With all the tragedies that have happened with Turkey/Syria this past week [I cried for joy when I saw the newborn infant being rescued even tho her mother perished in the rubble]. I thought a little humor could be in store...At least for a moment or two, these can bring a smile to those in need, and we can pause for a bit of laughter:
A week's worth of Fragmented thoughts and happenin's!!
Just about 30 miles northeast of us yesterday morning....7:30 something....a 4.8 earthquake hit. I never felt a thing, tho. And I didn't notice any shakin' goin' on. Hmmmmmm, that's what I call having numb-butt.
Well, the Texas Rangers are in the world series again. Bah, Humbug. I was rootin' for the Tigers. Oh well. Then, the St. Louis Cardinals are pitted against them since they beat the Brewers last Sunday night. My money is on the Cardinals.
Better weather, finally...at last!! Me thinks the everlasting inferno has ceased for the year. Temps are back to normal.
Rec'd a travel pamphlet in snail mail the other day...maybe a long weekend trip for us soon. This is the best time of year to go somewhere - cooler temps, Hurricane Season is about vanished 'cause the Gulf water temps are below 80 degrees.
I'm thinking of swearing off following all politicking this upcoming presidential campaign season...my goodness; seems the mudslinging begins earlier and earlier each go 'round!! And I get so tired of that. Besides, the economy isn't brought on by this president...and the help, or lack there of, and assistance he should be getting from Congress is nil. I'm more inclined to follow who's running for CONGRESS this time around...I want 'em ALL voted out. LOL Oh heck, me swearing off politics?! That'll be the day.
Ms. P@lin announced she isn't going to jump into any presidential campaign...Phew!! Of course not...she's making a helluva lot more money where she's at right now. Right? And no, my two comments should not be considered Anni's mudslinging...I think I speak the truth here on Congress and P@lin making more money. And we have McCain to thank for that....<- now that is mudslinging!!!
Just as the weather finally gets comfortable outdoors, and the idea of walking and beach combing...the RED TIDE [link] is here for a while. It's poisonous to sea life, can be dangerous for humans to breathe if their immune system is weak. What next? Snow in the sub-tropics this winter? FYI - 'red tide' is a whole concentrated slew of blooming algae-toxic, and considered an environmental hazard. photo courtesy of Google Photos
Thought I'd add a few views of other sections of my Genealogy book pages. This is of the Ancestral Photos and Documents section plus the style of how I did the Pedigree Files [all with WOMEN first - then their husbands below them.]
THE FOLLOWING TWO are of Tombstones. The one on the right [she died in 1877! - was daughter in law of the one on the left] is the one I mentioned on my Sunday's Summary --this one was vandalized -broken off from the top, and eventually partially buried. The volunteer to help me, dug it loose and flipped it over and cleaned it off to photograph it for me!!! The one on the left is of a Gggg Grandfather [he was born in 1776 in Ireland -date of death 1842].
The next two shows you I have faces and pedigree files. The one on the left is a Great Grandfather at age 16, the one on the right is my version of a pedigree file. Notice the dates -1500s and 1600s!!! All four images can be enlarged to read better and will open in a new window...
Last one shows how I scanned and added certificates. The image is a Great great Grandfather's Marriage Certificate/Record from Paris France circa 1828. This is where learning foreign languages [I can speak Spanish, a little bit of French and German and thanks to my online friend, Mutti, a minimal amount of Danish] ---reading these is much easier than speaking. At least for me. Also, it too can be enlarged to view better...
I did some shopping around for printing of my genealogy book. My best bet would be Office Depot. They'll print it from my PDF file/disc...all 337 pages plus laminating the front cover and back cover - each file on ONE page instead of one file on one page and on the reverse side, another file. I wanted each page on ONE page without anything printed on the back side ---punching for 'lay flat' book [no casebook binding] and a comb binder. The whole sum total of all that work will be $35.83 [tax is included]. I think that is VERY reasonable; especially getting it indexed together as I want!! No timestamp, no date stamp and no two sided page printing. They can do it online for me and I'd pay a delivery fee. Or I can go to the shop and have it printed as I wait...she told me it'd take about 30 to 45 minutes to get it all printed and put together. I'm sure I'll go to the store in person. To supervise. LOL
TODAY marks the 7th year since we relocated from the desert Southwest to the Coastal Bend of Texas. 7 years already!
...yes, a commercial. You read the title correctly!
If you haven't seen this one yet, it's a hoot! And believe it or not, yes.......Bud and I now, while driving around town here and there, are in search for the elusive VWs! Of course, Bud being Bud...he cheats. He's punching me [in fun] for Toyotas and Hummers and what have you----
So my fellow blog visitors, consider yourself punched!!!! Ever so lightly of course, don't wantcha fallin' off your chair.
RED ONE!!!
Our area of TEXAS experienced an earthquake over the past weekend. I wrote a little bit about earthquakes in the state, but if you'd prefer to skip over that and leave me some words of wisdom now,
Earthquakes!! I believe it was this past Friday that the area around Alice, Texas [30 miles from the northwestern outskirts of Corpus Christi, where I live] had a reported 4.0 earthquake. I guess it knocked pictures off peoples' walls in their homes, a lot of rapid movement reported on their homes' floors, etc. And, of course as it goes without saying, once word of the earthquake, others in our city then said they felt it too. I didn't...and I was outside when it happened. So perhaps a little shifting did occur around the city. Dunno. Now a lot of family members I have, at one time or another, have lived in the state. Our son has lived in Houston since he was discharged from the Corps. Golly...thinking of that, it's been twenty years since he graduated from High School. Whoa!! I'm ancient!! Anyway, he has told me that there is always a possibility of an earthquake. More so the farther north you go in Texas. Uh...huh. Right! And of course, now that there really WAS a quake, I had to do some research to see if I could find just where the tectonic plates were around here. I have experienced earthquakes before...in Colorado and California...and the ground continually shifts where I live now because of the ocean so close by. It's a natural phenomenon that you learn to live with being a resident. I found a detailed map online [here for legend of the map]...interesting. The image is quite heavy in pixel size, but it can be enlarged:
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LAST BUT NOT LEAST TODAY...I've been handed several awards over the past few days. Instead of posting them all here, I went ahead and added them to my 'trophy blog'. There is also a TAG with one of the awards, so I completed that with the posted rules...answering the ten questions given to me.
Just as the weather finally gets comfortable outdoors, and the idea of walking and beach combing...the RED TIDE [link] is here for a while. It's poisonous to sea life, can be dangerous for humans to breathe if their immune system is weak. What next? Snow in the sub-tropics this winter? FYI - 'red tide' is a whole concentrated slew of blooming algae-toxic, and considered an environmental hazard. photo courtesy of Google Photos
The whole sum total of all that work will be $35.83 [tax is included]. I think that is VERY reasonable; especially getting it indexed together as I want!! No timestamp, no date stamp and no two sided page printing. They can do it online for me and I'd pay a delivery fee. Or I can go to the shop and have it printed as I wait...she told me it'd take about 30 to 45 minutes to get it all printed and put together. I'm sure I'll go to the store in person. To supervise. LOL
