tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77217284057265231332024-03-13T23:23:23.631-07:00Joe's & Julia's AdventuresUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1983125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7721728405726523133.post-45052310832031245382022-05-17T19:55:00.002-07:002022-05-17T19:55:27.691-07:00Extracting a Silver Dollar<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQCynId6khdwgVV1V46zv0H3VeDdvj5gpwqVDE_1eXvGBO9-JoDPEf3eQoxc1W5uOA-dQMFF_HDtZxzdg6Mk4zdjj0aywkmBAxdm7aLqkH-sBV9LIYWJkwn3mhhJpHt9lgos2mLBEKPz0dIF-A5Jd7gGpB_WqKFoyrEam8Lhom64K3pxpYehDC4YbqqQ/s790/holtonhenryura1895%3F.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="790" data-original-width="779" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQCynId6khdwgVV1V46zv0H3VeDdvj5gpwqVDE_1eXvGBO9-JoDPEf3eQoxc1W5uOA-dQMFF_HDtZxzdg6Mk4zdjj0aywkmBAxdm7aLqkH-sBV9LIYWJkwn3mhhJpHt9lgos2mLBEKPz0dIF-A5Jd7gGpB_WqKFoyrEam8Lhom64K3pxpYehDC4YbqqQ/s320/holtonhenryura1895%3F.jpg" width="316" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">about 1895</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBUDIrNmlhRRtYWOrv-wz7fgY9XeFKOHhfT4V2vrsMiguz8r9NF6R_-TytT7YcOGA_Zy2bJuO-Y34Yb6SfsdxrHEkEps-CelBD8Y0EYAVQ6U6kNKJXiJaKNeMtERv-K8nAl4MLWIYfdUzZTqGbMw-tFmWqwjUqXLLc26M0lWbegnvhDK9azPj_iBHlYA/s3072/holhndollar0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="2304" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBUDIrNmlhRRtYWOrv-wz7fgY9XeFKOHhfT4V2vrsMiguz8r9NF6R_-TytT7YcOGA_Zy2bJuO-Y34Yb6SfsdxrHEkEps-CelBD8Y0EYAVQ6U6kNKJXiJaKNeMtERv-K8nAl4MLWIYfdUzZTqGbMw-tFmWqwjUqXLLc26M0lWbegnvhDK9azPj_iBHlYA/w480-h640/holhndollar0.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Silver Dollar Removed</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">From Oesophagus of Henry Robinson, Age 24, Located at Oesophagel Orifice of Diaphram, Swallowed May 24th 1885 at 10 AM Removed June 2nd 1885 at 9 PM By H.C. Holton</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPt7TzcKcnbuirpkpniDRcreppjZ3ooyNPujdUnhpO_Nz65p0SkD0V71C2hf8gisSuhSLx3LZGQlFjnwdDxt-QFixYdpFTfGuKsz7cB7WRVaebrvDtY6kg1pNtj7DqMbZgkZvGWqLCMTMKkh3unAWOGF2ttqaNMrj3rwz5Wz0bqGhHTbgTRpS8cSnuRw/s915/Screen%20Shot%202022-05-17%20at%203.07.05%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="915" data-original-width="733" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPt7TzcKcnbuirpkpniDRcreppjZ3ooyNPujdUnhpO_Nz65p0SkD0V71C2hf8gisSuhSLx3LZGQlFjnwdDxt-QFixYdpFTfGuKsz7cB7WRVaebrvDtY6kg1pNtj7DqMbZgkZvGWqLCMTMKkh3unAWOGF2ttqaNMrj3rwz5Wz0bqGhHTbgTRpS8cSnuRw/w512-h640/Screen%20Shot%202022-05-17%20at%203.07.05%20PM.png" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">SILVER DOLLAR IN THE OESOPHAGUS: EXTRACTION</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">BY HENRY C. HOLTON, M.D. ARCHIE, ILL.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">On the morning of May 24, at 10:30 o'clock, Henry Robison, a young man 24 years of age, came to my office to have a silver dollar, which he had swallowed one-half hour previously, removed from his throat. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The accident occurred while playing with a little child. He was lying on his back and had the coin in his mouth, or rather between his lips, when the child reached for it, but instead of grasping it, she accidentally struck it with her hand and knocked it into his throat. The coin got beyond his control before he could stop it. I made several efforts to reach it with a pair of forceps about eight inches in length, but failed. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">At this time Dr. Odbert, of Indianola, called on me and was invited to examine the case. He had a pair of forceps about two inches longer than mine, at his office. We repaired to Indianola at once, and his forceps were introduced, but to no avail. Dr. Odbert and I then drove to Danville to try to get proper instruments for its removal. Failing to find them there, we immediately dispatched to Philadelphia for forceps, and in due time they arrived. In the meantime Mr. Robison was kept on a liquid diet. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">On the evening of the second day of June we operated. Dr. O. introduced an esophageal bougie into his throat for the purpose of locating the coin, which he succeeded in doing at a distance of nine and one-half inches from the front teeth in upper jaw, or at the esophageal opening of diaphragm. I then introduced a pair of forceps and succeeded in grasping and withdrawing the dollar from his throat. This is the only successful operation in my knowledge where so large a foreign body has been extracted from the oesophagus, so low down. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Thinking perhaps this case may be of interest to the many readers of your valuable journal, I respectfully submit it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">from The Peoria Medical Monthly; Vol. VI; June 1885, No. 2; page 85</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7721728405726523133.post-17682978426003098572022-03-17T07:00:00.003-07:002022-03-17T07:00:00.242-07:00Happy Saint Patrick's Day <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhsmPv3a2nJDoVSm41v6LF9G_-53XUX98pIksRGltDn5pknDhsGCXND2zsxhrBSZsy0nTAYjjq8gjbGLz5qhgaxhtZ3gF5gUwvtF923ov26Jn71PWFJUHnB5Az2idAe-i3z3Ya1TxOmKzCiWyXgRmLTKUlReS7xiKwkS9IK0lDFiJRHhbhlJIkdMFYMCQ=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhbMaONXDVEZ2mDTkrCZhS-5Wwg8v8r-LtMXx2bekUNr5QutkIMHVbZ_adK_RbXQ8taDw6hNyMgNU2BSBx8wQzxRupVFHr4qgaGdlpYbfzM09vxEGAkIFwVOLwvO2RJA4JC7BstUeddM_lD2vZ6i674CmQIfjBYpS-dLXXG4RDUKj-BD-EVuSH34Qmhrw=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7721728405726523133.post-8726894464050719302022-03-08T20:36:00.001-08:002022-03-08T20:36:22.732-08:00Ministering<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0RzRRj1NCTUmMJAbT9YG0EoltQJ2ts1FmxKJZ-Xv8pqKfx-_XiZutg5gW5I1AMXDlxLfrviEtpexQMOWLKUL525KpaYAG6BSsjvPZF0w-R8e1FMIpjhGn8p5PJn0nLg0m_ak0zMokEapZ8lPSVR1m-Dc5kYWdTBbEZSb6PARdafXItXHSZfLlk2rTqA=s1632" style="clear: left; display: inline; float: left; font-family: georgia; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1224" data-original-width="1632" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0RzRRj1NCTUmMJAbT9YG0EoltQJ2ts1FmxKJZ-Xv8pqKfx-_XiZutg5gW5I1AMXDlxLfrviEtpexQMOWLKUL525KpaYAG6BSsjvPZF0w-R8e1FMIpjhGn8p5PJn0nLg0m_ak0zMokEapZ8lPSVR1m-Dc5kYWdTBbEZSb6PARdafXItXHSZfLlk2rTqA=w200-h150" width="200" /></a> <span style="font-family: georgia;">We