tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855162440022875977.post233194457345886456..comments2023-08-17T09:45:31.344-04:00Comments on garden now - think later! : Friday Fun with just a little soapbox...Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06916896512933101955noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855162440022875977.post-23917533443479065592012-06-04T14:47:43.777-04:002012-06-04T14:47:43.777-04:00Susan, nope I didn't feel bad at all about hav...Susan, nope I didn't feel bad at all about having them skip school :)Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06916896512933101955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855162440022875977.post-53493535294162969382012-06-04T14:47:02.472-04:002012-06-04T14:47:02.472-04:00Sparkless, we are lucky that we have lived here lo...Sparkless, we are lucky that we have lived here long enough to know about all the good spots!Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06916896512933101955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855162440022875977.post-69745953149148782632012-06-04T14:46:21.609-04:002012-06-04T14:46:21.609-04:00CR we had several of those tornadoes/water spouts ...CR we had several of those tornadoes/water spouts but luckily they were mild compared to what other parts of the country have experienced. This one took out a yacht club but no fatalities!Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06916896512933101955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855162440022875977.post-32756551753275326322012-06-04T14:36:58.664-04:002012-06-04T14:36:58.664-04:00Thank goodness you are there to put some spice in ...Thank goodness you are there to put some spice in those young lives! I find those beach strips so darn ugly. What a shame that money seems to run everything and make all the decisions. Your secret 'paradise' is beautiful!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12573143203599624833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855162440022875977.post-78787496515210353122012-06-02T18:52:02.346-04:002012-06-02T18:52:02.346-04:00Beautiful pictures! So nice to live near natural ...Beautiful pictures! So nice to live near natural areas you can enjoy and then when you want a bit of excitement you can always go out to the tourist areas. Best of both worlds.<br /><br />Here it's pretty much all hiking and cross country trails but no fun tourist areas. Personally I prefer the natural areas. <br /><br />Blogger has eaten my list of blogs I was reading. Hopefully they'll return soon.Sparklesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02806553694200529082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855162440022875977.post-2597396680173308232012-06-02T18:29:36.923-04:002012-06-02T18:29:36.923-04:00Wow, thanks for the beautiful pictures! And yes, ...Wow, thanks for the beautiful pictures! And yes, it is pretty scary/sad (the picture of all those people on the beach). Yeah, we all want to use the beach, and it's nice to have it, but still freaky with all those people there especially knowing what it USED to look like before all the development.<br /><br />Freaky looking tornado! I'd be peeing myself if I saw that!Carolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14436557172029575513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855162440022875977.post-21152558957614560222012-06-02T16:46:21.465-04:002012-06-02T16:46:21.465-04:00Judy, the James River area is one we still need to...Judy, the James River area is one we still need to explore, but it's definitely on my list! Yes, the kids learned far more than they would have in school that day anyway, since they just finished the SOL's (ugh!) they seem to just be in limbo until school is out and say they are not doing much in class.Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06916896512933101955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855162440022875977.post-6412791665195230512012-06-02T16:44:36.538-04:002012-06-02T16:44:36.538-04:00Jane, LOL as we walked up to the picnic I heard th...Jane, LOL as we walked up to the picnic I heard the music and just rolled my eyes - hubby says "we won't stay long..." bahahahaha!Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06916896512933101955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855162440022875977.post-36107402531394611372012-06-02T16:43:51.630-04:002012-06-02T16:43:51.630-04:00Judy, yes not only the swamp but the tornadoes rem...Judy, yes not only the swamp but the tornadoes reminded me of MN too! At least the part of MN I come from :)Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06916896512933101955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855162440022875977.post-38009862512015523152012-06-02T16:43:07.362-04:002012-06-02T16:43:07.362-04:00Mama Pea, I promise not to import any of those awf...Mama Pea, I promise not to import any of those awful snakes when I move back! We did have tornadoes too, and one of the water spouts actually moved onto land last night after taking out a yacht club - crazy stuff for our area, normally it's just hurricanes and we have days or even a week to prepare for those!Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06916896512933101955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855162440022875977.post-25706480755779007512012-06-02T16:41:24.603-04:002012-06-02T16:41:24.603-04:00Tina, so funny that movie is still so entertaining...Tina, so funny that movie is still so entertaining to the aviation crowd - everyone knows every line!Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06916896512933101955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855162440022875977.post-70205013058418123312012-06-02T16:40:31.997-04:002012-06-02T16:40:31.997-04:00Kenneth, you and Loch would get along well! He di...Kenneth, you and Loch would get along well! He did enjoy himself once I posted bond at the school LOL!Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06916896512933101955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855162440022875977.post-8605511295489721322012-06-02T14:53:50.810-04:002012-06-02T14:53:50.810-04:00Oh... one of the things I miss about living in VA ...Oh... one of the things I miss about living in VA is the salt marshes. There was one not too terribly far from where we lived on the James River that I loved to go to. Hiking along the boardwalks in the marsh is a lovely experience- as is hiking through the costal woods. <br />I don't think you're a bad mom at all. Just think of all that nature experience.<br />JudyJudy Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01121300109427407095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855162440022875977.post-10536083520267877282012-06-02T14:23:27.124-04:002012-06-02T14:23:27.124-04:00I am not sure what scared me more, the water spout...I am not sure what scared me more, the water spout or hours of Kenny Loggins!! Very nice park pictures.Jane @ Hard Work Homesteadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02905658082120445313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855162440022875977.post-36223606585853944682012-06-02T14:02:21.357-04:002012-06-02T14:02:21.357-04:00wow,great pictures and i was just gonna say someth...wow,great pictures and i was just gonna say something here reminds me of MN but NOT that beach ,you wouldn't catch me 10 miles of it-so they missed one day of school and do you really have school till the end of June? the kiddos will remember this great time the rest of there lifejudyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11818275450006660503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855162440022875977.post-59554471639461752062012-06-02T13:56:23.106-04:002012-06-02T13:56:23.106-04:00You guys really know how to take a good day off! ...You guys really know how to take a good day off! You're so right; the two pictures of your marshes/swamps do look very much like ours in Minnesota. (Minus the poisonous snakes, thank you very much!)<br /><br />You called it a water spout but that looked a lot like tornado to me! Good picture of wild weather.Mama Peahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649357184167949247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855162440022875977.post-41307869665277158382012-06-02T13:27:49.114-04:002012-06-02T13:27:49.114-04:00Yep, you're a great Mom, alright! That's ...Yep, you're a great Mom, alright! That's our kind of relaxing, too. Give us the woods anytime!<br /><br />(And I'm dying laughing at the Top Gun loop!)Tina - Our Rustic Rootshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16089455840430154833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855162440022875977.post-11097774976045747352012-06-02T12:08:43.236-04:002012-06-02T12:08:43.236-04:00That sounds like an awesome day! As a youngster, w...That sounds like an awesome day! As a youngster, when given the choice, I remember wanting to go to school as long as possible before being picked up early for fishing trips on the Chesapeake. I loved the fishing trips, of course--I just wanted to go to school, too. It's a good sign that your kids want to be at school.Kenneth Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11619410362453458358noreply@blogger.com