82 this morning with another hot and muggy day in store for us.   We were going
to go to West Palm Beach tomorrow to visit with b-i-l, but weather forcasters
are showing that tropical depression southeast of  Florida should be directly
over the Southern part of the State on Friday.   I see no need to drive down
into rain, have it rain all while we are there and then drive back out of it to
come home, when we can stay home and have intermitten showers if we get any at
all.
I will use it as a day to play, since I planned to be away anyway.
I have some embroidery to do, I want to try to finish my scanning, so it will
not be wasted.

--- In seekingourtwigs@yahoogroups.com, "Norma" <no2more@...> wrote:
>
> It's stories like these that I think are funny and think are worth passing on
in my memoirs.   Some of it gives us insite to what things were like in our
childhood, plus it shows that all was not peaches and roses, everyone was still
learning.    I think my sisters started when she got married and went forward
from there.
> My life did not start when I got married, I had nineteen years before that
when I was foot loose and fancy free and enjoying life.   And I still think that
over all, they were mostly good.
>
> --- In seekingourtwigs@yahoogroups.com, "Norma" <no2more@> wrote:
> >
> > That has to be scarey - when we were stationed in Norfolk, Va., we had a
neighbor that kept some Moscovey ducks - I don't remember how many but at least
three or four.  They wandered loose all the time and did their business on my
front sidewalk and were just plain messy.  They had one duck that must have been
the protector for the others, because every  morning when I would take kim to
school and then go to work, we had to make a mad dash to the car to beat that
dam* duck.   As soon as he saw us the wings went out and he was a running.  I
complained to the neighbor numerous times, but I really think he was mentally
challenged and nothing was ever done about it.
> >
> > --- In seekingourtwigs@yahoogroups.com, "gramma2lkkmc" <earlinebradt@>
wrote:
> > >
> > > 73with a high of 85, muggy
> > >
> > > Norma, that is a really funny story. I have a pig story too, we were going
out the door to go to church when I was about six and there was a herd of pigs
that got loose from a nearby farm in our yard. My mom told us to get in the car
while she went out to get rid of the pigs. She started calling "soooeey,
sooooey" as loud as she could to scare them away. Well, they all started running
toward her, she was calling them. She hopped into the car as fast as can be and 
we took off. By the time we got home the farmer had rounded them all up and they
were back home.
> > >
> > > --- In seekingourtwigs@yahoogroups.com, "Norma" <no2more@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I have to tell you two, that my family was as far as you can get from
farming.  My father did have a victory garden during the war where he grew
tomatoes, green peppers and string beans.   That is it.   But this incident
comes to mind and will have to go into my memory book.  During the years we
lived at my Grandfathers, one of our neighbors had a pig they raised each year,
so Dad decided we could raise a pig.   Would help during with the meat
rationing.  Mom would go once a week to the day-old bread store and get loaves
of bread and soak it with water for slop for the pig to eat along with left
overs.   He was like a garbage disposal for us..   That pig got real big and
started to look "ready" so Dad decided that while everyone was at Church on
Sunday morning he would kill the pig "quietly" and have it done before anyone
knew it happened.   Unfortunately, no one told him how to kill the pig.  He
thought if he hit it over the head with a sledge hammer it would kill the pig.  
So he hit him and the pig squealed so loud he could be heard all over the
neighborhood.  Didn't even faze him.   So Pop hit him again and again and again
and each time he hit him the pig squealed all the louder and keep on running
around the pen.   Finally, the guy across the street came running over and
yelled, "shoulder him Bill, shoulder him".   My father said, what the heck is
that going to do, I've hit him on the head enough times to kill him several
times over."  So the neighbor told him to get a large knife, and he took it and
cut the pig in the shoulder area to get to the heart.  The pig never made a
sound and died instantly.   My mother hid in the house, but every one in the
neighborhood knew we killed a pig and most of them were watching.  Thank
goodness for the neighbor, he then helped Dad hang the pig and drain him and
later cut it up.   We never had another pig or Dad never tried his hand at
farming again.   He was a "Millwright" Machinist, as was his father.
> > > > That was one story dear old Dad never lived down.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --- In seekingourtwigs@yahoogroups.com, "gramma2lkkmc" <earlinebradt@>
wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Norma, the only family businesses that my ancestors passed down
generation to generation was farming. I thought my great-grandfather broke the
chain until I found out that he farmed for twenty years after retiring from the
railroad. My grandfather worked for the railroad but he always had a family
garden and bees and my father was a  part-time farmer, he worked at Ford's and
came home and took care of our garden, we had a roadside stand. My boys haven't
inherited the farming gene although they grew up with a garden.
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In seekingourtwigs@yahoogroups.com, Sheri Bush <mytwigs@> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Wow.  Nice.  If only my ancestors could have afforded one of
them......LOLOL!  Just kidding.  I haven't found anyone too bad yet.  There's
still time.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Was nice this morning but is really heating up fast.  Under threat
of bad storms until at least Thursday.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Still transcribing court docs.  May be doing that still next year
this time.......
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > FamilyTwigs
> > > > > > aka. Sheri Bush
> > > > > > Chat  MSN: mytwigs@hotmailContact Me
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

72, high of 87, storms tonight

I worked on my loyalist blog for a while yesterday,this morning. I've just
joined the Mr. Tweet genealogy group on Twitter.
I am going to bake some zuccinni friendship bread this afternoon.



--- In seekingourtwigs@yahoogroups.com, "Norma" <no2more@...> wrote:
>
> It's stories like these that I think are funny and think are worth passing on
in my memoirs.   Some of it gives us insite to what things were like in our
childhood, plus it shows that all was not peaches and roses, everyone was still
learning.    I think my sisters started when she got married and went forward
from there.
> My life did not start when I got married, I had nineteen years before that
when I was foot loose and fancy free and enjoying life.   And I still think that
over all, they were mostly good.
>
> --- In seekingourtwigs@yahoogroups.com, "Norma" <no2more@> wrote:
> >
> > That has to be scarey - when we were stationed in Norfolk, Va., we had a
neighbor that kept some Moscovey ducks - I don't remember how many but at least
three or four.  They wandered loose all the time and did their business on my
front sidewalk and were just plain messy.  They had one duck that must have been
the protector for the others, because every  morning when I would take kim to
school and then go to work, we had to make a mad dash to the car to beat that
dam* duck.   As soon as he saw us the wings went out and he was a running.  I
complained to the neighbor numerous times, but I really think he was mentally
challenged and nothing was ever done about it.
> >
> > --- In seekingourtwigs@yahoogroups.com, "gramma2lkkmc" <earlinebradt@>
wrote:
> > >
> > > 73with a high of 85, muggy
> > >
> > > Norma, that is a really funny story. I have a pig story too, we were going
out the door to go to church when I was about six and there was a herd of pigs
that got loose from a nearby farm in our yard. My mom told us to get in the car
while she went out to get rid of the pigs. She started calling "soooeey,
sooooey" as loud as she could to scare them away. Well, they all started running
toward her, she was calling them. She hopped into the car as fast as can be and 
we took off. By the time we got home the farmer had rounded them all up and they
were back home.
> > >
> > > --- In seekingourtwigs@yahoogroups.com, "Norma" <no2more@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I have to tell you two, that my family was as far as you can get from
farming.  My father did have a victory garden during the war where he grew
tomatoes, green peppers and string beans.   That is it.   But this incident
comes to mind and will have to go into my memory book.  During the years we
lived at my Grandfathers, one of our neighbors had a pig they raised each year,
so Dad decided we could raise a pig.   Would help during with the meat
rationing.  Mom would go once a week to the day-old bread store and get loaves
of bread and soak it with water for slop for the pig to eat along with left
overs.   He was like a garbage disposal for us..   That pig got real big and
started to look "ready" so Dad decided that while everyone was at Church on
Sunday morning he would kill the pig "quietly" and have it done before anyone
knew it happened.   Unfortunately, no one told him how to kill the pig.  He
thought if he hit it over the head with a sledge hammer it would kill the pig.  
So he hit him and the pig squealed so loud he could be heard all over the
neighborhood.  Didn't even faze him.   So Pop hit him again and again and again
and each time he hit him the pig squealed all the louder and keep on running
around the pen.   Finally, the guy across the street came running over and
yelled, "shoulder him Bill, shoulder him".   My father said, what the heck is
that going to do, I've hit him on the head enough times to kill him several
times over."  So the neighbor told him to get a large knife, and he took it and
cut the pig in the shoulder area to get to the heart.  The pig never made a
sound and died instantly.   My mother hid in the house, but every one in the
neighborhood knew we killed a pig and most of them were watching.  Thank
goodness for the neighbor, he then helped Dad hang the pig and drain him and
later cut it up.   We never had another pig or Dad never tried his hand at
farming again.   He was a "Millwright" Machinist, as was his father.
> > > > That was one story dear old Dad never lived down.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --- In seekingourtwigs@yahoogroups.com, "gramma2lkkmc" <earlinebradt@>
wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Norma, the only family businesses that my ancestors passed down
generation to generation was farming. I thought my great-grandfather broke the
chain until I found out that he farmed for twenty years after retiring from the
railroad. My grandfather worked for the railroad but he always had a family
garden and bees and my father was a  part-time farmer, he worked at Ford's and
came home and took care of our garden, we had a roadside stand. My boys haven't
inherited the farming gene although they grew up with a garden.
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In seekingourtwigs@yahoogroups.com, Sheri Bush <mytwigs@> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Wow.  Nice.  If only my ancestors could have afforded one of
them......LOLOL!  Just kidding.  I haven't found anyone too bad yet.  There's
still time.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Was nice this morning but is really heating up fast.  Under threat
of bad storms until at least Thursday.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Still transcribing court docs.  May be doing that still next year
this time.......
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > FamilyTwigs
> > > > > > aka. Sheri Bush
> > > > > > Chat  MSN: mytwigs@hotmailContact Me
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

