When we were in OH, we saw some AWSOME hummingbirds that I thought we bees, then my sister told me, No those are the hummingbirds. Then looked closer, & sure enough they were! I was amazed! They were two toned, brown/tan. I've never seen very many, so I don't know what they are, I guess! So was AMAZED! She was saying that those are wild petunia's, which I didn't know attracted butterflys! Learn something new everyday, don't ya! Shazam!! Cathy > [Original Message] > From: Lynn Vondran <lynnvondran@att.net> > To: <padutch-life@rootsweb.com> > Date: 8/8/2007 4:33:59 PM > Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] Animals in our backyards > > I wish they would come get our spiders out front. Seems I no sooner get those buggers' webs down, they build them bigger and better! I was going to go out and get some down before the workers get here tomorrow, but I'm not going to do that until they come to do the porch. WOW! you just missed the workers, John and Joyce. > RATS, I forgot, when they are on the road, they have to unsub :o( > Lynn > ----- Original Message ----- > From: dorner1065@aol.com > To: padutch-life@rootsweb.com > Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 1:41 PM > Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] Animals in our backyards > > > Here's a thought--it might have been eating bugs off the windows.? I've seen birds do this.? In our old office my desk was directly beneath the window and I used to see birds do this all the time--they would fly right up to the window, hover, and pick bugs right off the glass. > > --Debra > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard Berkheiser <reberkheiser@earthlink.net> > To: PADUTCH-LIFE@rootsweb.com > Sent: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 10:37 am > Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] Animals in our backyards > > > > Hi everyone! > > This reminds me. For most of this summer we had a yellow Finch that would fly > around our house for hours and peck at all the windows. It would flutter up to > the big picture window in the Dining Room like it was trying to fly in. After > it did that it would back off and sit on the thermometer for awhile trying to > figure out why out why it couldn't fly straight through. This bird was really > obsessed with this for a month. After we had a bad rainstorm a few weeks ago, > we didn't see it anymore. > > It was pretty comical to watch the bird in action. > > Rick B > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of > the message > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.11.8/940 - Release Date: 8/6/2007 4:53 PM

So Lynn, I guess that we are putting this "reunion" into your hands??? When in October do you want us??? ~~~Linda~~~ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynn Vondran" <lynnvondran@att.net> To: <padutch-life@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 3:49 PM Subject: [PD-LIFE] Visit > LOL!!!!!!! Well, when did you say you could come. Remember, I have > storytime on Saturday morning from 9:30 to 11:30. I've cancelled so much > now, I shouldn't cancel anymore. > You name the date and time, and I'll check the calendar :o) > Lynn > > Hi Jerilyn and Gang: > I am looking...with baited breath! > Perhaps if we can get a date and time settled for October,others from the > list could show up,and we can have a "mini" reunion.Though ,I guess it is > not right to call it a reunion since some of us have never ever met once! > We could call it our October Fest since we all have sauerkraut juice for > blood. > :-) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

LOL!!!!!!! Well, when did you say you could come. Remember, I have storytime on Saturday morning from 9:30 to 11:30. I've cancelled so much now, I shouldn't cancel anymore. You name the date and time, and I'll check the calendar :o) Lynn Hi Jerilyn and Gang: I am looking...with baited breath! Perhaps if we can get a date and time settled for October,others from the list could show up,and we can have a "mini" reunion.Though ,I guess it is not right to call it a reunion since some of us have never ever met once! We could call it our October Fest since we all have sauerkraut juice for blood. :-)

Yes, Mr. Reed we have those Ibises too roaming around eating the ants out of the ant hills in our yards here in Central FL, too! We have some film now, with my daughter narrating some footage, & its funny! The problem here is the alligators won't probably come around here much, because our lakes are WAY DOWN without water, but again, that's what happens here in the summertime. We've been in a dry spell for awhile, & when we do get the rain, sometimes its far & in between like many folks, this time of year! It's so interesting to see the snowy egrets, & blue herons are so gigantic though they're so interesting! And then in the winter, we see many of the birds from up north! Canada geese, & robins, red birds, but almost never see our little sparrows! I was so thrilled when I was in OH, I saw them! Cathy > [Original Message] > From: Richard Emlin Reed <remlinr@tampabay.rr.com> > To: <padutch-life@rootsweb.com> > Date: 8/8/2007 5:53:55 PM > Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] Animals in our backyards > > May I contribute to the Animals in our Backyards series? All this talk of > backyards finally made me aware that I have a backyard, too. It's not very > big as backyards go; but there is a fairly large pond about thirty feet from > my patio. This pond attracts a lot of birds; I don't mean blackbirds and > crows, although there are some of those. I mean great blue herons and gray > herons and ibises and anhangas, and others I can't identify. We can also see > two to four big, and not so big, sand hill cranes strutting up and down our > street at times, so tame that you can walk up to them. Of course, that's our > front yard, so they don't count. My son-in-law, two doors up, is really into > bird watching. He has a camera with a tripod, binoculars, and a bird book. > I'm what you might call a casual watcher. The pond contains lots of fish, > which attract the birds. They wade in the pond, grabbing and eating the > fish. After they have fed, they come out on the bank and spread their wings > to dry; before they can fly away. There is something else in the pond, an > alligator, about four feet long. We see him/her lying on the bank, sunning > him/herself. I don't see how he/she and all those birds live on the fish in > that pond. They must be very prolific fish. My wife is afraid that the > alligator will eat our cat; so she won't let me let the cat out on the patio > unless I am out there with her. I can see the headlines: Ninety-one Year Old > Man Saves Cat From Alligator. > Richard Emlin Reed > Wesley Chapel, FL > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.11.8/940 - Release Date: 8/6/2007 4:53 PM

