copy telling me – “this is a real German” - She was so upset with the stories of WWII Germany - and
Count von Luckner the Sea Devil was a sort of hero from WWI that was to help me understand the chivalry that existed during war in the Germany she knew - Yes, the book was special because it came from a favorite grandmother but in addition, it was an exciting adventure as Count Luckner propelled his Submarine all over the oceans at times purposely breaking communications with the German hierarchy.
And then the second favorite - in the sixth grade I read
The Story of Nathaniel Bowditch - this is the book I still give as a gift although, another version that has since been published for children. A remarkable young boy, a whiz with numbers, who because of the death of his mother and a farm loosing income during the 1790s, was indentured at the age of nine. On his own, he learned languages by translating using the bible as his base - I loved his ingenious approach to a life that was built on discovery. As late as the 1980s, his navigation books were still basic text used at the Navel Academy
My daughter, born during the 1950s had a host of books available - I remember reading when she was very young several from the
Honey Bunch series and
Pooh - Oh and
Wind in the Willows, Charlotte's Web, Mark Twain and Robert Lewis Stevenson. On and on –
Children's story are still for me a favorite way to enjoy an evening. Watched last night my DVD of
Wind in the Willows - the one with Vanessa Redgrave on the riverboat with some children. I now have the whole series of books by William Horwood who got permission from the Grahame family to continue the series being faithful to the characters. I must pull down
The Willows at Christmas Perfect read for tonight.
Ah, books – Like many of us on this site – as children, some of our friends were characters in a book. A great bit of reminiscing – thanks!
