tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24829759300576593942024-03-13T12:47:46.043-03:00Ocean BreezesJimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11199777195853274898noreply@blogger.comBlogger2195125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2482975930057659394.post-69165770974470468072017-09-15T11:01:00.002-03:002017-09-15T11:01:55.006-03:00Friday Note.....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><i>When I started blogging I had a goal.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>It was to extend myself out there and 'meet' people</i></b></div>
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<b><i>(and I actually met a few in person!).</i></b></div>
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<b><i>I was also recuperating from a severe concussion.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>It was suggested that maybe 'blogging' </i></b></div>
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<b><i>It was.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>I have also learned that when blogging</i></b></div>
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<b><i>This is SO true and can be seen by all the very</i></b></div>
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<b><i>Lately I haven't been putting much of an effort</i></b></div>
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<b><i>They became very rote to do.....not much thought behind them.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>This told me that, just maybe, it is time to stop for a while.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>So I have.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>Thank you to all from whom I have learned things</i></b></div>
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<b><i>I will continue to follow my favourite bloggers.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>I can't imagine not hearing from these people</i></b></div>
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Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11199777195853274898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2482975930057659394.post-626501591524704252017-09-11T03:00:00.000-03:002017-09-11T03:00:19.911-03:00Contemplative Monday <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><i>.....<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huangbo_Xiyun">Huang Po</a> (click to learn more)</i></b></div>
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Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11199777195853274898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2482975930057659394.post-850934286245691462017-09-10T03:00:00.000-03:002017-09-10T09:22:07.775-03:00Eclectic Tastes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><i>Erik Satie was a master of unusual but distinctive classical compositions.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>This is but one of them.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>Way back in the 70's I took a contemporary dance course at Dalhousie University</i></b></div>
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<b><i>and at it's conclusion there was a performance done in pairs</i></b></div>
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<b><i>My partner and I chose this piece </i></b></div>
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<b><i>I remember all the rehearsing it took to present our choreography. </i></b></div>
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<b><i>Have a wonderful Sunday everyone! </i></b></div>
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<b><i>As we enter 'hurricane season' along the coast of Nova Scotia.....</i></b></div>
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<b><i>.....these two Boxers were enjoying their ocean swim and walk across the grass.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>.....getting used to seeing Boxers like this.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>......the result of a very wet/rainy windshield the other day at boardwalk.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>......very large container ship filled to the rafters</i></b></div>
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<b><i>......at the far eastern end of Lawrencetown Beach looking west.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>......catching up to Ron at the park.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>......also picked up this carpet (8X5) last week at an estate sale......</i></b></div>
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<b><i>been searching for its origins.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>.....<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huineng"><span style="color: #ffd966;">Hui-Neng</span></a> (click to learn more)</i></b></div>
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<b><i>It runs parallel to Halifax Harbour with peninsular city of Halifax in between them....</i></b></div>
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<b><i>These are popping up all over Nova Scotia the past few years.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>.....<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Thurman">Robert Thurman</a> (click to learn more)</i></b></div>
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<b><i>1964......THAT seems like a long time ago now! I was in grade 10.</i></b><br />
<b><i>But I do remember this piece when it first came out.</i></b><br />
<b><i>It was the longest pop song recorded at that time.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>Breezing through August.......</i></b></div>
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<b><i>While at the shop I could watch for hours the different scenarios</i></b></div>
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<b><i>that form at this tidal sand-bar across from the shop.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>I've been watching this fella for quite some time....never gets tiring.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>What did I tell you!</i></b></div>
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<b><i>Actually this was taken the other day at the park when I took </i></b></div>
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<b><i>Sophie and I found him here in the shade further along.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>This is Canada's 150th birthday.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>This truck, with a few others, is travelling the country</i></b></div>