That would have been a treat, too :o) Hope to meet Jerilyn and her husband soon!!! :o) Lynn PS Which reminds me, Jerilyn!!! I promised to email you THE MANUAL :o) Gotta get started now, keep a lookout for it! I almost forgot, with the workers here, and all. Cathy wrote: Hey Lynn. I would've come up, though I went to Somerset county when I was up in OH just a few weeks ago, & its Hard to travel. Harder than I ever imagined! You can tell just by those words I'm a sheltered person, but curious about meeting people too! Grinning! I love to meet new people! So I would've at least wanted to! And added thing is I have chatted to you all, especially you, Lynn, so your such a nice person, that I would make more of an effort, but I tell you, I would NOT travel without a cell phone, because it saved me about four times, me getting lost, & that way you know for sure which way to go! And since I can keep in touch with my babysitter, my daughter, is definitely an added bonus too!

Hey Lynn. I would've come up, though I went to Somerset county when I was up in OH just a few weeks ago, & its Hard to travel. Harder than I ever imagined! You can tell just by those words I'm a sheltered person, but curious about meeting people too! Grinning! I love to meet new people! So I would've at least wanted to! And added thing is I have chatted to you all, especially you, Lynn, so your such a nice person, that I would make more of an effort, but I tell you, I would NOT travel without a cell phone, because it saved me about four times, me getting lost, & that way you know for sure which way to go! And since I can keep in touch with my babysitter, my daughter, is definitely an added bonus too! Cathy > [Original Message] > From: Lynn Vondran <lynnvondran@att.net> > To: <padutch-life@rootsweb.com> > Date: 8/8/2007 6:00:51 PM > Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] Message from the Keipers > > Oh, don't get me wrong, it would have been really fun if EVERYone could have come :o) Not just the ones in the area :o) > Lynn > Lynn wrote: > That would have been fun!!! In fact, it would have been really fun if everyone from around the area could have come :o) But, that's why I'm wondering, just how many would show up for another reunion? :o) > > Connie wrote: > If I had my act together I would have loved to pop over, but it has been extremely busy here on Tolna Road.? Caught another opossum in a trap that has been burrowing under our shed.? This is the 4th animal that was caught doing this.? You need to remember we are in a built up area.? No longer a farming community.? Shopping malls, strip malls, lots of houses and small businesses.? Oh, well!? > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.11.8/940 - Release Date: 8/6/2007 4:53 PM

WOW!!!! These backyard stories get better and better!!! What a sight you must have every day, Richard! Lynn Richard Emlin Reed wrote: May I contribute to the Animals in our Backyards series? All this talk of backyards finally made me aware that I have a backyard, too. It's not very big as backyards go; but there is a fairly large pond about thirty feet from my patio. This pond attracts a lot of birds; I don't mean blackbirds and crows, although there are some of those. I mean great blue herons and gray herons and ibises and anhangas, and others I can't identify. We can also see two to four big, and not so big, sandhill cranes strutting up and down our street at times, so tame that you can walk up to them. Of course, that's our frontyard, so they don't count. My son-in-law, two doors up, is really into birdwatching. He has a camera with a tripod, binoculars, and a bird book. I'm what you might call a casual watcher. The pond contains lots of fish, which attract the birds. They wade in the pond, grabbing and eating the fish. After they have fed, they come out on the bank and spread their wings to dry; before they can fly away. There is something else in the pond, an alligator, about four feet long. We see him/her lying on the bank, sunning him/herself. I don't see how he/she and all those birds live on the fish in that pond. They must be very prolific fish. My wife is afraid that the alligator will eat our cat; so she won't let me let the cat out on the patio unless I am out there with her. I can see the headlines: Ninety-one Year Old Man Saves Cat From Alligator.