80, high of 91, weatherman says the dew point today is the highest he's seen in
years at 79,oppressive humidity,storms tonight, same tomorrow.

I'm going to stay inside today and ignore the heat. I won't be able to tomorrow,
we have a pig roast to go to, maybe we'll just go get a plate to go, lol.

--- In seekingourtwigs@yahoogroups.com, "gramma2lkkmc" <earlinebradt@...> wrote:
>
>
> 72, high of 87, storms tonight
>
> I worked on my loyalist blog for a while yesterday,this morning. I've just
joined the Mr. Tweet genealogy group on Twitter.
> I am going to bake some zuccinni friendship bread this afternoon.
>
>
>
> --- In seekingourtwigs@yahoogroups.com, "Norma" <no2more@> wrote:
> >
> > It's stories like these that I think are funny and think are worth passing
on in my memoirs.   Some of it gives us insite to what things were like in our
childhood, plus it shows that all was not peaches and roses, everyone was still
learning.    I think my sisters started when she got married and went forward
from there.
> > My life did not start when I got married, I had nineteen years before that
when I was foot loose and fancy free and enjoying life.   And I still think that
over all, they were mostly good.
> >
> > --- In seekingourtwigs@yahoogroups.com, "Norma" <no2more@> wrote:
> > >
> > > That has to be scarey - when we were stationed in Norfolk, Va., we had a
neighbor that kept some Moscovey ducks - I don't remember how many but at least
three or four.  They wandered loose all the time and did their business on my
front sidewalk and were just plain messy.  They had one duck that must have been
the protector for the others, because every  morning when I would take kim to
school and then go to work, we had to make a mad dash to the car to beat that
dam* duck.   As soon as he saw us the wings went out and he was a running.  I
complained to the neighbor numerous times, but I really think he was mentally
challenged and nothing was ever done about it.
> > >
> > > --- In seekingourtwigs@yahoogroups.com, "gramma2lkkmc" <earlinebradt@>
wrote:
> > > >
> > > > 73with a high of 85, muggy
> > > >
> > > > Norma, that is a really funny story. I have a pig story too, we were
going out the door to go to church when I was about six and there was a herd of
pigs that got loose from a nearby farm in our yard. My mom told us to get in the
car while she went out to get rid of the pigs. She started calling "soooeey,
sooooey" as loud as she could to scare them away. Well, they all started running
toward her, she was calling them. She hopped into the car as fast as can be and 
we took off. By the time we got home the farmer had rounded them all up and they
were back home.
> > > >
> > > > --- In seekingourtwigs@yahoogroups.com, "Norma" <no2more@> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > I have to tell you two, that my family was as far as you can get from
farming.  My father did have a victory garden during the war where he grew
tomatoes, green peppers and string beans.   That is it.   But this incident
comes to mind and will have to go into my memory book.  During the years we
lived at my Grandfathers, one of our neighbors had a pig they raised each year,
so Dad decided we could raise a pig.   Would help during with the meat
rationing.  Mom would go once a week to the day-old bread store and get loaves
of bread and soak it with water for slop for the pig to eat along with left
overs.   He was like a garbage disposal for us..   That pig got real big and
started to look "ready" so Dad decided that while everyone was at Church on
Sunday morning he would kill the pig "quietly" and have it done before anyone
knew it happened.   Unfortunately, no one told him how to kill the pig.  He
thought if he hit it over the head with a sledge hammer it would kill the pig.  
So he hit him and the pig squealed so loud he could be heard all over the
neighborhood.  Didn't even faze him.   So Pop hit him again and again and again
and each time he hit him the pig squealed all the louder and keep on running
around the pen.   Finally, the guy across the street came running over and
yelled, "shoulder him Bill, shoulder him".   My father said, what the heck is
that going to do, I've hit him on the head enough times to kill him several
times over."  So the neighbor told him to get a large knife, and he took it and
cut the pig in the shoulder area to get to the heart.  The pig never made a
sound and died instantly.   My mother hid in the house, but every one in the
neighborhood knew we killed a pig and most of them were watching.  Thank
goodness for the neighbor, he then helped Dad hang the pig and drain him and
later cut it up.   We never had another pig or Dad never tried his hand at
farming again.   He was a "Millwright" Machinist, as was his father.
> > > > > That was one story dear old Dad never lived down.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In seekingourtwigs@yahoogroups.com, "gramma2lkkmc" <earlinebradt@>
wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Norma, the only family businesses that my ancestors passed down
generation to generation was farming. I thought my great-grandfather broke the
chain until I found out that he farmed for twenty years after retiring from the
railroad. My grandfather worked for the railroad but he always had a family
garden and bees and my father was a  part-time farmer, he worked at Ford's and
came home and took care of our garden, we had a roadside stand. My boys haven't
inherited the farming gene although they grew up with a garden.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --- In seekingourtwigs@yahoogroups.com, Sheri Bush <mytwigs@> wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Wow.  Nice.  If only my ancestors could have afforded one of
them......LOLOL!  Just kidding.  I haven't found anyone too bad yet.  There's
still time.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Was nice this morning but is really heating up fast.  Under threat
of bad storms until at least Thursday.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Still transcribing court docs.  May be doing that still next year
this time.......
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > FamilyTwigs
> > > > > > > aka. Sheri Bush
> > > > > > > Chat  MSN: mytwigs@hotmailContact Me
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

83 deg. this morning with a high of 92 - 80% humiudity, that is pretty normal
for this time of the year.   Possible rain showers if the squals from T.S.
Bonnie can reach this far North.
Have a little dusting to do this morning or rearrange the dust as Sheri says and
then I am ready to try to finish my scanning.
I found some interesting information on the Irish heritage yesterday, I will
pass on to you Earline and if you have any Irish ancestors - Sheri also.    I
thought I had found the parents of my Timothy Sullivan in the County Kerry
Parish records.   One thing that threw me off was that if it was her, she seemed
to be having children well past her forties and into her late fifties.  I
figured it had to be another couple with the same name? if that is possible.  
Anyway, what I learned was that back in the early 1800's it was not uncommon for
a couple to marry very young, like when the female was only twelve or thirteen
and the male maybe eighteen.   Her child bearing years would then be a much
longer period - like for 37 - 38 years.
So when I found the births of their children with  nearly a 40 year span, it was
correct.   Those poor mothers, with little to no birth control, having to bear
children the majority of their lives.  No wonder so many died so young, they
were worn out.  I guess if they lived past menapause, they had it made.