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<b><i>They started in British Columbia and are now in the Atlantic Provinces.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>In the process of making a few changes at the shop.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>I liked this little display of colour.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>One morning this week we were on the trail and walking through the mist</i></b></div>
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<b><i>This rather rusty object at the shop is a 'horse tether'......</i></b></div>
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<b><i>used back in the day as a portable hitching post.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>I guess horses don't need too much resistance to stay put.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>Here is my collection of irons at the shop.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>While in the city/Halifax the other day we saw literally</i></b></div>
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<b><i>We think it may have been graduation day/end of season for the kids.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>Walking the Atlantic Trail on Thursday morning....</i></b></div>
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<b><i>Sunfish everywhere!!</i></b></div>
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<b><i>My 'marine wall' in the MacDonald House where my shop is located.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>We 'found' this Daylily paradise way down the Eastern Shore</i></b></div>
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<b><i>about a month ago.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>Two fellas have made this place into a spectacular haven for garden lovers.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>It is built on a cliff with hundreds and hundreds of lily varieties everywhere.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>......paper weights!! oh oh....</i></b></div>
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Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11199777195853274898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2482975930057659394.post-82881562493700825112017-08-21T03:00:00.000-03:002017-08-21T03:00:19.381-03:00Contemplative Monday<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><i>"Nothing is permanent: the sun and moon rise and set,</i></b></div>
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<b><i>the bright clear day is followed by the deep dark night.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>From hour to hour, everything changes."</i></b></div>
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Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11199777195853274898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2482975930057659394.post-62132488677020200902017-08-20T03:00:00.001-03:002017-08-20T03:00:05.399-03:00Eclectic Tastes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11199777195853274898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2482975930057659394.post-4637604056348751712017-08-19T03:00:00.000-03:002017-08-19T03:00:33.496-03:00Saturday Morning Post<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><i>It has been a challenging week for my family.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>We lost our dear 'double' first cousin, Cheryl.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>At times like this it is difficult to find that balance</i></b></div>
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<b><i>Cheryl's funeral was Wednesday.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>The church was packed.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>The priest saved the day for us all!</i></b></div>
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<b><i>He was sensitive, knew Cheryl well,</i></b></div>
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<b><i>had a sense of humour, was very kind,</i></b></div>
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<b><i>and even danced at the altar because he knew Cheryl</i></b></div>
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<b><i>loved to dance. ( I loved jiving with her over the years)</i></b></div>
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<b><i>So....it has been challenging for me this week</i></b></div>
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<b><i>Nonetheless, moving forward is the key, right?</i></b></div>
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<b><i>A shot I took the other evening out our living room window....reflections everywhere.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>I was very fortunate recently to have acquired </i></b></div>
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<b><i>These thistles are abundant this year along the trails and shore.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>No wonder they are survivors.....who would go near them!!</i></b></div>
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<b><i>One of my favourite views (if you haven't guessed already!!lol)</i></b></div>
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<b><i>This past week has been 'Acadian Days' in the Maritimes</i></b></div>
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<b><i>(which is made up of the provinces of New Brunswick,</i></b></div>
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<b><i>In a nutshell, Acadians are/were those French settlers that</i></b></div>
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<b><i>The British during the years 1755 to 1764</i></b></div>
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<b><i>carried out 'The Great Expulsion' and deported</i></b></div>
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<b><i>about 11,500 people to England, France and the Caribbean</i></b></div>
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<b><i>and about one third of these died in the process.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>A large number finally settled in Louisiana.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>I have Acadian blood on both sides of my family.....</i></b></div>
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<b><i>my father's g-great grandfather is considered</i></b></div>
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<b><i>On my mother's side (MacIsaac) I found French surnames</i></b></div>
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<b><i>There is an Acadian community just down the road from us.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>Their flag is the flag of France with a gold star.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>Now here is a guy who has absolutely no French blood.....</i></b></div>
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<b><i>I still love him though!</i></b></div>
