@DavidOck your comic today reminded me of when I went trick-or-treating in the 60's. When we all used to go trick-or-treating at night (and on Halloween).
Our next door neighbors, Mr. and Mrs. Polzien, always gave us treats from one of their apple trees. Their apples were the best!!! Mrs. Polzien always made the best apple pies and also made an awesome apple strudel (and apple streusel treats).
They were one of the nicest and cutest old couples ever!!! They were in their upper 70s in the mid 1960s. I used to shovel their snow, rake their leaves and cut their grass. And I always used their lawn mower.
I'm sure most of us posting here used one like it back in the day.
I always loved sitting and listening to Mr. and Mrs. Polzien's many ( many ) stories. One year, after coming home from a trip to Florida, they came back with a wonderful gift for me. A super awesome conch shell. I put a 75w Pico next to it for size comparison.
I will never forget, Mr. Polzien told me, "hold it up to your ear and you will always hear the sound of the ocean". I was like 7-8 years old then, so yes, I totally heard the ocean!!!
( and well, yes, my still larger than life imagination still does
)
Our next door neighbors, Mr. and Mrs. Polzien, always gave us treats from one of their apple trees. Their apples were the best!!! Mrs. Polzien always made the best apple pies and also made an awesome apple strudel (and apple streusel treats).
They were one of the nicest and cutest old couples ever!!! They were in their upper 70s in the mid 1960s. I used to shovel their snow, rake their leaves and cut their grass. And I always used their lawn mower.
I'm sure most of us posting here used one like it back in the day.
I always loved sitting and listening to Mr. and Mrs. Polzien's many ( many ) stories. One year, after coming home from a trip to Florida, they came back with a wonderful gift for me. A super awesome conch shell. I put a 75w Pico next to it for size comparison.
I will never forget, Mr. Polzien told me, "hold it up to your ear and you will always hear the sound of the ocean". I was like 7-8 years old then, so yes, I totally heard the ocean!!!
( and well, yes, my still larger than life imagination still does
)
Well, I am from the deep south and country raised. To us, 'vittles' just meant food, whatever you had and didn't just refer to critters although I ate lots of that, too. Wouldn't touch it now, makes me nauseous to think about it.
I can still hear Ellie Mae referring to going swimming in the cement pond.
I can still hear Ellie Mae referring to going swimming in the cement pond.
I had the pleasure of meeting Nancy Culp back in the Seventies at Cataloochee Ranch, while visiting my mentors. Marsh Roberts Jr had been a guide there as a young man. They lived outside Asheville NC on Plumlea Farm, the family homestead.
She was very outdoorsy.
Nancy Kulp - Wikipedia
Two Local Farms Protected - Conserving Carolina
https://cataloocheeranch.com/
She was very outdoorsy.
Nancy Kulp - Wikipedia
Two Local Farms Protected - Conserving Carolina
https://cataloocheeranch.com/
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Good evening. Work was mediocre at best. I’m already looking forward to the weekend. I’m going to try to sample the blackberry I mixed last week to see if I’m going in the right direction.
Waving Hi to you great folks from my iPad. Can I get a Hi.????
Can I get a Hi.????One of my sisters is in the habit of sending texts to which she appends, amongst other things, the prayer hands emoji. Apple has, in a spectacular example of PC run amok, deigned to label said emoji as the “folded hands” emoji.
Have you ever?
Computer-generated captions can be hilarious. I remember roaring with laughter when I watched the second season of The Killing--a show very much not intended to be a comedy--in the original Danish. The subs were so, so funny.
Great show! Not a comedy. It’s illuminating to watch the subs to see how the actors and directors sometimes change the scripts. Now that’s funny.
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Hi all, and Happy Halloween! Remember, what candy is left over is all yours!Waving Hi to you great folks from my iPad.
Looking forward to hearing how it goes. I got 4 bottles of blackberry from BCF today. CAP, FLA, FW, WF.
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