invite you to minister with your powerful influence for good in strengthening our families, our church, and our communities. You are a much-needed force for love, truth, and righteousness in this world. We need you to nurture families, friends, and neighbors. It is through you that God’s perfect love for each and all of His children is made manifest. </span><a href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2009/10/every-woman-needs-relief-society?lang=eng" style="font-family: georgia;">Silvia H. Allred</a><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7721728405726523133.post-53315432740978854362022-02-24T10:23:00.006-08:002022-02-24T10:23:58.534-08:00Friend of God<p><span style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: georgia; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="342" data-original-width="508" height="134" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhpOABWaDGxDqRet4CcfqQiG4wHOAB7Ov8E4SZjPSNb-KKHgqYXJt-h93Pz1UG72e1ejTzGjtj2nRIihtsrraZeE7BGjUgbP-FWII1zEahuP6CNXY8cx4sEXGZRR2pEiSMz6t-PP3CD2Jd1XR41KJ9e89Mb_eYzBxJRaXPXvjehNOsms3uHaobV7RRH2Q=w200-h134" width="200" /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"></p><span style="font-family: georgia;">"... Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God." <a href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/nt/james/2.23?lang=eng&clang=eng#p23 ">James 2: 23</a> <br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br />A friend of God - what a wonderful way to be and great legacy to leave behind.</span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></p><div><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></o:p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7721728405726523133.post-36800460957262935802022-02-13T19:25:00.001-08:002022-02-13T19:25:55.151-08:00Happy Valentine's Day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1188" data-original-width="1584" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgoJvWbTr3-qtMJ8EYTNHOQtMAslBN__ydUDeHOitcfwBK2I_sHbNjdkcl59zka-aWV7_w-f4-_d7aN0pkYlDGfmWS_JUQ6cdWLZ0e_aSli_7MDJGHhWaT6V7vSs8mk2TSeo0MUX7qlc5brcT9y9LQSytbWlbt9Sv-OK4_UoxNzA8kuu0sON47sdowqSw=w400-h300" width="400" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Kirkland's Cow and Coyote<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj5U2enQ6dxZ53COxfP9QitLl_llmwwytoFCf36ZfS0CHx1usOxvADd4CxLxwJvw-dfnjbYjLnfZsMqUPC0mmB0LMF02aqBRzSjkwyBVkXiJFBPzd4PONnWFY_Tpn2N3J60Tx6_o43aqaDtEuZv3QlXrAdQnB0FCqbUgNpdJcFBdVsjkDUuFMUKjUhNcA=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj5U2enQ6dxZ53COxfP9QitLl_llmwwytoFCf36ZfS0CHx1usOxvADd4CxLxwJvw-dfnjbYjLnfZsMqUPC0mmB0LMF02aqBRzSjkwyBVkXiJFBPzd4PONnWFY_Tpn2N3J60Tx6_o43aqaDtEuZv3QlXrAdQnB0FCqbUgNpdJcFBdVsjkDUuFMUKjUhNcA=w400-h300" width="400" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7721728405726523133.post-35211479475238285592022-02-05T21:27:00.006-08:002022-02-07T13:25:58.023-08:00A Fun Rabbit Hole<p> <span style="font-family: georgia;">Recently I found the death record for Gabriel Cathcart. I decided to find his death place on Google Maps.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">William Cathcart Holton/ Celia Cathcart & Caryl Ames Holton/ William Gabriel Cathcart & Anna Sconce/ John Marshall Cathcart & Sarah Alexander/ Gabriel Cathcart (1817-1902) & Hester Marshall </span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiMCwB2BRgbwshMSfmfB5e5pVKyb3uW8PnkFV4hCYGNjBUOauTG6A5se16orwQE_9uNCOd37j_0f_6O1DLzK09nTXD2g1_RguKGPZ6BVFCqXKx4tr5eSpgF5AS_5dZ7JFCmjJLjiZ75q2Q0V83uSqa_jxAcnxUOGr-8DVm3zBZyystZeAslVh7kyR19-A=s1242" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="161" data-original-width="1242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiMCwB2BRgbwshMSfmfB5e5pVKyb3uW8PnkFV4hCYGNjBUOauTG6A5se16orwQE_9uNCOd37j_0f_6O1DLzK09nTXD2g1_RguKGPZ6BVFCqXKx4tr5eSpgF5AS_5dZ7JFCmjJLjiZ75q2Q0V83uSqa_jxAcnxUOGr-8DVm3zBZyystZeAslVh7kyR19-A=s16000" /></span></a></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">This record* states that Gabriel Cathcart died April 18, 1902 at 19 Pakenham Street, Belfast, Ireland. He was a widower, 84 years old and a retired farmer. Cause "senile decay." His granddaughter Hessie Walker was present when he died. Gabriel was living with his daughter Charlotte Cathcart Walker and her husband Samuel Walker. <br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh8UZ-ZM0Cp3MywiWE_dviVjjzty8xKoq3kMlhT_hC2wCwam9zLWrJ2lETQPtzhzut9qzxjssBIJoK1gJf1t4GE9hrzyNmWb0gsNeTqGLYOaa1PVS9uTApq6yGx07rumA4JPrTb_2eFigcGMKGhcKsixywg6CnmfLquA2FJtkVx-6GM7d3bj68rWIcoCA=s373" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="303" data-original-width="373" height="325" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh8UZ-ZM0Cp3MywiWE_dviVjjzty8xKoq3kMlhT_hC2wCwam9zLWrJ2lETQPtzhzut9qzxjssBIJoK1gJf1t4GE9hrzyNmWb0gsNeTqGLYOaa1PVS9uTApq6yGx07rumA4JPrTb_2eFigcGMKGhcKsixywg6CnmfLquA2FJtkVx-6GM7d3bj68rWIcoCA=w400-h325" width="400" /></a><br />Pakingham Street</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">In 1981 the row houses were not in good shape. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Windows and doors were bricked up to keep out vandals. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhgwuJwbbqNsqsynA1VXQLPR2q-hJStc1nbnUlaDTGtriDV7uudgdkDh3C5aDnRBKLuFrEI-b8rrfeASoZ8CVJJA9ViMNTbx7jJab43IxIbpC3qXrrW8uYfjHtSTTtvsDtdoqPpY3wOzMm7hfzp4X84uXcPiGkJqHCicllS0Xgia7h6eTWle50RR55KkA=s1127" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="928" data-original-width="1127" height="329" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhgwuJwbbqNsqsynA1VXQLPR2q-hJStc1nbnUlaDTGtriDV7uudgdkDh3C5aDnRBKLuFrEI-b8rrfeASoZ8CVJJA9ViMNTbx7jJab43IxIbpC3qXrrW8uYfjHtSTTtvsDtdoqPpY3wOzMm7hfzp4X84uXcPiGkJqHCicllS0Xgia7h6eTWle50RR55KkA=w400-h329" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">November 2020 Google Maps made these images. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">#19 Pakenham is the brown door to the right of the yellow door. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgczXEDUbYGxdVUhCPvA7BFjYQoAQeQ1Dr8NqzL7VoZhBxcd88y9FBGaBgVuuD1LMwPOGw7TtllE-dl9J00ko7xt_15inBsG8JvLmYTnz3kKedDE69qo2_EesqnwyKHVoeKxSxPJeWKypqruhCU8VQAwy5OEBMlAyA7ov6OAbmykp2vgRttGVMiLvw8hw=s1049" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="895" data-original-width="1049" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgczXEDUbYGxdVUhCPvA7BFjYQoAQeQ1Dr8NqzL7VoZhBxcd88y9FBGaBgVuuD1LMwPOGw7TtllE-dl9J00ko7xt_15inBsG8JvLmYTnz3kKedDE69qo2_EesqnwyKHVoeKxSxPJeWKypqruhCU8VQAwy5OEBMlAyA7ov6OAbmykp2vgRttGVMiLvw8hw=w400-h340" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">#19 is the last "house" on the left before the building slants to the right</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I can't find a construction date for the building. It looks like it might have been existing in 1902. What do you think?