--- In seekingourtwigs@yahoogroups.com, "gramma2lkkmc" <earlinebradt@...> wrote:
>
> 80, high of 91, weatherman says the dew point today is the highest he's seen
in years at 79,oppressive humidity,storms tonight, same tomorrow.
>
> I'm going to stay inside today and ignore the heat. I won't be able to
tomorrow, we have a pig roast to go to, maybe we'll just go get a plate to go,
lol.
>
> --- In seekingourtwigs@yahoogroups.com, "gramma2lkkmc" <earlinebradt@> wrote:
> >
> >
> > 72, high of 87, storms tonight
> >
> > I worked on my loyalist blog for a while yesterday,this morning. I've just
joined the Mr. Tweet genealogy group on Twitter.
> > I am going to bake some zuccinni friendship bread this afternoon.
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In seekingourtwigs@yahoogroups.com, "Norma" <no2more@> wrote:
> > >
> > > It's stories like these that I think are funny and think are worth passing
on in my memoirs.   Some of it gives us insite to what things were like in our
childhood, plus it shows that all was not peaches and roses, everyone was still
learning.    I think my sisters started when she got married and went forward
from there.
> > > My life did not start when I got married, I had nineteen years before that
when I was foot loose and fancy free and enjoying life.   And I still think that
over all, they were mostly good.
> > >
> > > --- In seekingourtwigs@yahoogroups.com, "Norma" <no2more@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > That has to be scarey - when we were stationed in Norfolk, Va., we had a
neighbor that kept some Moscovey ducks - I don't remember how many but at least
three or four.  They wandered loose all the time and did their business on my
front sidewalk and were just plain messy.  They had one duck that must have been
the protector for the others, because every  morning when I would take kim to
school and then go to work, we had to make a mad dash to the car to beat that
dam* duck.   As soon as he saw us the wings went out and he was a running.  I
complained to the neighbor numerous times, but I really think he was mentally
challenged and nothing was ever done about it.
> > > >
> > > > --- In seekingourtwigs@yahoogroups.com, "gramma2lkkmc" <earlinebradt@>
wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > 73with a high of 85, muggy
> > > > >
> > > > > Norma, that is a really funny story. I have a pig story too, we were
going out the door to go to church when I was about six and there was a herd of
pigs that got loose from a nearby farm in our yard. My mom told us to get in the
car while she went out to get rid of the pigs. She started calling "soooeey,
sooooey" as loud as she could to scare them away. Well, they all started running
toward her, she was calling them. She hopped into the car as fast as can be and 
we took off. By the time we got home the farmer had rounded them all up and they
were back home.
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In seekingourtwigs@yahoogroups.com, "Norma" <no2more@> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I have to tell you two, that my family was as far as you can get
from farming.  My father did have a victory garden during the war where he grew
tomatoes, green peppers and string beans.   That is it.   But this incident
comes to mind and will have to go into my memory book.  During the years we
lived at my Grandfathers, one of our neighbors had a pig they raised each year,
so Dad decided we could raise a pig.   Would help during with the meat
rationing.  Mom would go once a week to the day-old bread store and get loaves
of bread and soak it with water for slop for the pig to eat along with left
overs.   He was like a garbage disposal for us..   That pig got real big and
started to look "ready" so Dad decided that while everyone was at Church on
Sunday morning he would kill the pig "quietly" and have it done before anyone
knew it happened.   Unfortunately, no one told him how to kill the pig.  He
thought if he hit it over the head with a sledge hammer it would kill the pig.  
So he hit him and the pig squealed so loud he could be heard all over the
neighborhood.  Didn't even faze him.   So Pop hit him again and again and again
and each time he hit him the pig squealed all the louder and keep on running
around the pen.   Finally, the guy across the street came running over and
yelled, "shoulder him Bill, shoulder him".   My father said, what the heck is
that going to do, I've hit him on the head enough times to kill him several
times over."  So the neighbor told him to get a large knife, and he took it and
cut the pig in the shoulder area to get to the heart.  The pig never made a
sound and died instantly.   My mother hid in the house, but every one in the
neighborhood knew we killed a pig and most of them were watching.  Thank
goodness for the neighbor, he then helped Dad hang the pig and drain him and
later cut it up.   We never had another pig or Dad never tried his hand at
farming again.   He was a "Millwright" Machinist, as was his father.
> > > > > > That was one story dear old Dad never lived down.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --- In seekingourtwigs@yahoogroups.com, "gramma2lkkmc"
<earlinebradt@> wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Norma, the only family businesses that my ancestors passed down
generation to generation was farming. I thought my great-grandfather broke the
chain until I found out that he farmed for twenty years after retiring from the
railroad. My grandfather worked for the railroad but he always had a family
garden and bees and my father was a  part-time farmer, he worked at Ford's and
came home and took care of our garden, we had a roadside stand. My boys haven't
inherited the farming gene although they grew up with a garden.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > --- In seekingourtwigs@yahoogroups.com, Sheri Bush <mytwigs@>
wrote:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Wow.  Nice.  If only my ancestors could have afforded one of
them......LOLOL!  Just kidding.  I haven't found anyone too bad yet.  There's
still time.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Was nice this morning but is really heating up fast.  Under
threat of bad storms until at least Thursday.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Still transcribing court docs.  May be doing that still next
year this time.......
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > FamilyTwigs
> > > > > > > > aka. Sheri Bush
> > > > > > > > Chat  MSN: mytwigs@hotmailContact Me
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

I envy you Earline with your pig roast.   I haven't been to one of those for a
good many years, but they are always the best.   Went to one when we lived in
Hawaii and they cooked it in the emu (ground), went to a few in North Carolina
when we were active with the shriners.  The Carolina sauce is different from
other versions.   Carolina has a vinegar type dressing, in Virginia - they use
the red, sweet sauce like Texas.  No matter the dressing, they are all so great
just off the spit and fresh pulled.   Enjoy!!!

