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Pictures Like You've never Seen
Google Plus ^ | April 20, 2014 | Staff

Posted on 04/20/2014 6:10:03 AM PDT by lbryce


Things sure have changed since I've been a kid. The bus driver going
quick over a tight turn was as exciting as it ever got. Not like this.


So, you don't believe that's Dolly Parton. (Well, looking at
her blouse who would blame you? That kid sure grew up fast.


It may look sublimely other-worldly but I promise you it ain't that
planet they just discovered described as "could possibly harbor water"


That is one scary hare. Freaky-looking, too. Heck, even I would cry, now, sitting next to that thing!


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To: gorush

41 posted on 04/20/2014 8:35:39 AM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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To: Fightin Whitey

Lake Itasca, I presume.


42 posted on 04/20/2014 8:38:03 AM PDT by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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To: momtothree

Bronzing: There’s a company that still does it.

http://americanprofile.com/articles/bronzing-baby-shoes/


43 posted on 04/20/2014 8:44:14 AM PDT by Bigg Red (1 Pt 1: As he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in every aspect of your conduct.)
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To: momtothree

More info on bronzing:

http://www.parentingtoddlers.com/keepsake.html


44 posted on 04/20/2014 8:46:41 AM PDT by Bigg Red (1 Pt 1: As he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in every aspect of your conduct.)
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To: gorush

It’s a stock photo though I’m guessing you are right.

Used to camp up there during my college years although the raccoons had taken over the place, snarling and fighting and rattling trash cans all night long.

Many years later I lived near Bemidji and what surprised me, in a good way, was the wide glabrous seemingly motionless expanse of the Mississippi, just east of town I think, that some friends of mine lived along.

It was like a long wide perfectly still pool, but it had the banks and twists & turns of a stream—and it wasn’t still at all but slowly, silently flowing.

Somehow it was always startling to think of the roaring mighty river it soon became.


45 posted on 04/20/2014 8:59:32 AM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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To: Bigg Red

What’s old is new again!! I simply love the traditions of keeping the “first”. I have locks of hair (from the first hair cut), baby shoes, first outfits and (I hate to say this because it sounds morbid to some) but baby teeth. I also preserved the Christening gowns in the hope they will use them for their first child. My youngest had her gown made from my wedding dress and it is spectacular. Thank you, Bigg Redd.. you made my day!!


46 posted on 04/20/2014 9:40:49 AM PDT by momtothree
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I always hated that dog Tyge as well.

No dog has shark teeth!

47 posted on 04/20/2014 8:54:27 PM PDT by boop (I just wanted a President. But I got a rock.)
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To: momtothree

My youngest had her gown made from my wedding dress and it is spectacular.

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What a wonderful heirloom!

We have in my family a baptismal gown, purchased by my mother for her first grandchild in 1958. It was worn by most of my mother’s 29 grandchildren and by most of her great-grandchildren, including my 3 magnificent grandsons.


48 posted on 04/21/2014 5:11:09 AM PDT by Bigg Red (1 Pt 1: As he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in every aspect of your conduct.)
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To: Bigg Red

I LOVE that! A gown being passed on is so special. With two girls, I decided that my wedding gown was dated. The coloring (champagne) wasn’t a good one for either and to be honest.. I didn’t want either a fight over it or for them to feel like they “had” to use it. The Christening gown that was made was beyond spectacular. Super long train that draped over your arms and beading/sequence used so delicately. I saved the other “scraps” of the gown in case they want it sewn into a wedding gown they choose or they can have it sewn into a ring pillow. You know what’s funny, Bigg Red. We’ve sort of gotten away from “heirlooms”. Everything today has to be new and such. I guess I’m old fashioned or sentimental that way. (((Hugs))) Mom


49 posted on 04/21/2014 5:59:51 AM PDT by momtothree
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To: momtothree

That sound just wonderful. You are very clever. Did you make the baptismal gown yourself?

Yes, heirlooms are often not appreciated today in our throw-away society. The notion of passing on wedding gowns seems to have faded away. In my small town there is a second hand shop run by volunteers for the benefit of our local hospital. I have never visited the store, but I read an article about it in our local paper some time back.

Seems they have a ton of wedding gowns. I suppose that there were many brides in the past who had saved them in anticipation of passing them on to daughters or granddaughters. And, of course, there was a time when it was very difficult to afford such a gown, whereas now most brides have the money to fork over for the dresses made in Asian sweatshops.

Don’t get me started on the weddings that young women plan these days. If the time and effort they spent planning the marriage was even 1/10 of the time and effort they put into planning the wedding, they would most likely be married more than a just a few years.

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50 posted on 04/21/2014 11:38:02 AM PDT by Bigg Red (1 Pt 1: As he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in every aspect of your conduct.)
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