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">*</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">irish genealogy.ie/churchrecords</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7721728405726523133.post-90461669839424140462022-02-03T23:04:00.003-08:002022-02-03T23:04:46.840-08:00Swing Set<p> </p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjIGagHuqQDpT8Zq9XD3RwbS1DBHFH_Y0bQj5H1dP06C5MYLnQqWuRXCpLcWPjH3R2hYM-jgaUFq9U8KXyOtzzBkxBtyDIcYyf_Wkrf6DE8MIk3RIPEcl1aVhwaSnNZY6yRBJnw1qYh5MNHW2kC7gzP4V8SwRYjEzv99zm3Gf9xAZR5k9ZxhJFQf5BfiA=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjIGagHuqQDpT8Zq9XD3RwbS1DBHFH_Y0bQj5H1dP06C5MYLnQqWuRXCpLcWPjH3R2hYM-jgaUFq9U8KXyOtzzBkxBtyDIcYyf_Wkrf6DE8MIk3RIPEcl1aVhwaSnNZY6yRBJnw1qYh5MNHW2kC7gzP4V8SwRYjEzv99zm3Gf9xAZR5k9ZxhJFQf5BfiA=w150-h200" width="150" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Sometimes when we’re bad, my mother goes downstairs and silently exits through the back door. We press our noses against the bathroom window upstairs, the one that looks out on the backyard, watching her. We turn to each other and say, “She must be so mad!” Then we watch, cannot help but watch, as she goes over to the swing set and sits on the black rubber seat. </i></span><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><br /></i></span><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Her legs never leave the ground, she just pushes herself back and forth, straightening and bending those hourglass legs. And then, maybe it is condensation on the window or maybe something else, but we think we can see tears rolling down her cheeks. When she buries her head in the crook of her arm, it is over.</i> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52694589-irreversible-things?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=HrqssBnZVj&rank=1">Lisa Van Orman Hadley</a></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The author went on to say her mother was punishing herself after she'd punished her children. To me, it feels like this mother of six children was seeking solace and pulling herself together so she could go back and mother her children.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="color: #0563c1; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><br /></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7721728405726523133.post-4814902921598075532022-01-29T15:26:00.001-08:002022-01-29T15:26:00.238-08:00Light and Beauty<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjFkQ9lFoBSipRTIAZQ5an4fUKY1eUml5UZ8xgLWusL5zstnsn5pmhZjCU0bKlrApD5Nck441evtIW1nbp2poHjyAA3fyzxpAWOdaPvE4Gdpq4K_yyVadfAGmcIoRO7LmMW5aSxGsXbHP_oTHvjXSD1PP7e1k-VyhtlKZY3vUu_Zz2Fr5e2oY0st4ozTg=w300-h400" width="300" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">When the sky looks like this, it's time to hurry to the lake </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">to catch a spectacular sunset</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgDFogu_CVYh3epKO_gsZfXfEO4RsO-ymaKxL3cZrEEovEaPAMH-XrADt0pxvURbKTDHnZvH2rJ4b_pjVYHbmCLYWP_C9NGVLvDW9KUa248E_kTYpW2eAhXyNtIBWeXTuzgsoGAmaMdjHRUwo9DTszHyQgvnPXVw8_uRx3Z7G_EloTrV5Sd6_Dfl3OBNA=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgDFogu_CVYh3epKO_gsZfXfEO4RsO-ymaKxL3cZrEEovEaPAMH-XrADt0pxvURbKTDHnZvH2rJ4b_pjVYHbmCLYWP_C9NGVLvDW9KUa248E_kTYpW2eAhXyNtIBWeXTuzgsoGAmaMdjHRUwo9DTszHyQgvnPXVw8_uRx3Z7G_EloTrV5Sd6_Dfl3OBNA=w400-h300" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">When the sun gets low on the horizon, it disappears quickly. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The colors sometimes linger, sometimes they're gone in a blink of any eye. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj5nKpQ-342dpjisGj3kk9cKm3xf8pzND1kAgsprzLPgfGrLRYdp6Tvo9wdU6slQPHZHfVjHBXPNgcwiwZ2u4Rv3bULvTi589YE0rNRDDnDcrMYPs-O7FmHUFPgYJLB0sgtXkooyE0jpJKLL-aY_d3u5MVr7D6uAMszMI9b63vJc5qDiwlCpWfH5c28pQ=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj5nKpQ-342dpjisGj3kk9cKm3xf8pzND1kAgsprzLPgfGrLRYdp6Tvo9wdU6slQPHZHfVjHBXPNgcwiwZ2u4Rv3bULvTi589YE0rNRDDnDcrMYPs-O7FmHUFPgYJLB0sgtXkooyE0jpJKLL-aY_d3u5MVr7D6uAMszMI9b63vJc5qDiwlCpWfH5c28pQ=w400-h300" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhjD_awDpfxcgPgiZ6P_5btrcwHdlHG92trhFD_r3irgJgdmwhID_WbU8ENqQcgXCCN1sIuv6KovHgTrPywanlGeb5uBaMVpI5iaPdOvoyNH3PsrPaMLgdoxXJq5i5NXf8pVX_Df-Urs-LsA8ZbKlwSAzKpJ5kiWEy8OU0vz0cl9bo-aFL3Lsrasup_Rg=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhjD_awDpfxcgPgiZ6P_5btrcwHdlHG92trhFD_r3irgJgdmwhID_WbU8ENqQcgXCCN1sIuv6KovHgTrPywanlGeb5uBaMVpI5iaPdOvoyNH3PsrPaMLgdoxXJq5i5NXf8pVX_Df-Urs-LsA8ZbKlwSAzKpJ5kiWEy8OU0vz0cl9bo-aFL3Lsrasup_Rg=w400-h300" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This dock is one of the best places to watch the sun set. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">It's often crowded with people quietly enjoying the beauty. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7721728405726523133.post-33331203627889309712022-01-28T14:16:00.002-08:002022-01-28T14:16:35.716-08:00Kirkland's Mandarin Duck<p> <span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh3756Rm_8t9ZM0Cap4p4tZF5oPVjyXYjCXVgpCLatiOztTLsP61WjSSDv3-WfsSScrr864C5hIxzUuQ903QBu_um-no7pHvzhpRJK1fSuwlPqrEBx-cY5_BjtqPvemZ_Ap3jJy_7Lic_l1YfNHXCPfBBaf4N9AMJJg7G3Hk4UqhgCU8PHkKSbG5E43ZA=s2929" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2197" data-original-width="2929" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh3756Rm_8t9ZM0Cap4p4tZF5oPVjyXYjCXVgpCLatiOztTLsP61WjSSDv3-WfsSScrr864C5hIxzUuQ903QBu_um-no7pHvzhpRJK1fSuwlPqrEBx-cY5_BjtqPvemZ_Ap3jJy_7Lic_l1YfNHXCPfBBaf4N9AMJJg7G3Hk4UqhgCU8PHkKSbG5E43ZA=w400-h300" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I'd heard about Kirkland's Mandarin duck but I'd never spotted it until this week. I was walking through Marina Park when I felt a nudge, a reminder about the duck and a suggestion that I walk closer to the shoreline. So I did - and there he was! The duck mingled with the Mallards and didn't seem concerned about the people. He swam and walked along the shoreline as we took pictures and talked with each other about his beauty.