--- In seekingourtwigs@yahoogroups.com, "gramma2lkkmc" <earlinebradt@...> wrote:
>
> 80, high of 91, weatherman says the dew point today is the highest he's seen
in years at 79,oppressive humidity,storms tonight, same tomorrow.
>
> I'm going to stay inside today and ignore the heat. I won't be able to
tomorrow, we have a pig roast to go to, maybe we'll just go get a plate to go,
lol.
>
> --- In seekingourtwigs@yahoogroups.com, "gramma2lkkmc" <earlinebradt@> wrote:
> >
> >
> > 72, high of 87, storms tonight
> >
> > I worked on my loyalist blog for a while yesterday,this morning. I've just
joined the Mr. Tweet genealogy group on Twitter.
> > I am going to bake some zuccinni friendship bread this afternoon.
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In seekingourtwigs@yahoogroups.com, "Norma" <no2more@> wrote:
> > >
> > > It's stories like these that I think are funny and think are worth passing
on in my memoirs.   Some of it gives us insite to what things were like in our
childhood, plus it shows that all was not peaches and roses, everyone was still
learning.    I think my sisters started when she got married and went forward
from there.
> > > My life did not start when I got married, I had nineteen years before that
when I was foot loose and fancy free and enjoying life.   And I still think that
over all, they were mostly good.
> > >
> > > --- In seekingourtwigs@yahoogroups.com, "Norma" <no2more@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > That has to be scarey - when we were stationed in Norfolk, Va., we had a
neighbor that kept some Moscovey ducks - I don't remember how many but at least
three or four.  They wandered loose all the time and did their business on my
front sidewalk and were just plain messy.  They had one duck that must have been
the protector for the others, because every  morning when I would take kim to
school and then go to work, we had to make a mad dash to the car to beat that
dam* duck.   As soon as he saw us the wings went out and he was a running.  I
complained to the neighbor numerous times, but I really think he was mentally
challenged and nothing was ever done about it.
> > > >
> > > > --- In seekingourtwigs@yahoogroups.com, "gramma2lkkmc" <earlinebradt@>
wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > 73with a high of 85, muggy
> > > > >
> > > > > Norma, that is a really funny story. I have a pig story too, we were
going out the door to go to church when I was about six and there was a herd of
pigs that got loose from a nearby farm in our yard. My mom told us to get in the
car while she went out to get rid of the pigs. She started calling "soooeey,
sooooey" as loud as she could to scare them away. Well, they all started running
toward her, she was calling them. She hopped into the car as fast as can be and 
we took off. By the time we got home the farmer had rounded them all up and they
were back home.
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In seekingourtwigs@yahoogroups.com, "Norma" <no2more@> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I have to tell you two, that my family was as far as you can get
from farming.  My father did have a victory garden during the war where he grew
tomatoes, green peppers and string beans.   That is it.   But this incident
comes to mind and will have to go into my memory book.  During the years we
lived at my Grandfathers, one of our neighbors had a pig they raised each year,
so Dad decided we could raise a pig.   Would help during with the meat
rationing.  Mom would go once a week to the day-old bread store and get loaves
of bread and soak it with water for slop for the pig to eat along with left
overs.   He was like a garbage disposal for us..   That pig got real big and
started to look "ready" so Dad decided that while everyone was at Church on
Sunday morning he would kill the pig "quietly" and have it done before anyone
knew it happened.   Unfortunately, no one told him how to kill the pig.  He
thought if he hit it over the head with a sledge hammer it would kill the pig.  
So he hit him and the pig squealed so loud he could be heard all over the
neighborhood.  Didn't even faze him.   So Pop hit him again and again and again
and each time he hit him the pig squealed all the louder and keep on running
around the pen.   Finally, the guy across the street came running over and
yelled, "shoulder him Bill, shoulder him".   My father said, what the heck is
that going to do, I've hit him on the head enough times to kill him several
times over."  So the neighbor told him to get a large knife, and he took it and
cut the pig in the shoulder area to get to the heart.  The pig never made a
sound and died instantly.   My mother hid in the house, but every one in the
neighborhood knew we killed a pig and most of them were watching.  Thank
goodness for the neighbor, he then helped Dad hang the pig and drain him and
later cut it up.   We never had another pig or Dad never tried his hand at
farming again.   He was a "Millwright" Machinist, as was his father.
> > > > > > That was one story dear old Dad never lived down.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --- In seekingourtwigs@yahoogroups.com, "gramma2lkkmc"
<earlinebradt@> wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Norma, the only family businesses that my ancestors passed down
generation to generation was farming. I thought my great-grandfather broke the
chain until I found out that he farmed for twenty years after retiring from the
railroad. My grandfather worked for the railroad but he always had a family
garden and bees and my father was a  part-time farmer, he worked at Ford's and
came home and took care of our garden, we had a roadside stand. My boys haven't
inherited the farming gene although they grew up with a garden.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > --- In seekingourtwigs@yahoogroups.com, Sheri Bush <mytwigs@>
wrote:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Wow.  Nice.  If only my ancestors could have afforded one of
them......LOLOL!  Just kidding.  I haven't found anyone too bad yet.  There's
still time.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Was nice this morning but is really heating up fast.  Under
threat of bad storms until at least Thursday.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Still transcribing court docs.  May be doing that still next
year this time.......
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > FamilyTwigs
> > > > > > > > aka. Sheri Bush
> > > > > > > > Chat  MSN: mytwigs@hotmailContact Me
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

Wekve had a couple of severe storms already, the first one we got 1 1/4 inch,
the second another 2 inches. It is going to be going on all night like this.
Neighbour has a tree down, branch hanging from his tree out by the street, he
moved both of his cars onto the street hoping that the limb will fall and hit
one, lol. Our sweet corn was flattened, it would have been ready to pick next
week.
Sent on the TELUS Mobility network with BlackBerry

Well, the corn is straightened up but it was starting to grow upright yesterday
and now the stalks have to straighten up. We got another 3 inches of rain
overnight!
Sent on the TELUS Mobility network with BlackBerry

69 with a high in the low 80's,rain this morning ending soon, the heat wave is
finally over here!

Norma I hope you're feeling better.
I think we're going to try and straighten out the corn today, it's not wilting
so the roots are okay. There's only about 120 stalks. I haven't been out to see
what kind of damage the corn fields on the farms have yet, but if it's like mine
it's almost a total loss, they can't go out and straighten them up. My b-i-l has
feed corn for his pigs I hope it's okay,

My butterfly bushes are leaning over the pond, they were almost uprooted, we'll
have to try and fix them too.

The pig roast went really well last night,  there was tons of food, live band,
swimming, raffles, anice breeze and no rain. It was hosted by my d-i-l, my niece
and nephew, a fundraiser for their grandmother to help pay for funeral expenses,
etc. My son is still staying with his grandmother, the whole family is so proud
of him and how he is helping his grandmother out and they have been thanking me
for letting the boys continue to be a part of their family after their father
and I divorced. The boys are closer to their father's family than they are my
family.

I finally met my sons' half-brother and his family from Ottawa. He won a dirt
bike but has to figure out how to get it home now. The three boys are going
paintballing today.


--- In seekingourtwigs@yahoogroups.com, no2more@... wrote:
>
> We had rain on and off all afternoon yesterday.   Sometimes with  strong
> winds, but nothing damaging.   Sorry to hear about your corn  Earline, that is
> heartbreaking to do all that work and get down to picking time  to have
> that happen.    Do you think any of it can be  salvaged?   Tell your neighbor
> to be careful what he wishes  for.    Red tape can be more frustrating then
> driving an old  car.
>
> Going to transplant some volunteer trees this morning and then cool down in
>  the pool.   After that, I am going to try to finish my scanning  today.
> Yesterday I managed to have a gall bladder attack so did very  little in the
> afternoon except drink water and try to soothe my  pain.    Took a
> tranquilizer and slept like a baby last night and  today all seems well.
>
>
> In a message dated 7/23/2010 9:13:50 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> earlinebradt@... writes:
>
>
>
>
> Wekve had a couple of severe storms already, the first one we got 1 1/4
> inch, the second another 2 inches. It is going to be going on all night like
> this. Neighbour has a tree down, branch hanging from his tree out by the
> street, he moved both of his cars onto the street hoping that the limb will
> fall and hit one, lol. Our sweet corn was flattened, it would have been ready
>  to pick next week.
> Sent on the TELUS Mobility network with  BlackBerry
>

