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Tag Archives: Colorado
I Tippy, Tippy Toe Thru My Garden
[If you ever saw the great Han Conried on “I Love Lucy”, you’ll get the title.] We are discussing gardens this week…so much to choose from! I have vegetable-gardened only a few times. I had moderate success , but my … Continue reading
Posted in Family, inspiration, Life, poetry, Random thoughts, Tonette Joyce, using talents
Tagged bamboo, blackberries, clematis, Colorado, container gardening, daffodils, English Ivy honeysuckle, gardening, growing lilies, Hans Conried, herb gardens, Homeowners Associations, hostas, I Love Lucy, maple trees. mimosa trees., newsletters, peach tree, plants, poetry, privacy, rockery, Rose of Sharon, St.Jude Book of Inspiration, vegetable gardening in containers
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Trouble On the Line
The topic of the week is about mistaken identities on the phone or strange/funny wrong numbers. I nearly used up the story last week about how I was often mistaken for my sister on the phone either by all the … Continue reading
It’s Not Just the Heat…
Most of us are in the US and this week are talking about what we hate about the heat. It is the end of July and that is usually when the worst hits.(Iris is in Australia, so if you check … Continue reading
Posted in childhood, Tonette Joyce, youth
Tagged air conditioning, Arizona, Colorado, Denver, discomfort, Hat weather, Hell, humid weather, humidity, Idaho, John Sebastian, Phoenix, Summer in the City, Washingto DC, Washington DC suburbs
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Son and Father
I have had my hands and head full the few days and I nearly skipped-out of this week’s blog,( for the first time). Then I realized that this is my first anniversary with” Four Foxes, One Hound” and I just … Continue reading
Posted in childhood, Jeff Salter, Tonette Joyce, writing, youth
Tagged Afghanistan, Air National Guard, beach, beach vacations, blogging, child's view of fatherhood, children's insight, Colorado, family, fatgher/son relations, fatherhood, fathers, fathers and sons, fathers day, Florida, interviews, Jeff Salter, Jonathan Dominic Skube jr, memorial day, memories, potato cannon, school, service in Iraq, Southern Kentucky Bookfest, The Bella Series, trips to the beach, vacations, violin student, Webelos Scouts, zoo
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Thank Heaven For Little Boys
Here is one time when my life was truly and suddenly in danger. I don’t know how many of you are familiar with humidity or lack thereof…I know the Hound and my Fellow Foxes know about high humidity; it makes … Continue reading
Posted in Tonette Joyce
Tagged air conditioning, carbon monoxide, cold hot suburbs, Colorado, compressed firplace logs, Denver, firplace, furnace, gas, glaciers, heaters, humidity, Natural gas, propane, sons, townhouse, windows
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The Blind Leading the Blind?
I had moved from the Washington, DC area where I grew up to southwest Idaho, (long story). My ex(?)-boyfriend came up to see us when he was in Denver for a job interview. He went back to Va. for a … Continue reading
Posted in Tonette Joyce
Tagged afraid, blind, bus, busses, car, Civil Service, Colorado, Denver, friends, gal-pal, helpful, husband, Idaho, Iowa, lost, married, medical transcriptionist, parents, priest, private academy, public transportation, roommate, shy, sightless, students, taxis, teachers, Virginia, wife
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