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhm8KOPueeBzAVI3RKyQJJ92uyV0S1LtxVCUKi2TN3XBukRaQh-e18mmjf9RcH41RlsmfTvAHG0y1cvLR-03u9QERWSprIpds4h_8ZeGpGAQx2e0ZdIXW3zvq7r_Y8qZW6dmlenWUEsTa57mKc__hwtix7DRY42AvTu9_yxEVJuSVRtIS4vW0o31zP7vw=s1901" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1426" data-original-width="1901" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhm8KOPueeBzAVI3RKyQJJ92uyV0S1LtxVCUKi2TN3XBukRaQh-e18mmjf9RcH41RlsmfTvAHG0y1cvLR-03u9QERWSprIpds4h_8ZeGpGAQx2e0ZdIXW3zvq7r_Y8qZW6dmlenWUEsTa57mKc__hwtix7DRY42AvTu9_yxEVJuSVRtIS4vW0o31zP7vw=w400-h300" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://livingwilderness.photoshelter.com/image/I0000bNff1U1gKbw">This article</a> says the duck is native to Japan, southeast Russia, and eastern China. It's closely related to the North American wood duck. Mandarin ducks are exported to the States and sometimes escape captivity. </span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">These pictures were taken at dusk. Imagine how much more vivid the colors would be with more light. </span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://www.explorekirkland.com/blog/post/the-beloved-mandarin-duck-of-kirkland/">Read more here </a>about one person's quest to see the duck, along with stunning pictures. </span></p><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7721728405726523133.post-29481837411406483932022-01-21T20:46:00.004-08:002022-01-24T15:21:51.329-08:00World Traveler in the 1830s<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEixsgKLMqiMU3V039TFwH_Ap6_Jdmz2cApsc9DQ3AtaPcCwxyv5aKEdUxCEDirouv6zaP-GDKleS6VdRP1xS5a2Y0gdobD-hxVxfS85z6lZpvsvsocWc6OxDY5KuR1V3xR41iJvHAtCLKTqPbmF6hPbI2ubq1KWFWKTXs24cAb62D_6dnAKX0cbIob4Lw=s3966" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3966" data-original-width="2272" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEixsgKLMqiMU3V039TFwH_Ap6_Jdmz2cApsc9DQ3AtaPcCwxyv5aKEdUxCEDirouv6zaP-GDKleS6VdRP1xS5a2Y0gdobD-hxVxfS85z6lZpvsvsocWc6OxDY5KuR1V3xR41iJvHAtCLKTqPbmF6hPbI2ubq1KWFWKTXs24cAb62D_6dnAKX0cbIob4Lw=w229-h400" width="229" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">John Judd in 1879</span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">John was quite the world traveler. According to information in "Descendants of John & Matilda Judd," written by Lysle Jacobs in 1978 - John Judd, born 1809, was a cooper in Hartford, Connecticut. "In that capacity he shipped aboard an outward-bound whaler, and for three years followed the sea, visiting the Portuguese island of St. Helena, doubled Cape Good Hope, & fished in the Straits of Mozambique and Madagascar, visited the coast of Africa, and was twice shipwrecked, barely escaping a watery grave."</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">*************</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">John Judd and Matilda Leach Judd/ Jane Matilda Judd Bowman & John Bowman/ Idah Bowman Browne & Harry Fulton Browne/ Mildred Jane Browne & Harry Edmond Floyd/ Mary Floyd Holton & William Cathcart Holton</span></div><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7721728405726523133.post-90785309827055435922022-01-06T22:25:00.000-08:002022-01-06T22:25:09.241-08:00Pooh to Piglet<p> <span style="font-family: georgia;">“If ever there is tomorrow when we're not together... there is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is, even if we're apart... I'll always be with you.”</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;">― (Pooh to Piglet) Carter Crocker, writer for Disney’s The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/6051-if-ever-there-is-tomorrow-when-we-re-not-together-there"><span color="windowtext" style="text-decoration: none;">goodreads.com</span></a>)</span><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7721728405726523133.post-39146225314417851112022-01-03T20:04:00.002-08:002022-01-03T20:04:31.389-08:00Mary Elizabeth Neely Todd Pepper<p style="text-align: center;">Mary Elizabeth Neely Todd Pepper<br />1905-1983</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjrMpSgJiefWCDTSPwfdqSj75hiqYCxLw7c9zcum6qlPETRFNTdd2AiXOZbZNqZYxWhjln48SqXCQLOywlfzN3XsF91N6gda76hJqOuZzNXzc-VzOfIebRt69Yyv5lNpTL7eFInnezpFUdNZhOYUcQIuBpciYxJ_f1V8jzATCSbzTHhHV-_P0SFfimkfA=s2561" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2561" data-original-width="1942" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjrMpSgJiefWCDTSPwfdqSj75hiqYCxLw7c9zcum6qlPETRFNTdd2AiXOZbZNqZYxWhjln48SqXCQLOywlfzN3XsF91N6gda76hJqOuZzNXzc-VzOfIebRt69Yyv5lNpTL7eFInnezpFUdNZhOYUcQIuBpciYxJ_f1V8jzATCSbzTHhHV-_P0SFfimkfA=w304-h400" width="304" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She usually went by Elizabeth or Betty.<br /> Joe called her Maude or Maudie.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhHeTh3cusAKx68AHr7HJ7LLaEIKN642NI2pSfM931YBdM4Kty-50TajJXJ0cCQLLqa1OWWXMcLbB523p_suLe1GFNz38--ZNsEfK1dd4Cy-ta5GrUWLkAOK1cAo0K24u-_uGnFk4mSBJwOucZZui7Kqt-bUTmogkQez68LTQJqU8eqAHfjXZSgWycS_g=s2522" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2522" data-original-width="2366" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhHeTh3cusAKx68AHr7HJ7LLaEIKN642NI2pSfM931YBdM4Kty-50TajJXJ0cCQLLqa1OWWXMcLbB523p_suLe1GFNz38--ZNsEfK1dd4Cy-ta5GrUWLkAOK1cAo0K24u-_uGnFk4mSBJwOucZZui7Kqt-bUTmogkQez68LTQJqU8eqAHfjXZSgWycS_g=w375-h400" width="375" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This photo was on her 1919 passport application. She was traveling to Cuba with Gilmore aunts and the Athertons from Louisville. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi3eadUPwyn54_4RG7VCQAizOdOWD0j8ihh2VBVG-EQ2OpLDs0jWhUfVQPi7XUkqyi-cHMY7AyLJn24C0mx0ROaoHb3ZzqxpIGOQhs9vhSesMSaFP-HKrkyR5vWnMCVq505r6SgercVFLBhCzL_VVCd-DbMOuFumbTtwUEe9vEMOEKRGUBaJyjDCz9L-w=s5388" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5388" data-original-width="4130" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi3eadUPwyn54_4RG7VCQAizOdOWD0j8ihh2VBVG-EQ2OpLDs0jWhUfVQPi7XUkqyi-cHMY7AyLJn24C0mx0ROaoHb3ZzqxpIGOQhs9vhSesMSaFP-HKrkyR5vWnMCVq505r6SgercVFLBhCzL_VVCd-DbMOuFumbTtwUEe9vEMOEKRGUBaJyjDCz9L-w=w305-h400" width="305" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1927 - this is probably her engagement