76 deg. this morning with a high of 92, high humidity as usual.  Going to be
humid walking, but I think it will stay cool enough until after we get back. 
Found some more data input yesterday while going through the scanning pile.   A
letter from the Genealogist Ihad worked with up in New Brunswick sent me
corrections on dates from my translations of the Latin/French from the Druin
collection,  dated back in 1998.   I corrected part of them and must have been
distracted.   Yesterday I finished the last of them.  Better late then never. 
This was on my Bernard/Savoie line.   One family had three sets of twins.  
Another daughter in the family had a set of twins, so that line had a lot of
multiple births which appears to have ended with them.   Thank goodness.
I feeling much better Earline, those attacks usually only last about four or
five hours.   This one was a little more stubborn, but I took a tranquilizer and
went to bed and in the morning I felt great.   Slept like a log.
Between rains, storms, heat and droughts, all farming is taking a hit this year.
Vegetables will go sky high with everything else.
We went out Saturday morning to get a new hibicus to replace one that did not
make it this year, and they did not have the one I wanted.   The one that died
was a double in a peach color.    Daughter says not to buy one, she has two that
are getting to big for her pots so can't keep them much longer.   She keeps them
on her deck in the summer and brings them indoors for the winter.   When we go
up in Oct. she will trim them back for transporting.
Sheri, do you have membership in Heritage Quest or the Godfrey Memorial Library?
Those are two places along with Google where you can get information on early
families through History books etc.   Just wondering if that would help with
your Brock family.    I did a quick search yesterday and only came up with one
Brock family in Canada.   Wrong years for your Brocks.

--- In seekingourtwigs@yahoogroups.com, "gramma2lkkmc" <earlinebradt@...> wrote:
>
> 69 with a high in the low 80's,rain this morning ending soon, the heat wave is
finally over here!
>
> Norma I hope you're feeling better.
> I think we're going to try and straighten out the corn today, it's not wilting
so the roots are okay. There's only about 120 stalks. I haven't been out to see
what kind of damage the corn fields on the farms have yet, but if it's like mine
it's almost a total loss, they can't go out and straighten them up. My b-i-l has
feed corn for his pigs I hope it's okay,
>
> My butterfly bushes are leaning over the pond, they were almost uprooted,
we'll have to try and fix them too.
>
> The pig roast went really well last night,  there was tons of food, live band,
swimming, raffles, anice breeze and no rain. It was hosted by my d-i-l, my niece
and nephew, a fundraiser for their grandmother to help pay for funeral expenses,
etc. My son is still staying with his grandmother, the whole family is so proud
of him and how he is helping his grandmother out and they have been thanking me
for letting the boys continue to be a part of their family after their father
and I divorced. The boys are closer to their father's family than they are my
family.
>
> I finally met my sons' half-brother and his family from Ottawa. He won a dirt
bike but has to figure out how to get it home now. The three boys are going
paintballing today.
>
>
> --- In seekingourtwigs@yahoogroups.com, no2more@ wrote:
> >
> > We had rain on and off all afternoon yesterday.   Sometimes with  strong
> > winds, but nothing damaging.   Sorry to hear about your corn  Earline, that
is
> > heartbreaking to do all that work and get down to picking time  to have
> > that happen.    Do you think any of it can be  salvaged?   Tell your
neighbor
> > to be careful what he wishes  for.    Red tape can be more frustrating then
> > driving an old  car.
> >
> > Going to transplant some volunteer trees this morning and then cool down in
> >  the pool.   After that, I am going to try to finish my scanning  today.
> > Yesterday I managed to have a gall bladder attack so did very  little in the
> > afternoon except drink water and try to soothe my  pain.    Took a
> > tranquilizer and slept like a baby last night and  today all seems well.
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 7/23/2010 9:13:50 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> > earlinebradt@ writes:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Wekve had a couple of severe storms already, the first one we got 1 1/4
> > inch, the second another 2 inches. It is going to be going on all night like
> > this. Neighbour has a tree down, branch hanging from his tree out by the
> > street, he moved both of his cars onto the street hoping that the limb will
> > fall and hit one, lol. Our sweet corn was flattened, it would have been
ready
> >  to pick next week.
> > Sent on the TELUS Mobility network with  BlackBerry
> >
>

73, high of 84, sunny, dry

I don't know what's going on with the messages, my email message, which I sent a
few hours later than my message I posted on the site, got here first.

The dogs dug a hole about a foot deep by the deck to lie in, and the ground is
so saturated that there's still a puddle in it and we have really sandy soil.
I'm glad our basement walls don't leak.It's finally cool enough to put up the
fence but it's too wet to put the posts in. Hopefully it will be dry enough on
the weekend.

I have to wait for it to dry up a bit and I'll be out weeding again this
afternoon, maybe I'll get finished in the veg. garden today. The hail damaged
our Swiss chard but it grows fast. I'm still waiting for the heirloom tomatoes,a
pur;le one is ripening, it's dark green and a muddy kind of red, doen't look
very appetizing yet. One plant just started flowering, it is slow-maturing, I
hope our growing season is long enough,it takes 90 days,the others are 72, if
not I'll have to protect it from frost.

I am gathering up all of the microfilm roll #s I need that are available for ILL
and request them this week. I have to get Elgin County death records for
1882-1890 to look for my 2nd great-grandfather, Benjamin Haines' death record
for my certification. I don't know what year he died in but he was alive for the
Elgin County 1881 census and his wife was widowed for the 1891 census. Family
researchers always put his death date as 1885 or 1886 but no-one knows for sure
or where he was buried. His wife is in Rodney Cemetery, Elgin County, she died
in 1892, so I imagine he's there too.








--- In seekingourtwigs@yahoogroups.com, "Norma" <no2more@...> wrote:
>
> 76 deg. this morning with a high of 92, high humidity as usual.  Going to be
humid walking, but I think it will stay cool enough until after we get back. 
Found some more data input yesterday while going through the scanning pile.   A
letter from the Genealogist Ihad worked with up in New Brunswick sent me
corrections on dates from my translations of the Latin/French from the Druin
collection,  dated back in 1998.   I corrected part of them and must have been
distracted.   Yesterday I finished the last of them.  Better late then never. 
This was on my Bernard/Savoie line.   One family had three sets of twins.  
Another daughter in the family had a set of twins, so that line had a lot of
multiple births which appears to have ended with them.   Thank goodness.
> I feeling much better Earline, those attacks usually only last about four or
five hours.   This one was a little more stubborn, but I took a tranquilizer and
went to bed and in the morning I felt great.   Slept like a log.
> Between rains, storms, heat and droughts, all farming is taking a hit this
year.   Vegetables will go sky high with everything else.
> We went out Saturday morning to get a new hibicus to replace one that did not
make it this year, and they did not have the one I wanted.   The one that died
was a double in a peach color.    Daughter says not to buy one, she has two that
are getting to big for her pots so can't keep them much longer.   She keeps them
on her deck in the summer and brings them indoors for the winter.   When we go
up in Oct. she will trim them back for transporting.
> Sheri, do you have membership in Heritage Quest or the Godfrey Memorial
Library?   Those are two places along with Google where you can get information
on early families through History books etc.   Just wondering if that would help
with your Brock family.    I did a quick search yesterday and only came up with
one Brock family in Canada.   Wrong years for your Brocks.
>
> --- In seekingourtwigs@yahoogroups.com, "gramma2lkkmc" <earlinebradt@> wrote:
> >
> > 69 with a high in the low 80's,rain this morning ending soon, the heat wave
is finally over here!
> >
> > Norma I hope you're feeling better.
> > I think we're going to try and straighten out the corn today, it's not
wilting so the roots are okay. There's only about 120 stalks. I haven't been out
to see what kind of damage the corn fields on the farms have yet, but if it's
like mine it's almost a total loss, they can't go out and straighten them up. My
b-i-l has feed corn for his pigs I hope it's okay,
> >
> > My butterfly bushes are leaning over the pond, they were almost uprooted,
we'll have to try and fix them too.
> >
> > The pig roast went really well last night,  there was tons of food, live
band, swimming, raffles, anice breeze and no rain. It was hosted by my d-i-l, my
niece and nephew, a fundraiser for their grandmother to help pay for funeral
expenses, etc. My son is still staying with his grandmother, the whole family is
so proud of him and how he is helping his grandmother out and they have been
thanking me for letting the boys continue to be a part of their family after
their father and I divorced. The boys are closer to their father's family than
they are my family.
> >
> > I finally met my sons' half-brother and his family from Ottawa. He won a
dirt bike but has to figure out how to get it home now. The three boys are going
paintballing today.
> >
> >
> > --- In seekingourtwigs@yahoogroups.com, no2more@ wrote:
> > >
> > > We had rain on and off all afternoon yesterday.   Sometimes with  strong
> > > winds, but nothing damaging.   Sorry to hear about your corn  Earline,
that is
> > > heartbreaking to do all that work and get down to picking time  to have
> > > that happen.    Do you think any of it can be  salvaged?   Tell your
neighbor
> > > to be careful what he wishes  for.    Red tape can be more frustrating
then
> > > driving an old  car.
> > >
> > > Going to transplant some volunteer trees this morning and then cool down
in
> > >  the pool.   After that, I am going to try to finish my scanning  today.
> > > Yesterday I managed to have a gall bladder attack so did very  little in
the
> > > afternoon except drink water and try to soothe my  pain.    Took a
> > > tranquilizer and slept like a baby last night and  today all seems well.
> > >
> > >
> > > In a message dated 7/23/2010 9:13:50 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> > > earlinebradt@ writes:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Wekve had a couple of severe storms already, the first one we got 1 1/4
> > > inch, the second another 2 inches. It is going to be going on all night
like
> > > this. Neighbour has a tree down, branch hanging from his tree out by the
> > > street, he moved both of his cars onto the street hoping that the limb
will
> > > fall and hit one, lol. Our sweet corn was flattened, it would have been
ready
> > >  to pick next week.
> > > Sent on the TELUS Mobility network with  BlackBerry
> > >
> >
>

