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52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy & History – Wk 11 – Illness & Injury

Week 11: Illness and Injury. Describe your childhood illnesses or injuries. Who took care of you? Did you recuperate in your own bed, on the couch in front of the television, or somewhere else? Challenge runs from Saturday 12 March, … Continue reading

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NaBloPoMo – Day 11 – Death

We have I am sure all heard the saying “There are two certainties in life; death and taxes” Such a sad single word, which has the ability to shatter ones life. In the past year in this household we have … Continue reading

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NaBloPoMo – Day 10 – Photographs

The concept of photography is quite simply amazing. We can with the click of a button these days take a photograph and record and event in history. Is that what the developers originally thought of? The most important camera most … Continue reading

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NaBloPoMo – Day 9 – Letters

In times past we used to get two daily postal deliveries, nowadays I barely get one delivery. The art of writing a letter has gone, vanished, a casualty of the modern age of emails, blogs, texts, tweets and Face Book. … Continue reading

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NaBloPoMo – Day 8 – Blog

The word Blog is a new word. Forget the dictionary aspects of it. There are many wonderful blogs out there on the web. Each one, potentially, we can get lost in as we read, understand, develop and get to know … Continue reading

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NaBloPoMo – Day 7 – Friendship

A Golden Chain Friendship is a Golden Chain,The links are friends so dear,And like a rare and precious jewelIt’s treasured more each year… It’s clasped together firmlyWith a love that’s deep and true,And it’s rich with happy memoriesand fond recollections, … Continue reading

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NaBloPoMo – Day 6 – Books

I love books, always have done. I especially like old books and the musty smell they share. I don’t know if I had a fabric book, you know the sort that babies have that can be chewed, sucked and washed! … Continue reading

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Fearless Females – Day 4

March 4 — Do you have marriage records for your grandparents or great-grandparents? Write a post about where they were married and when. Any family stories about the wedding day? Post a photo too if you have one. I do … Continue reading

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Weekend Cooking – Memories of a snake!….

Recently, over on Dizzy C Book Blog the question was posed, of what was the strangest thing we had eaten. My comment post was snake and I promised a post about it. On the way back from Australia I stopped … Continue reading

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52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy & History – Wk 10 – Disasters

Week 10: Disasters. Did you experience any natural disasters in your lifetime? Tell us about them. If not, then discuss these events that happened to parents, grandparents or others in your family. This challenge runs from Saturday March 5 through … Continue reading

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