photo</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-IUr9KxBSHeiKo5oEBdyzAXUDNYm0lMVuiVQSVdUQMo-pFSVppteeERPGdTJrALGDKesEw2laCBXGkMcKC4Hl_7BbFuiAXadxtrOc3Xuc_Y4Ypb1pgNzzlt3_-MULI2rj1kD0KGfV0qM3hFCGz7WIYbbylQZDo5PAuzjx91Er6CYd6_0erMv0pQ0cxg=s2935" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2050" data-original-width="2935" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-IUr9KxBSHeiKo5oEBdyzAXUDNYm0lMVuiVQSVdUQMo-pFSVppteeERPGdTJrALGDKesEw2laCBXGkMcKC4Hl_7BbFuiAXadxtrOc3Xuc_Y4Ypb1pgNzzlt3_-MULI2rj1kD0KGfV0qM3hFCGz7WIYbbylQZDo5PAuzjx91Er6CYd6_0erMv0pQ0cxg=w400-h279" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1978</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7721728405726523133.post-13132642841844884152022-01-01T20:31:00.002-08:002022-01-01T20:44:06.317-08:00Thoughts for the New Year<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p><span style="clear: right; float: right; font-family: georgia; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhKOPYODTlEVpfgePdL3we4gkbtr95WQB7eeUyyraMVnft81sogB2BN7kv4hxKamAHEayeoVD7T4uctdnlG3M9sUYyxjVj3WFpWRAT1e256mI3LsVj-6Ko0EXmd3t6wMvFlkV47FIw1skKd47sh2B9rU2KsV1-MR6d3cJ6BsAQAOm6Hht4rl1JoZMa-cQ=w200-h150" width="200" /></span> <span style="font-family: georgia;">The Luke 2 account of Christ's birth is full of words and ideas that are wonderful to incorporate into thoughts and goals for a new year. </span></p><div style="text-align: right;"></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">glory of the Lord</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">tidings of great joy for all people</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">multitudes praising God</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">going with haste to see the Lord</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">sharing the good news with others</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">treasuring these experiences in our hearts</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">giving thanks to God for what He reveals to us</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><a href="https://abn.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/nt/luke/2?lang=eng&clang=eng&adobe_mc_ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.churchofjesuschrist.org%2Fstudy%2Fscriptures%2Fnt%2Fluke%2F2.19%3Flang%3Deng%26clang%3Deng%23p19&adobe_mc_sdid=SDID%3D18776AB9EF8F1C09-13B868E58BA0529C%7CMCORGID%3D66C5485451E56AAE0A490D45%2540AdobeOrg%7CTS%3D1641096968#p19"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Luke 2</span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7721728405726523133.post-62905642398670369152021-12-16T19:58:00.003-08:002021-12-16T20:00:36.841-08:00Our Ancestor from Germany<p> <span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: center;">Jane Judd Bowman & John Boman/Bowman</span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;">John's Story</div></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhVqvoZC-O0ARPaqzBeYxgNCEMaDMyaXUJiXCkkart1nQIMBYaRQ4XZpcKSV7ZHl40dP4CKb9Hwjugy7k_juZrsuZJ1AK3cZ6iFFaE2SlME6IilaxByfVS7ZT9ln-8m-L4xH6PezgVrf0jMx4kT3PIYIEfzz5moBj39TU7lCGiJSOM59K239jvhbM4Qxw=s704" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="704" height="389" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhVqvoZC-O0ARPaqzBeYxgNCEMaDMyaXUJiXCkkart1nQIMBYaRQ4XZpcKSV7ZHl40dP4CKb9Hwjugy7k_juZrsuZJ1AK3cZ6iFFaE2SlME6IilaxByfVS7ZT9ln-8m-L4xH6PezgVrf0jMx4kT3PIYIEfzz5moBj39TU7lCGiJSOM59K239jvhbM4Qxw=w640-h389" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;">pictures from Descendants of John & Matilda Judd</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgmkB_3HNSC7rvckDFvNUic0ri2nl6U8S5XIlow3XtSBcUp1esSFTgvMYsk9Oda0VLHYkn2AEHGTgG3-bChFwANtgkHLHbKrNFby1uRg2cuzi4ypyS8Bgu-ZjXVQsxgwHnISxYiM2yzbUX_1rgQ3O2-u1glpuikbVUyp74qYXOf2yG6LFa0zBznuJjhiw=s760" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="760" data-original-width="570" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgmkB_3HNSC7rvckDFvNUic0ri2nl6U8S5XIlow3XtSBcUp1esSFTgvMYsk9Oda0VLHYkn2AEHGTgG3-bChFwANtgkHLHbKrNFby1uRg2cuzi4ypyS8Bgu-ZjXVQsxgwHnISxYiM2yzbUX_1rgQ3O2-u1glpuikbVUyp74qYXOf2yG6LFa0zBznuJjhiw=w480-h640" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">from History of Shiawassee and Clinton Counties [Michigan], 1880</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">(in Google Books)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">JOHN BOMAN<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">John Boman was born April 18, 1831, in Bavaria, Germany, and traces his ancestry among the wealthy representative people of their time, and is the only member of that family who has adopted this country as a home, excepting a nephew, Godfritz Happ, who accompanied Mr. Bowman on his return to America from a visit to his native land. At the breaking out of the German Rebellion, in 1848, Mr. Boman was drafted to serve in King Ludwig’s army of Bavaria for a period of six years. Soon after joining the command to which he was assigned, the entire regiment forsook the king’s cause and joined the revolutionists. After a brief struggle they were compelled to seek safety in another land. Still following the fortunes of his leaders, Hecker, Carl Schurz, Sigel, and others more prominently known in this country, he came to America, arriving in New York, Aug. 1 1850, a stranger in a strange land, with only one dollar, one-half the sum of his available possession. He came to Buffalo, N.Y., where he succeeded in finding employment at four dollars per month, and continued in that vicinity for a period of four years, when with his accumulated wages he purchased eighty acres of his present property. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> The following year he came to Michigan, working at lumbering and also making some small improvements upon his farm. On July 19, 1857, he married Miss Jane M. Judd, the history of whose family is given in this work. Together they began the labor of subduing the forest and establishing a home. We need not comment upon their success further than by calling attention to the view of their home presented in this work. In politics Mr. Bowman was Democratic, but at the breaking out of the Rebellion enlisted in the Second Michigan Cavalry, participating in several small engagements, and was discharged with the regiment, thoroughly convinced that the party and principle that had so successfully closed the struggle should be sustained, and when elections occur a straight ticket can be counted upon from him. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Mr. Boman is not a church member, but favors the Methodist Episcopal Society, of which Mrs. Boman is a member, and has been since her girlhood days. Together they have contributed largely to the building up and sustaining that institution in their vicinity. The family consists of six children, - Louisa and Alice, dying in infancy; Matilda, born Oct. 2, 1858, wife of A. Campbell, and resides in Saginaw; Charles, born Sept. 23, 1867; Ida A., born April 9, 1869; Jamie, born Dec. 8, 1877.