Bonnie fell apart, so we only got a few showers from that storm.   Down south
they got more of the much needed rain.    I see where Milwaukee is flooded from
the storm up there.   Crazy weather all over the States. I did some mulching
with the clippings from where Geo. mowed.  A lot of pine needles mixed in and
that is great mulch, especially for azaleas.   I have about five or six azaleas
on the North side of the house where it gets more shade.     They are finally
starting to perk up and look a little more healthy.    The hibiscus that we
saved are doing great except for two that I think we will lose.   They started
to perk up and then the new growth died out again.   Could have been too little
water.
Cooled off in the pool and now I am in for the afternoon.
My sister volunteered to go to the Cemetery in Colchester again today.   That is
the same one we went to a few years ago and could not find the headstones we
needed.    I found out they are there, only they are in the woodsy area and are
broken and partially buried.    I didn't know there were any headstones there at
all, when we were there.   I asked her if she would have time to stop off in
East Windsor and check out a cemetery there for our GrGrandmother Lucy Sharron
Patenaud's grave.   That is the one I believe Frank Patenaude, Lucy's son is
buried.   The weather is nice now and she likes to go for rides on Sunday.   Her
daughter takes her, she only drives in town.   She takes after our mother when
it comes to cooking and driving.    Mom disliked to cook and was lousy at it 
and a worse driver.   Watch out when it came time to back up.    Actually watch
out when she was driving forward!!!

Had Geo. edit my memoirs - as far as I have gone with it and except for one
paragraph where he said I rambled, he thought it was pretty good.    Have to
unramble that paragraph.

Good to hear the corn is not a loss.
Sheri - have you tried to check any books on Heritage Quest for your Brocks?  
If they go back that far in History, surely they must have stayed long enough
for some town to mention them?

--- In seekingourtwigs@yahoogroups.com, "Earline Bradt" <earlinebradt@...>
wrote:
>
> Well, the corn is straightened up but it was starting to grow upright
yesterday and now the stalks have to straighten up. We got another 3 inches of
rain overnight!
> Sent on the TELUS Mobility network with BlackBerry
>

65 wth a high of 86, sunny, dry
So far it's the third hottest July on record in Essex County.

The corn isn't atraightening up much but it's off the ground, maybe we'll get a
few cobs.

I am going to start to reupholster the boat cushions and seats this morning, I
have to do take them apart on the deck outside, I don't want those dirty old
cushions in the house. Hubby has to bring the bench seat cover home yet so I can
cut out the vinyl for it.  Hopefully the boat will be done by the time the
reupholstry is done.

--- In seekingourtwigs@yahoogroups.com, "Norma" <no2more@...> wrote:
>
> Bonnie fell apart, so we only got a few showers from that storm.   Down south
they got more of the much needed rain.    I see where Milwaukee is flooded from
the storm up there.   Crazy weather all over the States. I did some mulching
with the clippings from where Geo. mowed.  A lot of pine needles mixed in and
that is great mulch, especially for azaleas.   I have about five or six azaleas
on the North side of the house where it gets more shade.     They are finally
starting to perk up and look a little more healthy.    The hibiscus that we
saved are doing great except for two that I think we will lose.   They started
to perk up and then the new growth died out again.   Could have been too little
water.
> Cooled off in the pool and now I am in for the afternoon.
> My sister volunteered to go to the Cemetery in Colchester again today.   That
is the same one we went to a few years ago and could not find the headstones we
needed.    I found out they are there, only they are in the woodsy area and are
broken and partially buried.    I didn't know there were any headstones there at
all, when we were there.   I asked her if she would have time to stop off in
East Windsor and check out a cemetery there for our GrGrandmother Lucy Sharron
Patenaud's grave.   That is the one I believe Frank Patenaude, Lucy's son is
buried.   The weather is nice now and she likes to go for rides on Sunday.   Her
daughter takes her, she only drives in town.   She takes after our mother when
it comes to cooking and driving.    Mom disliked to cook and was lousy at it 
and a worse driver.   Watch out when it came time to back up.    Actually watch
out when she was driving forward!!!
>
> Had Geo. edit my memoirs - as far as I have gone with it and except for one
paragraph where he said I rambled, he thought it was pretty good.    Have to
unramble that paragraph.
>
> Good to hear the corn is not a loss.
> Sheri - have you tried to check any books on Heritage Quest for your Brocks?  
If they go back that far in History, surely they must have stayed long enough
for some town to mention them?
>
> --- In seekingourtwigs@yahoogroups.com, "Earline Bradt" <earlinebradt@> wrote:
> >
> > Well, the corn is straightened up but it was starting to grow upright
yesterday and now the stalks have to straighten up. We got another 3 inches of
rain overnight!
> > Sent on the TELUS Mobility network with BlackBerry
> >
>

Back from West Palm beach, had a nice visit but as always, glad to be home.
Sheri - Didn't Randolph Scott take his first name from a family name?   He was
originally from somewhere in Virginia so very possible you can have a connection
to him?
Earline - I made vinyl slip covers once for a golf cart George used to use in
Parades when he was active with the shrine.   The golf cart was used as a little
wrecker to tow their mini cars if they broke down in parades.   A little trick I
learned from one of our members who was in the upholstering business.   If you
are going to make welting, when you cover it cut the ends on an angle so the
seam is not bulky in one spot and then take a pocket knife and trim the material
from the seam line to the edge of the material in half so it is not as thick. 
Both those tricks will give you a much flatter seam and will look more
professional.
--- In seekingourtwigs@yahoogroups.com, Sheri Bush <mytwigs@...> wrote:
>
>
> I do have home access to Heritage Quest through the library.  I have gone
through the books.  I found a very important one on the BYU Library site.   I am
working in the Shenandoah area of Virginia right now.  I have my Rudolph and
family there.  He is sometimes listed as Brack, and sometimes Brock.  I'm
thinking that my Brock family is going to look much different when I'm done.
>
> Very hot.  So exhausting.  Ready for frost!  I cannot imagine what August will
be like.
>
>
>
> FamilyTwigs
> aka. Sheri Bush
> Chat  MSN: mytwigs@hotmailContact Me
>

That posting below must have been in cyber space - I think I posted that back
around Friday or sat.   Just showed up.

