These questions are stolen from Pinterest:
1. what you did you do today?
It is very early on Sunday morning and so far I have started some Chock Full O Nuts coffee.. checked on Ophelia Storm outside to see what she has done and how bad the flooding is and then I sat down to do this meme. Now, I hear that my coffee is done brewing so I will get up and pour some into my thermal cup and have something nice and hot to drink. Its not the caffeine with me, its the hot.
2. What are the must-sees in your area?
The beaches along the Atlantic Ocean and many of the pretty little villages and towns along the coast.
The Pine Barrens .. especially canoeing down the clear cedar water creeks there.
Cape May is well worth your time: a Victorian town, complete with horses and carriages.
3. What is your favourite quote?
"Do not weary in well doing"
4. What was the last thing you cooked or ate?
Well.. just now coffee and yesterday I had Hungarian Goulash for a late supper.
5. What is something you learned from your grandparents?
To be humble and religious.
6. What makes you happy?
Being alive, being healthy, being pain free occasionally.
7. What is your best travel memory? Going to the Poconos in the autumn , going to Lake Placid and to Prince Edward Island.
8. What’s the weather like today? We are in the middle of Ophelia which can't decide if she is a tropical storm, nor'easter or a hurricane. The wind if howling, raining has been falling for 24 hours, the coast is flooded somewhat and we have battened down the hatches for the duration.
9. Share an interesting fact that you’ve learned.
Some of the origins of American Indians. That the religion of the tribes of South America was the exact religion of the Canaanites.
10. What is your favourite book, movie or band! No favorite band really. All the musical groups have more misses than hits. I suppose You've Got Mail and Moonstruck are my favorite movies.
11. Write your favorite poem or haiku?
I used to do a weekly haiku here. I will post some favorite. I paired some ancient Haiku with my own photographs.
The first is a little haiku about the death of a child. Since I lost 2 children, I was drawn to it's words.
The next is an ode to one of my little pond friends.... 12. What is a local festival or tradition from your area?
Every Wednesday night all through summer, there are fireworks on the beach and twice a month there are fireworks and concerts in the park.
13. What was the best thing you learned in school?
That the only things worth learning were readin', writin', 'rithmatic. Shakespeare, Latin , French and Russian. And, that Mr. R. Chorney was a good man.