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7721728405726523133.post-38601095932791305162021-12-13T15:45:00.001-08:002021-12-17T19:05:39.906-08:00Interruptions - Making Room<div class="separator"><p style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" data-original-height="251" data-original-width="183" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEixPUe5yI38MOzSf6T2vIck_xsBSvyoqv5tYEg73dloVAaQc_xRVbkcvgpiVfI5u9p_VYOx8OVvqNoNnkU035yqlJ2HJ1r9wI3coSiXdCKY5paCQibQVx3-S4QFkpWKOYvcdISyNo_d1FVRK279wmqxvu-a46K34VmidWIBkdzrX7ZsXtRVnpB4vHMQVA=w146-h200" style="font-family: georgia;" width="146" /></p></div><p><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">We do things differently at Christmas time. …. We interrupt the ordinary rhythm of life to make room for something holy. We make room for remembering, for giving, for forgiveness, for hope, for love. We make room for Jesus. Just like those first witnesses when he was born. The first Christmas was an interruption that made room for something more, something better. If you could choose to have been there that night I wonder who you would choose to be. Would you be the tender Joseph who approached the night with quiet care? Would you be the gentle mother who pondered the things of holiness in her heart? Would you be the humble shepherds and run with the sound of good news or the wise men from the East journeying far to worship. Each of them experienced the first Christmas differently and their stories remind us that anyone may serve as a witness, …. We can all add our voices, just like that first choir of angels did. Perhaps you would choose to be one of them. … Together they sang the song that still echoes through hearts today, a song inspired by a gift. And Christmas is a time of gifts. ….</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">What makes Christmas so special is it was the giving the most unobtainable gift of all, the gift of a baby boy who’d offer his life for all of us. … Sent straight from heaven, wrapped in swaddling clothes on that first Christmas… . May we all acknowledge and share our witness of the greatest gift the world has ever received and may that gift interrupt our lives and lead us to live differently. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="clear: right; float: right; font-family: georgia; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="951" data-original-width="1280" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjFD9JH48YaGMJHdAFnybPiHTRYHi7r_o-v2SkQ98PCcYrGtCpoYAtpzC2GErXj0IZrkJDhk-da3nk0bKwFmDTcEC1gwSFR-Pr6S4ks2jZW9y5ddoGDWVy1J3nbmMvLQwWkC9lFmICjBHVKKTWx5eVTC0cil8OiDuacn_rOU3eLKGfUvu575x_zjV3B_A=w200-h148" width="200" /></span><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></i></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> <span style="font-family: georgia;">David Butler in closing remarks for “</span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fnHY49szls&t=10s" style="font-family: georgia;">Witnesses of Christ</a><span style="font-family: georgia;">” <br /></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;">(starts about minute 43)</span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><br /></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7721728405726523133.post-60878686358415959192021-12-11T19:39:00.001-08:002021-12-11T19:42:13.281-08:00God Through Us<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Observe!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A woman who knows heaven<br />better than I do said to me;<br />God does not come <i>to</i> you<br />God comes <i>through</i> you. <br />....<br />And when I hear God say: <i>Observe</i>!<br />I notice, and I, the little particle, become a wave<br />as God comes not to me but through me<br /><br />and we move. <br />.....<br />And I hear and I see, and wavelike I move<br />for I have learned the movements of God<br />who comes through me<br /></span></p><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Carol Lynn Pearson</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgXe0B6aF8HDadNJU2Vfk3sbBixhpl5gb9XkzzyQ3nAJnCrYDYLhsjh6uWow_ng31vNW5u20jEEtaBEtzq13ABBo3TREKVJbHDoaWUqASqLv6_WD76wwv8pE7wpnr2OwBxBISzV0mEXRI075mirFNIVt5vmI4FmsFBhHVmaR8TJOGmujOu1l48iWlXkQg=s3341" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3341" data-original-width="2506" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgXe0B6aF8HDadNJU2Vfk3sbBixhpl5gb9XkzzyQ3nAJnCrYDYLhsjh6uWow_ng31vNW5u20jEEtaBEtzq13ABBo3TREKVJbHDoaWUqASqLv6_WD76wwv8pE7wpnr2OwBxBISzV0mEXRI075mirFNIVt5vmI4FmsFBhHVmaR8TJOGmujOu1l48iWlXkQg=w150-h200" width="150" /></a></div>God can become part of our very beings. God and I can be one as I "observe", act, and do what He would do. I try to let him move through me. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7721728405726523133.post-47266157284400598762021-12-09T22:36:00.004-08:002021-12-09T22:36:55.069-08:00The Christ Child - A Nativity Story<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yXWoKi5x3lw" width="320" youtube-src-id="yXWoKi5x3lw"></iframe></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7721728405726523133.post-19749060890027108832021-12-06T20:24:00.002-08:002021-12-06T20:24:18.519-08:00Christmas Message<p><span style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: georgia; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="251" data-original-width="183" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEixPUe5yI38MOzSf6T2vIck_xsBSvyoqv5tYEg73dloVAaQc_xRVbkcvgpiVfI5u9p_VYOx8OVvqNoNnkU035yqlJ2HJ1r9wI3coSiXdCKY5paCQibQVx3-S4QFkpWKOYvcdISyNo_d1FVRK279wmqxvu-a46K34VmidWIBkdzrX7ZsXtRVnpB4vHMQVA=w146-h200" width="146" /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">When we sing “Silent Night,” we know the life of that Babe of Bethlehem did not begin there, nor did it end on Calvary. In a premortal realm, Jesus was foreordained by His Father to be the Messiah, the Christ, the Savior and Redeemer of all humankind. He was foreordained to atone for us. He was wounded for our transgressions and bruised for our iniquities (</span><a href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/isa/53.5?lang=eng&clang=eng#p5" style="font-family: georgia;">Isaiah 53:5</a><span style="font-family: georgia;">). </span></p><p><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-family: georgia;">He came to make immortality a reality and eternal life a possibility for all who would ever live (see <a href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/nt/1-cor/15.20-22?lang=eng#20">1 Corinthians 15:20–22</a>; <a href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/3-ne/27.13-14?lang=eng#13">3 Nephi 27:13–14</a>).