Anyway, we had a morning thunderbumper that rattled me awake.   Moving off to
sea now and clearing.   We are off to West Palm Beach in about an hour to spend
the day with b-i-l and his spouse.   Geo. will tweak his brothers cpu and
Claireann and I will probably go to the thrift stores.  Clairann makes beautiful
crochet afghans and gives them away to the elderly for lap throws etc.   She
gets the majority of her yarn at thrift stores - plus she volunteers at one of
them during the week.   She does several different patterns and the colors are
always varied.
You ladies have a pleasant day.

--- In seekingourtwigs@yahoogroups.com, "Norma" <no2more@...> wrote:
>
> Bonnie fell apart, so we only got a few showers from that storm.   Down south
they got more of the much needed rain.    I see where Milwaukee is flooded from
the storm up there.   Crazy weather all over the States. I did some mulching
with the clippings from where Geo. mowed.  A lot of pine needles mixed in and
that is great mulch, especially for azaleas.   I have about five or six azaleas
on the North side of the house where it gets more shade.     They are finally
starting to perk up and look a little more healthy.    The hibiscus that we
saved are doing great except for two that I think we will lose.   They started
to perk up and then the new growth died out again.   Could have been too little
water.
> Cooled off in the pool and now I am in for the afternoon.
> My sister volunteered to go to the Cemetery in Colchester again today.   That
is the same one we went to a few years ago and could not find the headstones we
needed.    I found out they are there, only they are in the woodsy area and are
broken and partially buried.    I didn't know there were any headstones there at
all, when we were there.   I asked her if she would have time to stop off in
East Windsor and check out a cemetery there for our GrGrandmother Lucy Sharron
Patenaud's grave.   That is the one I believe Frank Patenaude, Lucy's son is
buried.   The weather is nice now and she likes to go for rides on Sunday.   Her
daughter takes her, she only drives in town.   She takes after our mother when
it comes to cooking and driving.    Mom disliked to cook and was lousy at it 
and a worse driver.   Watch out when it came time to back up.    Actually watch
out when she was driving forward!!!
>
> Had Geo. edit my memoirs - as far as I have gone with it and except for one
paragraph where he said I rambled, he thought it was pretty good.    Have to
unramble that paragraph.
>
> Good to hear the corn is not a loss.
> Sheri - have you tried to check any books on Heritage Quest for your Brocks?  
If they go back that far in History, surely they must have stayed long enough
for some town to mention them?
>
> --- In seekingourtwigs@yahoogroups.com, "Earline Bradt" <earlinebradt@> wrote:
> >
> > Well, the corn is straightened up but it was starting to grow upright
yesterday and now the stalks have to straighten up. We got another 3 inches of
rain overnight!
> > Sent on the TELUS Mobility network with BlackBerry
> >
>

75 going to 90, storms this afternoon, I hope the corn doesn't get flattened
again.

Norma, I'm gong to put cording around the cushions but the bench seat I am not
sewing, I'm just replacing the damaged padding and stapling one piece on the
bottom and one on the back, it should last longer without seams. the seat
originally had all kinds of seams in it, piecing different colours together,
tucks all over, not very waterproof. I have to go to the shop to put the back
on, Paul says it's too hard to take the seat all the way out. I think we'll just
replace the foam and plywood on the seat, the back is in better condition, just
have to replace the vinyl on it.

Sheri, my Ringger/Rinker ancestors were in the Shenendoah Valley and
Gainsborough Virginia after they left Germantown, PA. about 1757. When were your
Brack/Brock ancestors there?

--- In seekingourtwigs@yahoogroups.com, "Norma" <no2more@...> wrote:
>
> That posting below must have been in cyber space - I think I posted that back
around Friday or sat.   Just showed up.
>
> Anyway, we had a morning thunderbumper that rattled me awake.   Moving off to
sea now and clearing.   We are off to West Palm Beach in about an hour to spend
the day with b-i-l and his spouse.   Geo. will tweak his brothers cpu and
Claireann and I will probably go to the thrift stores.  Clairann makes beautiful
crochet afghans and gives them away to the elderly for lap throws etc.   She
gets the majority of her yarn at thrift stores - plus she volunteers at one of
them during the week.   She does several different patterns and the colors are
always varied.
> You ladies have a pleasant day.
>
> --- In seekingourtwigs@yahoogroups.com, "Norma" <no2more@> wrote:
> >
> > Bonnie fell apart, so we only got a few showers from that storm.   Down
south they got more of the much needed rain.    I see where Milwaukee is flooded
from the storm up there.   Crazy weather all over the States. I did some
mulching with the clippings from where Geo. mowed.  A lot of pine needles mixed
in and that is great mulch, especially for azaleas.   I have about five or six
azaleas on the North side of the house where it gets more shade.     They are
finally starting to perk up and look a little more healthy.    The hibiscus that
we saved are doing great except for two that I think we will lose.   They
started to perk up and then the new growth died out again.   Could have been too
little water.
> > Cooled off in the pool and now I am in for the afternoon.
> > My sister volunteered to go to the Cemetery in Colchester again today.  
That is the same one we went to a few years ago and could not find the
headstones we needed.    I found out they are there, only they are in the woodsy
area and are broken and partially buried.    I didn't know there were any
headstones there at all, when we were there.   I asked her if she would have
time to stop off in East Windsor and check out a cemetery there for our
GrGrandmother Lucy Sharron Patenaud's grave.   That is the one I believe Frank
Patenaude, Lucy's son is buried.   The weather is nice now and she likes to go
for rides on Sunday.   Her daughter takes her, she only drives in town.   She
takes after our mother when it comes to cooking and driving.    Mom disliked to
cook and was lousy at it  and a worse driver.   Watch out when it came time to
back up.    Actually watch out when she was driving forward!!!
> >
> > Had Geo. edit my memoirs - as far as I have gone with it and except for one
paragraph where he said I rambled, he thought it was pretty good.    Have to
unramble that paragraph.
> >
> > Good to hear the corn is not a loss.
> > Sheri - have you tried to check any books on Heritage Quest for your Brocks?
If they go back that far in History, surely they must have stayed long enough
for some town to mention them?
> >
> > --- In seekingourtwigs@yahoogroups.com, "Earline Bradt" <earlinebradt@>
wrote:
> > >
> > > Well, the corn is straightened up but it was starting to grow upright
yesterday and now the stalks have to straighten up. We got another 3 inches of
rain overnight!
> > > Sent on the TELUS Mobility network with BlackBerry
> > >
> >
>

In reading some information on Brock's Gap and some of the areas settled back in
those days, it is clear that the boundary line changed a few times since then.  
All of that area at that time was part of West Virginia, Pennsylvania and
Kentucky.   I ran across some information that referred to Elkton, which is
today part of West Virginia.   Having been to that whole area more then once, I
can tell you it was not all the best farming land.    It was one Mountain after
another with farms in the valleys and some carved into the sides of the
mountains, but they all ran the risk of flooding with the spring thaws if the
rains were heavy.   No wonder those that stayed are poor and the rest left.

