Ralph and Marvin

This is a picture I pulled up for Ralph today of him and Marvelous Marvin Hagler. For those of you who don't know boxing, Marv was a big time boxer back in the day, and hubby did some boxing locally back in his day. (This is where you hear the Boss sing "Glory Days" for hubby). Ha ha! Anyway, Ralph met Marvin last year when our fence company, Allenfarm Fence Company, did some fence work for him. After the work was done, Mrs. Hagler brought out a tray of goodies for them to munch while they talked boxing. Before Ralph and crew left, Marv posed with him for a few photos.

I didn't take the photos, but whoever did used my camera! LOL

Tagged Again!

It's a good thing I have photos stored in several places, because I've been tagged, yet again! This time Kimmy tagged me! I went to another photo storage area to get this 6th folder, 6th photo. It is was taken last July at my family reunion.

For the last 80+ years, (I can't remember now, exactly how many) my family has held a reunion every July. The two ladies in the photo (Ida on the left, Angie on the right were also at the very first reunion, as little girls. The first reunion was held to celebrate their grandparents' 35th Wedding Anniversary. Every year since, we bake beans in the ground and make coffee on the grill. Each family who comes brings food to share and we eat and visit and talk family history. When everyone is done eating, we have a meeting and determine who is : Oldest, youngest, traveled the most miles to attend and we make plans and a date for next year's gathering. When all of the "business" is done, we hold a "Scotch Auction" where wrapped surprises are bid on and purchased without first knowing what is inside. It's always good for a few laughs when some of the "treasures" are discovered. Just for fun, I scanned in a copy of the photo from the very first reunion.

Since I have been tagged so often, I'll leave it up to all of you, if you want to continue with the game. Thanks for thinking of me, Kimmy! Here's how to play:

Here are the instructions:

1. Go to your Picture Folder on your computer or wherever you store your pictures.

2. Go to the 6th Folder, then pick the 6th picture in that folder.

3. Post that picture on your blog and the story that goes along with the picture.

4. Tag 6 other people that you know or don’t know to do the same thing and leave a comment on their blog or an e-mail letting them know you chose them.

Since it was such a grey, gloomy day here in Central Maine today, I thought I'd post some fun spring pictures from last year. I took these on one of my morning walks. At the end of our street is a turn-about, and one of the neighbors has a beautiful creeping phlox garden up by the street. I now call it "The Bunny Garden". This particular morning, there was about 4 or 5 of them popping and hopping all over. It was so funny! I was able to take a few pictures before they hopped away. When I got home, I found this black duck wandering in my back field. I had never seen a black duck before, and thought he was funny. I think he was looking for our neighbor's pond, but like most men, wouldn't ask for directions!

Moose Photos for Sherri!

I went into the archives to get these two moose photos for my friend, Sherri, who LOVES them! Both photos were taken during the summer of 2006. My son, Jacob, and I took his friend, Mike, to Mt. Katahdin to try and catch a glimpse of a moose. Mike had never actually seen one, and we knew just the place to take him! We not only saw one moose that day, we saw five ! Here are pictures of three of them. The two cows had been bickering back and forth, until one gave up and decided to leave. (She's the one in the watercolor photo. Next, (what we had been waiting for) the Momma brought out the calf she had been hiding in the woods. She had been protecting her baby from the other moose, but proudly put him on display for those of us watching from a rock on the other side of the stream. I just love this picture of her looking back at him to make sure he was coming along. So, the day was a success. Mike got to see not one, but three moose on the mountain, and two more on the trip home!

Bangor City Forest

I decided to go for a walk today in our City Forest/Bog Walk. The board walk is closed for the the winter, but people and pets can walk the plowed roads and enjoy being outside any time of year. I stopped by today thinking I would get some great bird shots - WRONG! Usually I see TONS of birds and wildlife on my forest walks. I guess not in the winter! I only saw two little chickadees (who, by the way, were very cute). One was even kind enough to let me take his picture, although he just couldn't stand still!

I "Landed" this Polaroid

Hubby took me to an auction recently and bid on this Polaroid Land camera for me. This was the first camera of it's kind - the first one to shoot and print. It revolutionized photography. This model was manufactured from 1948-1957. The roll type film used in it was discontinued in 1992, so I can't use the camera, but I wanted to add it to my collection anyway.

Tag, You're It!

I've been tagged Today I was tagged by the talented Suzi and Christie to take part in a fun little blog tag. Here is the instructions: 1. Go to your Picture Folder on your computer or wherever you store your pictures. 2. Go to the 6th Folder, then pick the 6th picture in that folder. 3. Post that picture on your blog and the story that goes along with the picture. 4. Tag 6 other people that you know or don’t know to do the same thing and leave a comment on their blog or an e-mail letting them know you chose them.

This is a photo I took in the summer of 2007 while walking in my neighborhood. I love the "pretty in pink" lady slippers that grow in the woods amongst the pine needles that fall from the trees.


I have actually been tagged TWICE (lol) today, but I'll just play once. It was fun to do. Thanks to Cindi for helping me figure it out.

Tag, You're It!!

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