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">At this sacred Christmas season, we testify that our loving Heavenly Father “so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life” (<a href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/nt/john/3.16?lang=eng&clang=eng#p16">John 3:16</a>).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjFD9JH48YaGMJHdAFnybPiHTRYHi7r_o-v2SkQ98PCcYrGtCpoYAtpzC2GErXj0IZrkJDhk-da3nk0bKwFmDTcEC1gwSFR-Pr6S4ks2jZW9y5ddoGDWVy1J3nbmMvLQwWkC9lFmICjBHVKKTWx5eVTC0cil8OiDuacn_rOU3eLKGfUvu575x_zjV3B_A=s1280" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="951" data-original-width="1280" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjFD9JH48YaGMJHdAFnybPiHTRYHi7r_o-v2SkQ98PCcYrGtCpoYAtpzC2GErXj0IZrkJDhk-da3nk0bKwFmDTcEC1gwSFR-Pr6S4ks2jZW9y5ddoGDWVy1J3nbmMvLQwWkC9lFmICjBHVKKTWx5eVTC0cil8OiDuacn_rOU3eLKGfUvu575x_zjV3B_A=w200-h148" width="200" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Russell M. Nelson, Dallin H. Oaks and Henry B. Eyring (November 26, 2021) First Presidency, <a href="https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/first-presidency-2021-christmas-message">The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</a></span><o:p></o:p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></o:p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7721728405726523133.post-63725012803085889042021-12-04T20:56:00.001-08:002021-12-06T20:57:35.491-08:00Ready for Christmas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgwDafbMDIeTDPQwU03BuFD-s9cE2W4C1Q7t_dq4guPJx0O8Wua3ruQL6mBA4M_K1NXIDJncrKojIgU9Xjc2Krw_QpD5g5W0EJRkk5ttpJivXu_QyqQtXcSXG2bZdZZJ-DEKSVGBP0BYPRbjubUBDUhVpTpVEBby4skWmcoEdGV-Fag33bY_pPk7KnR8w=s2048" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: georgia; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgwDafbMDIeTDPQwU03BuFD-s9cE2W4C1Q7t_dq4guPJx0O8Wua3ruQL6mBA4M_K1NXIDJncrKojIgU9Xjc2Krw_QpD5g5W0EJRkk5ttpJivXu_QyqQtXcSXG2bZdZZJ-DEKSVGBP0BYPRbjubUBDUhVpTpVEBby4skWmcoEdGV-Fag33bY_pPk7KnR8w=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: center;">The Cow and the Coyote are ready for Christmas</span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;">downtown Kirkland</div></span><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7721728405726523133.post-64789227019933836802021-11-29T21:59:00.000-08:002021-11-29T21:59:12.604-08:00Beautiful Evenings at the Lake <p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj69X2rP3-aSpweiyZ0BbSU2CgZhadvWTJvzZQYKkY8XdrFpo2EcC7bckRClt_kxZ2EDzPdeavQrf2pE_jsqedF1nf9_cKRLWaZBoIW8cjOp4Bq3mf62COxFiCI6s97tRmMt4iJReN3dfER/s2048/2021_11_23_Washington_Kirkland_Lights_Marina_Park_Photograph_Digital_10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj69X2rP3-aSpweiyZ0BbSU2CgZhadvWTJvzZQYKkY8XdrFpo2EcC7bckRClt_kxZ2EDzPdeavQrf2pE_jsqedF1nf9_cKRLWaZBoIW8cjOp4Bq3mf62COxFiCI6s97tRmMt4iJReN3dfER/w400-h300/2021_11_23_Washington_Kirkland_Lights_Marina_Park_Photograph_Digital_10.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Kirkland's Marina Park is decorated for Christmas</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The Puddle Jumpers look like they are rushing towards the gazebo, tree, and lake<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2TYU89UdrznufGZaONPPMVSuQgrenKu4xTG5mEPz2ICCmCfBcKMV28Jhr2937gaMeOcJ5PNBDx-iREnsq7sg53Y8H0m3c8JA5A01n0SkiZpBj654A3TkW8zp3sNL2pJXMA23SRV82gE00/s2048/2021_11_23_Washington_Kirkland_Lights_Marina_Park_Photograph_Digital_4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2TYU89UdrznufGZaONPPMVSuQgrenKu4xTG5mEPz2ICCmCfBcKMV28Jhr2937gaMeOcJ5PNBDx-iREnsq7sg53Y8H0m3c8JA5A01n0SkiZpBj654A3TkW8zp3sNL2pJXMA23SRV82gE00/w400-h300/2021_11_23_Washington_Kirkland_Lights_Marina_Park_Photograph_Digital_4.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDOw4eIsXZL2KkHMy0KH8Gz6CUwq6aIqNFlg1NAygY36Ujh9UzBGehxurNFHQ6GpsWrvjlUcfrGW7O4ipn7CsYV0jdsn_wqjl8tFbr2PP7MxJBhxcLJSX1HbAPgihvUD_cDoBGjEq6TJ3k/s2048/2021_11_23_Washington_Kirkland_Lights_Marina_Park_Photograph_Digital_1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDOw4eIsXZL2KkHMy0KH8Gz6CUwq6aIqNFlg1NAygY36Ujh9UzBGehxurNFHQ6GpsWrvjlUcfrGW7O4ipn7CsYV0jdsn_wqjl8tFbr2PP7MxJBhxcLJSX1HbAPgihvUD_cDoBGjEq6TJ3k/w400-h300/2021_11_23_Washington_Kirkland_Lights_Marina_Park_Photograph_Digital_1.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb33BGiueaUSmulC6bxGqBPnswqxYwP3n2yiOL34ZJ7o55SQpV7-g1LW_AACgW5lKtnT_5_UUEzYAoH0PZGGErPR7vjGtS7CJDGxfbhmXfgA7Ts6CklHAdj960nmrI_DHkhj5KqnnTAnFr/s2048/2021_11_29_Washington_Kirkland_Marina_Park_Photograph_Digital_1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb33BGiueaUSmulC6bxGqBPnswqxYwP3n2yiOL34ZJ7o55SQpV7-g1LW_AACgW5lKtnT_5_UUEzYAoH0PZGGErPR7vjGtS7CJDGxfbhmXfgA7Ts6CklHAdj960nmrI_DHkhj5KqnnTAnFr/w400-h300/2021_11_29_Washington_Kirkland_Marina_Park_Photograph_Digital_1.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Most evenings a man is playing a keyboard and singing Christmas hymns</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">(see him on the right next to the bench)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This night a woman was having pictures taken</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7721728405726523133.post-33541748126986079412021-11-04T22:09:00.001-07:002021-11-04T22:09:48.313-07:00One of a Kind Tree <p></p><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: center;">Weeping Elm Tree</span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;">on grounds of the Historic Utah County Courthouse, Provo, Utah</div></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_6se6iY1xjQnyq4WPY4o_dcjYFwxz2_HNf-IOH6NJsY32fpbV8ijCEauoBLPd1Cq72U9MUyEFKBPD2b72SEdSECmhufFBtvvtgXXTl2fztXxckutbHFBI_WT8es8o_1_pavRqCfeJnH2b/s2048/2021_10_31_Utah_Provo_Rare_Elm_Tree_Photograph_Digital_1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_6se6iY1xjQnyq4WPY4o_dcjYFwxz2_HNf-IOH6NJsY32fpbV8ijCEauoBLPd1Cq72U9MUyEFKBPD2b72SEdSECmhufFBtvvtgXXTl2fztXxckutbHFBI_WT8es8o_1_pavRqCfeJnH2b/w400-h300/2021_10_31_Utah_Provo_Rare_Elm_Tree_Photograph_Digital_1.