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Clothing: Work: tan pants; black top Everything else: blue pants; black top Shoes: Work: brown or black Other: brown or white Car: whatever color is on a car that I can afford Home: light blue/gray walls and white trim

I bought the Amsonia from a local nursery. It is a perennial, and doesn't get too large as it gets pruned back almost to the ground each fall. This is necessary as it only blossoms on new wood. I have had these for four or five years now, and they get to be about two feet or so tall and about...

I spent two years in Charleston, S C , where my ship was home ported. Believe me, I know about summer heat and humidity in the South.

Island in the Sun, with my parents, back in the 50s

If you ever return, go downriver a few miles to the Royal Botanical Gardens, and the Butterfly Conservatory located there. It is something to see, but is missed by most tourists.

But in WNY in winter? I remember standing my frozen pants on the floor behind the stove so they could thaw, or the winter my father was cutting trees for firewood and came across a bee tree, and how my mother cooked down gallons of honey on that old cast iron stove. In a way, I think that kids...

If you say it was beautiful, then you must be referring to the Canadian side, as the American side was and is pretty much a dump. We used to go to the Seneca casino 3 or 4 times a year, but no more, and we live less than an hour's drive from the place.

As far as I'm concerned, ketchup should be banned from the earth. I want nothing on either meatloaf or steak. Let the product stand or fall on it's own. Besides, the way I like steak- rare- it isn't so dried out that it needs anything.

We rented for our first 33 years of marriage; saving money when and where we could. When necessity forced our hand, we went to a bank for pre-approval on a mortgage even before we went house hunting. They looked at our financials and told us that we could go as high as $320,000. What? was our...

I know what you mean about living on a fixed income, as both Michele and I are in that position. Our only saving grace is that we have always lived relatively simple lifestyles, saving our money for the future. Well, that future is here, and while we're not rolling in dough, we have enough for...

I call that sort of thing 'Committee Disease', because someone comes up with some bright idea, and a majority goes along because the money doesn't directly come out of their pocket so, why not? How many ideas would be shot down if the people on any given committee had to personally foot the...

It wasn't really a vacation- more like an extended weekend- but Michele and I took a trip to West Virginia and Ohio, during which we rode trains at Cass and Sugar Creek; descended into the New River gorge at Hawk's Nest; toured the Fenton glass factory at Parkersburg; visited an Amish store at...

There is a store in Kidron, Ohio that serves the Amish community, and everything they sell is non-electric. We stopped there once in our travels years ago, and they had such stoves on display, nickel fittings and all. One, in particular, would make two of the one shown, and it cost, in 1990...

I'm not fussy- I'll eat almost anything as a side. Michele will make slow-roasted beef with gravy on a bed of rice, and that's good, or pan-fried potatoes, sometimes we'll have a salad; sometimes carrots or peas, or green beans are the side. All will pass muster.

I bought a roll of aluminum screen at a home center and built screen frames that fit into the tracks of our double hung windows, so now the cats have to go through two layers of screen to get out. None have yet.