I loved the way you ended that post!!! Oh Richard!!!! Did you make that up, or was that the REAL plot :o) Lynn Richard Emlin Reed wrote: Yes, Jenny Wren was the bride of Cock Robin, who was killed by the sparrow, who was aiming at the cuckoo, who was attacking Jenny Wren. All of which, of course, led to the Death and Burial of Cock Robin. If only there had been stricter bow and arrow control laws.

Yes, Jenny Wren was the bride of Cock Robin, who was killed by the sparrow, who was aiming at the cuckoo, who was attacking Jenny Wren. All of which, of course, led to the Death and Burial of Cock Robin. If only there had been stricter bow and arrow control laws. Richard Emlin Reed Wesley Chapel, FL ----- Original Message ----- From: <twerppy@aol.com> To: <padutch-life@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 12:19 PM Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] PD-LIFE Animals in our backyards > Think that is probably a wren.? We called ours Jenny also.? From a > children's book.? Connie > > > > June!!! One question, who is Jenny?

Hi Everyone, I just wanted to let you know that when I post MY Glenside Musings, if you don't want to read it, just delete it. It will be long, and if anyone was from Glenside, it will bring back lots of memories. Hope you enjoy. I'm not quite finished yet, but soon to be. Remember, my name, with Glenside Musings, no, I'll call it Old Glenside, just delete if you don't want to read it. Thanks! :o) Lynn

Thanks Connie and June :o) Never heard of Jenny the Wren :o) Lynn

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Think that is probably a wren.? We called ours Jenny also.? From a children's book.? Connie June!!! One question, who is Jenny? ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com.

May I contribute to the Animals in our Backyards series? All this talk of backyards finally made me aware that I have a backyard, too. It's not very big as backyards go; but there is a fairly large pond about thirty feet from my patio. This pond attracts a lot of birds; I don't mean blackbirds and crows, although there are some of those. I mean great blue herons and gray herons and ibises and anhangas, and others I can't identify. We can also see two to four big, and not so big, sandhill cranes strutting up and down our street at times, so tame that you can walk up to them. Of course, that's our frontyard, so they don't count. My son-in-law, two doors up, is really into birdwatching. He has a camera with a tripod, binoculars, and a bird book. I'm what you might call a casual watcher. The pond contains lots of fish, which attract the birds. They wade in the pond, grabbing and eating the fish. After they have fed, they come out on the bank and spread their wings to dry; before they can fly away. There is something else in the pond, an alligator, about four feet long. We see him/her lying on the bank, sunning him/herself. I don't see how he/she and all those birds live on the fish in that pond. They must be very prolific fish. My wife is afraid that the alligator will eat our cat; so she won't let me let the cat out on the patio unless I am out there with her. I can see the headlines: Ninety-one Year Old Man Saves Cat From Alligator. Richard Emlin Reed Wesley Chapel, FL

--- Lynn wrote: > PS Now to watch a rerun of the Biggest Loser!!! I've been watching > them ALmost every night. Can't wait for the new one to start. ******************* Lynn, Are you watching tapes or are the reruns being shown on tv (satelite or cable)? I thought I had seen them listed once and then I couldn't find them on that day. I thought I had heard they were showing new shows on a cable channel. I really hope they start the new season on NBC again!! tracy ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545433

--- Richard Emlin wrote: My wife is afraid that the alligator will eat our cat; so she won't let me let the cat out on the patio unless I am out there with her. I can see the headlines: Ninety-one Year Old Man Saves Cat From Alligator. *************************** Richard, Have your wife be ready with the video recorder!, and then you could put the rescue on YouTube. Right next to the buffalo, alligator and lion fight! LOL Did anyone see the footage of the alligator, buffalo and lion? It was awesome! I was able to see it on tv on the new show "iCaught". I see Yahoo has it highlighted today. tracy ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better Globetrotter. Get better travel answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545469

