Reconnecting with Relatives

I used to be a real genealogy nut, researching the lines and always on the hunt for new family.  I met a descendant of my great great grandfather, who suprisingly only lives about 40 miles away, and we visited, and shared information.  He was still teaching at that time, and I was tending the grandkids, so, even though we didn't actually lose complete contact, we were out of touch.  With the new, higher speed internet, I kind of did some surfing, and found 'Danny's' new email address.  It bounced...but he had posted his new phone number, so I called him, and we talked about 30 minutes.  He gave me some new information on a brother of my great grandmother, and I shared a couple of names with him. He's found the location of a couple of graves that had been 'lost', and I offered to donate toward putting markers there, so they won't be lost, again.

These are the things I missed doing,while caring for others. And though I am sorry things happened as they did, and they got themselves in the fix they are in, with their caregivers, I no longer am devastated. I can go back to my life, without feeling I've abandoned them, and someone else gets to deal with it.

What's going on in your world?

There isn't a lot going on in mine, right now.
So, what is going on where you are?

We bought a new DVD player yesterday.
Lets see, in the last 2 months, there has been the
new satellite internet,the new router and dongle, and now the new
DVD player.  That is not including the new toys that dh has purchased
for his recording of his music. EBAY, you'll be the reason we go broke, lol.

I bought some green roses, yes, green...I've seen some great arrangments
done with those bright green and orange flowers, but I'm still looking at
these, trying to decide what to do with them.  I know I'll eventually
use them, but for the moment, I'll just stare at them occasionally
and wonder what was I thinking? Neon lime Green, really? 
What was I thinking!  Can you see those on a casket,
or on a saddle, attached to the headstone?

Yes, I know I'm rambling, that is why I'm known as
Ramblin Rose....

3/3/11 and all is well

Lazy Lazy Lazy, that is my only excuse for not writing anything in a few days. 
Hubby and I went to an auction on Saturday, and I bought 2 boxes of books.  One had a book on the Bible, similar to what I'd loaned out, and it was never returned.  The other box had some interesting subjects, Weeds of Arkanas, being the one that caught my eye.  There are weeds in there I thought were flowers...lol.
Then I went to the place where I buy silk floral supplies and spend about $57.00 on greenery.  I have enough flowers to make several large arrangements, but I needed more 'green'.

I got a call from my aunt yesterday, could I come over and put some arrangements together for her, she has the flowers.
I told her that I'd be happy to do it.  I would do it for nothing, because she is a wonderful person, but she won't take 'free'.
She is 91, and still lives alone.She's stood behind me though all the troubles with mom, and will tell anyone that she knows the truth, whether they like it or not.  As I said, a very wonderful friend, and aunt.

OOPS, so I missed a week

It has been an interesting few days, with router problems, and trying to get the 2nd computer set up and adjusted to this internet.
It's done now, but lets just ay that I hope not to have to listen to the 2nd chair
telling me that I don't know squat.

Valentine's Day Musings

Yes, I know that it is the 15th, and Valentine's Day is over.   My musings will be about what the day means to different people.
I remember about 18, how I wished my friend would buy me candy, like the boyfriends and hubbys of my coworkers.
At 20, the friend I had then, did buy me a big box of candy, and I kept the box for years, even though he and I broke up shortly after Valentine's Day.

Shortly after I married, I realized that I'd gotten another one of those that didn't purchase roses, candy or other trinkets for me, on Valentines..But he made up for it in other ways, and over the years, he's been known to surprise me, a diamond or two here or there. 

If you know me, you'll know I don't like big stones, I've ruined many sweaters and other things with a ring that stands up too tall to suit me.  I have a 'smoke diamond', which is not a real diamond, but most people can't tell the difference, which is large, and catches everything.   My wedding band is a simple gold band, with alternating rows of small diamonds and sapphires, which I picked out, and then showed it to him.  The first ring he bought me, was a wide gold band, with a jade band centered in it.  I broke it when I was in an accident, and though the company replaced it, the new one didn't fit.  The 2nd ring he bought me, is a 12 stone diamond band, which I also picked out..He didn't like it all that much, but, he waited several months, then surprised me with it for my birthday.  He likes the larger stones, lol.  He has learned though, that if I like it, I'll wear it, if not, it sets in the box.

Cardinal on the feeder

I love 'shooting' birds, some of my favorite photos

are of birds of almost any kind.

I also love old buildings, and

flowers, too.

These are some from the past couple of years.

I hope to get lots more in 2011.

Robins Egg Blue and Cardinal Red

I see birds, mostly Cardinals, but there are some little gray birds that are giving the Cardinals fits.

They won't leave the feeders even when they are chased.  They may be small, but they say they are not about to let that big red bully have all the peanut butter and bird seed. 

Also, there is a squirrel trying his best to get the feeder door open, to carry off the cakes. 

Me, I'm waiting for this, which will be about 3 months from now, when the Robins  and Cardinals

are nesting

and spring is in the air.  I actually took this photo with the camera held over the nest, and I couldn't see what I was getting.  I'd held a mirror over the nest and saw that one of the 3 eggs had hatched.

It isn't the best picture in the world, but it is a sweet little robin just out of the shell.