--- In seekingourtwigs@yahoogroups.com, Sheri Bush <mytwigs@...> wrote:
>
>
> My Rudolph (Rudal, Rudy) immigrated in 1733, moved to Shenandoah in 1735 and
died there in 1748.  There are still some Brock(Brack) descendants there.  His
first cousin, Hanss Michel Brack, come to be known here as John Michael Brock
immigrated about 1710(5th party of Palatines to America)  He was naturalized on
22 Nov 1715 in Albany NY.  Somehow he and Rudy hooked up in the area.  It would
have been shortly after 1724 as that was the last record he created in NY.  He
died before 1752 in the area.  The area called Brock's Gap was John Michael
Brock's land.  I believe Rudy's adjoined it.  Such interesting stuff!  Haven't
seen any Rinkers yet.  But I am still in that tunnel vision area where all I can
see is Brock.
>
> Going to be really hot today.  I hope we get rain today.  Areas around us have
been swamped but we haven't gotten a drop.
>
>
>
>
>
> FamilyTwigs
> aka. Sheri Bush
> Chat  MSN: mytwigs@hotmailContact Me
>

High 60's going to 78, nice breeze from the north

The Churchbell has been ringing for about 20 minutes, they must be working on
it, now Westminster Chimes is playing, or " the Brownie Prayer" I called it when
I was a kid. "Oh Lord thy God, thy children call, Grant us thy peace, and bless
us all.  Amen". We used to sing it at the end of our Brownie meetings.
Oh, it stopped for a while.

I'm still working on the boat seat, it needs more work than I thought. I am just
about done removing all of the wood on the fibreglass frame it just crumbled it
was so rotten. Well it was almost 30 years old. When I'm finished I have to put
a new coat of fibreglass over the whole seat, then replace the wooden frame,
made from pressure-treated lumber this time, then another layer of fibreglass
then I can re-upholster it. It should outlast us by the time I'm done.

My oldest son turned 33 yesterday, there's a party for him tomorrow. We're
hoping to get the new  fence up this weekend, it's finally cooled off enough.
Sent on the TELUS Mobility network with BlackBerry

Another hot and muggy day.   Inside work today - ran the Hoover, cleaned both
baths and the kitchen.   No dusting yet - maybe tomorrow.  Dusted the computer
room yesterday so part of that job is finished.
Earline, I can't remember when was the last time I heard the Church Bells ring. 
I miss it.   Someone told me that they can't ring them anymore.   I hope that is
wrong.  My front door bell plays the Westminister Chimes - love it, but it goes
on forever.   I do find that with so many appliances, TV programs that have
bells, chimes etc. that it helps me to know someone is at the door and not the
microwave going off.
Happy Birthday to your son and many more to come.
Sheri - those Brocks have buried you underground - time to come up for some air.
I am still working on the last of my piles - going slower now, but I have found
a lot of data that was just waiting for me to enter, plus some of the scanning
stuff I find is more data I can enter rather then something to scan and save.  
Like one of a note that Hiram K Scott, Jr. was in North Carolina to visit his
wife who had been there for the past three months.   I have no clue why she
would be there, her parents were from New York, and I have no clue why she would
be away for so long.   He died the following month and she died the following
year back in Conn.   They had no children - so no need to scan that stuff, it
makes no sense to me and he was only a Uncle twice removed.

--- In seekingourtwigs@yahoogroups.com, "Earline Bradt" <earlinebradt@...>
wrote:
>
> High 60's going to 78, nice breeze from the north
>
> The Churchbell has been ringing for about 20 minutes, they must be working on
it, now Westminster Chimes is playing, or " the Brownie Prayer" I called it when
I was a kid. "Oh Lord thy God, thy children call, Grant us thy peace, and bless
us all.  Amen". We used to sing it at the end of our Brownie meetings.
> Oh, it stopped for a while.
>
> I'm still working on the boat seat, it needs more work than I thought. I am
just about done removing all of the wood on the fibreglass frame it just
crumbled it was so rotten. Well it was almost 30 years old. When I'm finished I
have to put a new coat of fibreglass over the whole seat, then replace the
wooden frame, made from pressure-treated lumber this time, then another layer of
fibreglass then I can re-upholster it. It should outlast us by the time I'm
done.
>
> My oldest son turned 33 yesterday, there's a party for him tomorrow. We're
hoping to get the new  fence up this weekend, it's finally cooled off enough.
> Sent on the TELUS Mobility network with BlackBerry
>

Sorry to hear about step father, hope he is feeling better.  Very little rain
here, I've been running our sprinklers, otherwise our grass would be all dried
out too.  We can run them on Wed. and Sat. only.   I used to run them every
other day, but they stopped that last year and now two days a week.
On a real quiet evening, we can just barely hear the trains if the wind is
blowing east to west.  The trains run downtown Melbourne about a half mile from
the coastline and that is about eight miles or so away from us.
I remember Church bells when I lived in Conn. and when we lived in New Jersey,
and sometimes in Virginia when the wind was blowing our way, but after that, the
church bells have been quiet or the Church is too far away?

--- In seekingourtwigs@yahoogroups.com, Sheri Bush <mytwigs@...> wrote:
>
>
> Just a very busy day today.  I have been trying to get the Brock file into
shape for the past 2 days.  I am only here for a minute today though.  Have to
go to the store and put that behind me.  Step-father has been ill and went this
morning to the ER.  Having bad allergies.
>
> In the middle of all that, today is beautiful.  It is sunny and about 80.  Not
so hot, no humidity to speak of.  Only problem is too dry.  the grass is all
gold.
>
> I can't hear the church bells here.  Wish I could.  They still play here,
thankfully.  I can hear the train if the wind is right, the factory whistle if
the wind is coming from the other way, but no church bells.
>
>
>
> FamilyTwigs
> aka. Sheri Bush
> Chat  MSN: mytwigs@hotmailContact Me
>

71 with a high of 80, some sprinkles, our grass was brown but with the rain last
weekend it is green and growing now.

There are no train tracks around here anymore, they removed the MCR line and
have a green way there now, for walking and biking which goes for miles across
the county. I have never seen anyone use it yet except for snowmobiling in the
winter.
There are a lot of churches around town, I don't think very many have bells
anymore, just the oldest ones. The one that had the bells ringing yesterday
rings them every fifteen minutes, you can tell the time by how much of the song
is played, 15 min.-first bar, 30 min.-1st and 2nd bar, 45 min.-1st,2nd,3rd bar,
on the hour- all four bars.
Hayfever season is just about starting here, it doesn't bother me but hubby
usually gets hit hard.


--- In seekingourtwigs@yahoogroups.com, "Norma" <no2more@...> wrote:
>
> Sorry to hear about step father, hope he is feeling better.  Very little rain
here, I've been running our sprinklers, otherwise our grass would be all dried
out too.  We can run them on Wed. and Sat. only.   I used to run them every
other day, but they stopped that last year and now two days a week.
> On a real quiet evening, we can just barely hear the trains if the wind is
blowing east to west.  The trains run downtown Melbourne about a half mile from
the coastline and that is about eight miles or so away from us.
> I remember Church bells when I lived in Conn. and when we lived in New Jersey,
and sometimes in Virginia when the wind was blowing our way, but after that, the
church bells have been quiet or the Church is too far away?
>
> --- In seekingourtwigs@yahoogroups.com, Sheri Bush <mytwigs@> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Just a very busy day today.  I have been trying to get the Brock file into
shape for the past 2 days.  I am only here for a minute today though.  Have to
go to the store and put that behind me.  Step-father has been ill and went this
morning to the ER.  Having bad allergies.
> >
> > In the middle of all that, today is beautiful.  It is sunny and about 80. 
Not so hot, no humidity to speak of.  Only problem is too dry.  the grass is all
gold.
> >
> > I can't hear the church bells here.  Wish I could.  They still play here,
thankfully.  I can hear the train if the wind is right, the factory whistle if
the wind is coming from the other way, but no church bells.
> >
> >
> >
> > FamilyTwigs
> > aka. Sheri Bush
> > Chat  MSN: mytwigs@hotmailContact Me
> >
>