Hi June and All, It sounds like I wish our sideyard was, with a pond and all, but we have these big pine trees that just wouldn't work out with a pond. I had to take apart the wall I built up around where we feed the birds, because they needed the weirdly shaped bricks to fix the house, afterall, so it was kinda out of sorts when John and Joyce were here. I just put it back as good as I could before they came, but it isn't the way I want it to be. That will be my next project, once this weather breaks a little. WOW!!!! Four bird baths!!! That must be neat to watch. We use to have two, but the same thing happens with them, the pine needles just get in there, and mess them up right away. We DO need more birdbaths, because when the Mourning Doves, and the White Pigeon come take a bath, boy does that water get dirty almost immediately. When we had our Butterfly Tree, there was this tiny thing that came to the flowers. So that is what it was, a Sphynx Moth! I'll have to look it up to see if that is what we had back then. I miss our Butterfly Tree, and am getting one from a neighbor, as soon as the season is over. She ordered some through one of the magazines, and they were to be all different colors. Turns out they were just two different colors, and she has an extra she doesn't know what she wants to do with, so she said I could have it. I've decided to keep our Lilac bush where it is. It will be well established once we get the HUGE pine tree cut down some year. We know it has to come down one of these days, but we are hesitant in cutting it down, because so many of our neighbors got rid of trees, and the birds went crazy for a while, poor things. I love the sound of your pond, June!!! One question, who is Jenny? :o) Lynn PS They have the snowguards up, and I believe they have the slate fixed on the top roof. Don't know if they fixed the gutter up there, or if they are waiting to do that. They didn't need a lift to get up there, either. They just climbed up the backhalf of the house, and over the top they went. Wouldn't have been me on that steeply pitched slate roof. June wrote: Now, it's time for me to chime about the animals in our backyard. We have many varieties of flowers planted in our gardens. We have been cutting many bouquets of gladiolus in the past few weeks. Our 5 butterfly bushes as well as other flowers have been attracting loads and loads of butterflies. Goldfinches are always busy at our sunflowers, eating the seeds. We've seen a sphynx moth (looks like a tiny hummingbird). Sitting by our pond, watching goldfish and Koi, we often see beautiful dragon flies. We are often amused at our frogs who sit out on rocks and seem to talk back to us. Four bird baths and numerous feeders attract different kinds of birds. We've been enjoying Jenny singing to us much of the summer. Waiting for the temperature to drop a little to go out to enjoy our back yard again.

You know what, Joe! Yesterday, after I sent that, I felt so LUCY-like, because down in the bottom of the FOX news screen is a little icon that goes around and tells what time it is in each of the time zones :o) Oh well, such is life :o) And it was 6:36 here, I was off a minute when I posted :o) Thanks for answering me on this one. Lynn Joe wrote: It was 3:37pm when the shuttle launched here in Arizona. Lynn wrote: > Well, we are in for another launching of a space shuttle. Hope you get to > see it at 6:35 Eastern Standard Time_I guess that's how you say it :o) > How about letting everyone know what time it is in your area when it > launches.

Jean, Can I come live at your house????? ~~~Linda~~~ ----- Original Message ----- From: <JuneRose56@aol.com> To: <PADUTCH-LIFE@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 7:52 PM Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] PD-LIFE Animals in our backyards > Now, it's time for me to chime about the animals in our backyard. We > have > many varieties of flowers planted in our gardens. We have been cutting > many > bouquets of gladiolus in the past few weeks. Our 5 butterfly bushes as > well > as other flowers have been attracting loads and loads of butterflies. > Goldfinches are always busy at our sunflowers, eating the seeds. We've > seen a > sphynx moth (looks like a tiny hummingbird). > > Sitting by our pond, watching goldfish and Koi, we often see beautiful > dragon flies. We are often amused at our frogs who sit out on rocks and > seem to > talk back to us. Four bird baths and numerous feeders attract different > kinds > of birds. We've been enjoying Jenny singing to us much of the summer. > > Waiting for the temperature to drop a little to go out to enjoy our back > yard again. > > June > > > > > ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL > at > http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

When I had kids, we called them CC's? (Connie's concoctions).? In the olden days, the food in the ice box was put together and made into soups.? I know we've talked of that before.? Connie -----Original Message----- From: Lynn Vondran <lynnvondran@att.net> To: padutch-life@rootsweb.com Sent: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 6:57 pm Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] To Eat or Not To Eat Nope, I made that up the term "slops" in my teens when I would experiment, when still living at home with Mom. I made some really GREAT things. Some you had to eat quickly, or rather before it hardened :o) LOL! Long story, which I believe I already told, and it's in the archives ;o) I had Lynn's Slop #1, Lynn's Slop # 2, and so on. Wish I still had those recipes. When I lived in the one apartment complex, the cock roaches just nested in my Betty Crocker Recipe box, where I kept all my own recipes. That thing went directly to the dumpster, when I found this out, and most of mine and Lindsey's things went to the other folks in the building when we moved out_appliances, books, goose down coats, you name it, we donated it to them, because I didn't want to carry any eggs with me to the new apartment. I loved the apartment, but hated those horrible bugs. They would travel up from the apartment below, where the Threshold people lived. They were such sweet people, but had! to be told to use water and soap when they took a shower, or did their wash, and cleaned. There was something missing in their person who was to be there to give them guidance, so I often would talk to them, explaining things, if we were in the laundry room, or sitting out on the stoop. Lindsey was just 1 1/2 years old, but made many a friend of these folks, and so did I. I often wondered how they were doing after we left there. :o) Lynn PS I couldn't call them stews, because many of them were TOO thick to be called that_Hmmm, maybe Goulashes :o) Richard Emlin Reed wrote: Well then, it was either Mulligan Stew or Goulash. "Slops"? I don't think I've ever heard that before ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com.