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<b><i>Here is where 'we three amigoes' got a lot of solace this week.....</i></b></div>
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<b><i>This part of the river flows in both directions.....</i></b></div>
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<b><i>I can't tell you how peaceful it is here.</i></b></div>
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Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11199777195853274898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2482975930057659394.post-42718752024738598232017-08-12T03:00:00.000-03:002017-08-12T03:00:31.231-03:00Saturday Morning Post<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><i>Due to the death of my cousin, Cheryl, this past week</i></b></div>
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<b><i>I do not have the energy required to do so.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>Cheryl was what I have always called my/our 'double first cousin'.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>My dad's brother married my mom's sister</i></b></div>
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<b><i>So we were very close not only genetically</i></b></div>
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<b><i>When her father left both she and her mother, my dad stepped in</i></b></div>
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<b><i>He gave her away at her wedding and she attended every </i></b></div>
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<b><i>She was like my fifth sister.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>She married and had two sons. She had four grandchildren.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>Even typing this I can't believe she is gone.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>She will be so missed by my whole family.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>Funeral services will be this coming Wednesday.</i></b></div>
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Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11199777195853274898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2482975930057659394.post-22496511169500684702017-08-07T03:00:00.000-03:002017-08-07T03:00:09.200-03:00Contemplative Monday<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><i>.....<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sogyal_Rinpoche">Sogyal Rinpoch</a>e (click to learn more)</i></b></div>
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Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11199777195853274898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2482975930057659394.post-82641058888917116402017-08-06T03:00:00.000-03:002017-08-06T03:00:09.964-03:00Eclectic Tastes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><i>Love the energy here!!</i></b><br />
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<b><i>Are you as intrigued with barns as I am?</i></b></div>
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<b><i>This one is just a bit further down the road from us in Seaforth.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>Colourful 'kite-surfer' dance down at where the river meets the ocean.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>I bought this sleigh from a woman who got it in 1950 on her 2nd birthday.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>She was down-sizing and brought in a few things for me to look over.</i></b></div>
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Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11199777195853274898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2482975930057659394.post-88919751690969650682017-07-31T03:00:00.000-03:002017-08-01T19:54:37.534-03:00Contemplative Monday<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11199777195853274898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2482975930057659394.post-34606590357067580842017-07-24T03:00:00.000-03:002017-07-24T03:00:11.044-03:00Contemplative Monday<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><i>.....<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taisen_Deshimaru"><span style="color: #f1c232;">Taisen Deshimaru</span></a> (click to learn more)</i></b></div>
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<b><i>As a high school vice-principal used to tell us boys repeatedly</i></b></div>
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<b><i>" the ducks are on the pond, boys."</i></b></div>
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<b><i>Since I opened the shop it is not at all unusual</i></b></div>
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<b><i>This Duck Tin Toy was one of the items I bought the other day.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>And it works!</i></b></div>
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<b><i>We took a drive down (or up?) the Eastern Shore this week.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>This is in Head of Jeddore near the Salmon River.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>This is Oyster Pond....along the Eastern Shore.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>One of the schools I visited was from this commuity</i></b></div>
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<b><i>Back to Oyster Pond.....I used to eat my lunch here </i></b></div>
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<b><i>when I was a circuit teacher.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>I hope we are done with the FOG!</i></b></div>
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<b><i>Even though it does afford great photos, </i></b></div>
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Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11199777195853274898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2482975930057659394.post-67389941204483625882017-07-17T03:00:00.000-03:002017-07-17T03:00:22.417-03:00Contemplative Monday<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><i>.....<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shantideva">Santidiva</a> (click to learn more)</i></b></div>
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Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11199777195853274898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2482975930057659394.post-36502781772125749722017-07-16T03:00:00.001-03:002017-07-16T03:00:07.218-03:00Eclectic Tastes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><i>I like this version of the classic 'Summertime' done by Billy Stewart.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>Have a wonderful Sunday everyone.</i></b></div>
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