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Ulmus Americana - weeping willow and elm tree grafted together</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">It was purchased and planted in 1927 </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWtwAKjgTgB2xjQ6SPUvjdiIUduaMFWYquLSnBjTCZmGY4pUMeG3BG1JWN6cKi-G8lhCDsv2tcan_vfM5118pm2WBZh5c5h49mV__Xxfbx_7rOJ8A7pYWUVeum9GVgJoEmG0LRh3j5HNEc/s2048/2021_10_31_Utah_Provo_Rare_Elm_Tree_Photograph_Digital_2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWtwAKjgTgB2xjQ6SPUvjdiIUduaMFWYquLSnBjTCZmGY4pUMeG3BG1JWN6cKi-G8lhCDsv2tcan_vfM5118pm2WBZh5c5h49mV__Xxfbx_7rOJ8A7pYWUVeum9GVgJoEmG0LRh3j5HNEc/w400-h300/2021_10_31_Utah_Provo_Rare_Elm_Tree_Photograph_Digital_2.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Despite many efforts, people have not been able to create another tree like this. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Seedlings grow but don't achieve the same tabletop shape. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjri0iagZhgiwDR9mtwR2AY43RyZcrk6cpzGK3JZP91CByqCt02wdN2CMVjL5CFB6inhoGz31JzS5ipK6p5cdoHj6uyAxKRpemR8YBogzmD3c0LOrrZsDLq1kVXfRvfGG8yPIDVm-UpyzMR/s2048/2021_10_31_Utah_Provo_Rare_Elm_Tree_Photograph_Digital_5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjri0iagZhgiwDR9mtwR2AY43RyZcrk6cpzGK3JZP91CByqCt02wdN2CMVjL5CFB6inhoGz31JzS5ipK6p5cdoHj6uyAxKRpemR8YBogzmD3c0LOrrZsDLq1kVXfRvfGG8yPIDVm-UpyzMR/w400-h300/2021_10_31_Utah_Provo_Rare_Elm_Tree_Photograph_Digital_5.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi_cZDt_UQawBBsu2Xz00OAbfjdM3WySxepAANYju8aoDX-A3hOv3-saym6hF6cazUFVbnaht467F_nBi6haGgUgqpIaDkz6d6P2r__PGgGvWPWoKokshthCY6dRYF32YKM005aQmlHsdJ/s2048/2021_10_31_Utah_Provo_Rare_Elm_Tree_Photograph_Digital_4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi_cZDt_UQawBBsu2Xz00OAbfjdM3WySxepAANYju8aoDX-A3hOv3-saym6hF6cazUFVbnaht467F_nBi6haGgUgqpIaDkz6d6P2r__PGgGvWPWoKokshthCY6dRYF32YKM005aQmlHsdJ/w400-h300/2021_10_31_Utah_Provo_Rare_Elm_Tree_Photograph_Digital_4.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Read more <a href="https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/utah/weeping-elm-provo-ut/">here</a> and <a href="https://jacobbarlow.com/2014/04/01/oldest-weeping-american-elm-provo-ut/">here</a> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7721728405726523133.post-39986820419617997712021-10-23T15:23:00.000-07:002021-10-23T15:23:09.906-07:00Harry Floyd & Mildred Browne - As Toddlers<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7MIaNWQt4_E6Bek04Mo9vyBmW6mDp1tb9TPXPQAsgRXn-GWXiRC1b0aTdngSlADwvjANp00B-R52AJoh1mkw2A7cusFp56CKoDUK8zwV63FfJouMG7RTJ8zch2DB7SQDhjLdXtzQ4TQlu/s2048/1896-00-00-floyd-harry-afront.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: georgia; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Harry Edmond Floyd & Mildred Jane Browne Floyd</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1493" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7MIaNWQt4_E6Bek04Mo9vyBmW6mDp1tb9TPXPQAsgRXn-GWXiRC1b0aTdngSlADwvjANp00B-R52AJoh1mkw2A7cusFp56CKoDUK8zwV63FfJouMG7RTJ8zch2DB7SQDhjLdXtzQ4TQlu/w290-h400/1896-00-00-floyd-harry-afront.jpg" width="290" /></span></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">"Harry Floyd 1896" written on back</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">He was born in 1894</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNm2BRSP7_FzzUpIOMWf-HO25Gb3vQYv4Ej0vfFBZuQuK1UCZUxSu66IABKUTQjg71sJUGAHr1END8fuZQS01xHAK_vtBfc9fEx4aDUxz43TBXCmVJVgnz8ZBNd8gAUlTlDsAg6RwfMk19/s2048/1896-00-00-browne-mildred-1afront.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1532" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNm2BRSP7_FzzUpIOMWf-HO25Gb3vQYv4Ej0vfFBZuQuK1UCZUxSu66IABKUTQjg71sJUGAHr1END8fuZQS01xHAK_vtBfc9fEx4aDUxz43TBXCmVJVgnz8ZBNd8gAUlTlDsAg6RwfMk19/w298-h400/1896-00-00-browne-mildred-1afront.jpg" width="298" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Mildred Jane Browne</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">no date on this photo; she was born in 1894 </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7721728405726523133.post-20703654631405855692021-10-20T20:53:00.001-07:002021-10-20T20:53:10.426-07:00A Great Partnership<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlv5P7jUCyQm2MKoA8TfORHMi3YdEuZbQXmGbUeN9zLpBMPIDkjWmFFF-JEksCL1GxL1tsPA3wG_jtb00jNmWtLrJO7Ff3yjhbDMe2C1hsi1KTbcpNaR2BOAOSHTKHIbzI3eYRnpfHYqqx/s508/sun-through-trees.png" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="342" data-original-width="508" height="134" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlv5P7jUCyQm2MKoA8TfORHMi3YdEuZbQXmGbUeN9zLpBMPIDkjWmFFF-JEksCL1GxL1tsPA3wG_jtb00jNmWtLrJO7Ff3yjhbDMe2C1hsi1KTbcpNaR2BOAOSHTKHIbzI3eYRnpfHYqqx/w200-h134/sun-through-trees.png" width="200" /></a><i style="font-family: georgia; text-align: center;"></i></p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><br /><br /></i></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>"... let us cheerfully do all things that lie in our power; and then may we stand still, with the utmost assurance, to see the salvation of God, and for his arm to be revealed." </i> <a href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/123.17?lang=eng&clang=eng#p17">Doctrine and Covenants 123: 17</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">This is a great pattern for me to follow<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">-do all I can, cheerfully<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">-stand still, with assurance<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">-see God and His influence in my life</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7721728405726523133.post-65985336427653165672021-10-17T20:50:00.000-07:002021-10-20T20:50:44.562-07:00Already?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtvQhUHfke-IjV3yOQfBoTP6mlM1djYwseoI9wfO9gsIvDGZhxlEyIZEgHgo2Rd73syYshZ0lbzx1sR_GgSIcNn2Qp32te_jPmalJI6UkaoldrafmVQuy9If03PmCbfz645R07UuTEZi16/s2048/2021_10_08_Washington_Kirkland_Costco_Christmas_Photograph_Digital.jpg" style="font-family: georgia; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtvQhUHfke-IjV3yOQfBoTP6mlM1djYwseoI9wfO9gsIvDGZhxlEyIZEgHgo2Rd73syYshZ0lbzx1sR_GgSIcNn2Qp32te_jPmalJI6UkaoldrafmVQuy9If03PmCbfz645R07UuTEZi16/w400-h300/2021_10_08_Washington_Kirkland_Costco_Christmas_Photograph_Digital.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">at Costco</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Seems a bit early</div><p style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: center;"> </span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0