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celticeagle @celticeagle (189927) • Boise, Idaho 27 Feb

For some reason I was thinking of Aunties Arvilla today. She was a neighbor lady my grandparent's had. She was so sweet and kind. She liked me and enjoyed my little girl visits. She had a nice home, and I enjoyed seeing all the...

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Memories From My Childhood ~ An Uncle Fred Find

celticeagle @celticeagle (189927) • Boise, Idaho 29 Nov

When I was a young girl and living at my grandparent's place, I remember helping unload my uncle Fred's truck many times when he had gotten lumber bits from the sawmill for my grandparent's burning stove in the winter months. But...

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Naughty Police

celticeagle @celticeagle (189927) • Boise, Idaho 5 Oct

When I was small living at my grandparent's we used to hear police, sirens going out the main drag nearly every day about the same time in the afternoon. Police sirens nearly every day. We thought it quite weird. Come to find out...

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Sneaking in Good Food

celticeagle @celticeagle (189927) • Boise, Idaho 11 Sep

Ever since my grandson was a young boy, I have been sneaking foods into what we eat to be sure we are getting a good balanced diet. As much as possible that is. He used to hate onions because he'd see these little chopped bits of...

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The Hoosegow

celticeagle @celticeagle (189927) • Boise, Idaho 27 Aug

When I was a young child, I lived at my grandparent's house. On the back porch there was a cellar that was just a room built into the earth a few steps down from the porch. My grandmother called it the 'hoosegow' which is actually...

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When I Was a Small Child...

celticeagle @celticeagle (189927) • Boise, Idaho 13 Jun 25

I lived at my grandparent's until I was 9 years old. In the heat of summer I recall watching the rain storm that usually came as the day came to a close. I loved the cloud burst that insued. Watching the dusty surfaces outside...

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I Got a Chuckle Out of This...

celticeagle @celticeagle (189927) • Boise, Idaho 7 Feb 25

A couple of years ago I figured in my head about how old I thought I might live to be. I figured in my activity, my grandparents' ages, and a few medical issues and just came up with 87.50. The other day I got an email from a...

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The Little Mouse and the Moon Beam

celticeagle @celticeagle (189927) • Boise, Idaho 21 Dec 24

"Whilst you were sleeping, little Dear-my-Soul, strange things happened; but that I saw and heard them, I should never have believed them. The clock stood, of course, in the corner, a moonbeam floated idly on the floor, and a...

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Dates in McDonalds Early in the Morning

luisadannointed @luisadannointed (11847) • Philippines 2 Oct 24

When I am still working, I go to McDonalds very early in the morning to buy iced coffee. As ealy as 7 am in the morning, McDonalds is filled with older folks with their spouses. I can't help but smile. I pray if I get older like...

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Do You Ever Wonder About This?

celticeagle @celticeagle (189927) • Boise, Idaho 22 May 24

I have had some interesting characters in my family. My grandfather, grandmother, my mom, and dad too. I sometimes wonder how my grandkids would have liked my grandparents and vice-versa. I wonder if they would have enjoyed...

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Johann Jacob Wagner and Mary E Frankart

April @thislittlepennyearns (68246) • Defuniak Springs, Florida 19 May 24

When digging through family tree stuff on Ancestry.com earlier I traced my paternal grandfather's paternal line back to my great-great-great-great grandparents. I always get a little excited when a picture pops up with the tips...

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Do You Remember...

celticeagle @celticeagle (189927) • Boise, Idaho 28 Apr 24

I can't recall the last time I had freshly made whipped cream. I remember when I was a child and living with my grandparents we had most things made fresh from scratch. That included fresh bread, most foods we ate made from...

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An old photo of my parents and grandparents

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382357) • Rockingham, Australia 12 Jan 24

I might have put this photo up before but it would have been some time ago. It shows my grandparents seated in front, my parents on the left and my uncle and his wife on the right. My grandparents had two sons, just as we do. My...

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15 December - What I'm Thankful for Today

Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (323168) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 15 Dec 23

Today will be a different kind of thankful post. Amber wrote a post about who your favorite person was/is. That put me in mind about my favorite Christmas memory. So, today, I'm thankful for memories. My favorite memory that I'm...

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Remembering Down Through the Years

celticeagle @celticeagle (189927) • Boise, Idaho 8 Dec 23

My early childhood memories of Christmas were spent with my grandparents. We all met there after church. There were probably 10-12 of us. We set around the living room to open gifts. We each took our turn. Presents were opened...

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Went to visit Granparents

LK2018 @Letranknight2015 (52665) • Philippines 31 Oct 23

Halloween, All saints day and all souls day finally arrives this month. Most people usually visits the dead on the 1st day of November because it was kinda norm and it was holiday. I went to the cemetery around 10am and it was...

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Time For the Transiting Seasonal Shift

celticeagle @celticeagle (189927) • Boise, Idaho 22 Sep 23

Are you making many changes in the seasonal shift? Of course, you will probably start wearing sweaters instead of T-shirts, heavier shoes, and heavier blankets on the beds. Do you use a humidifier in the dry winter months? I am...

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Your Grandpa and You

Amber @AmbiePam (120999) • United States 22 Jul 23

I understand some of you didn’t know your grandfather(s), and some of you may have wished you hadn’t. I only knew my maternal grandfather, and he was wonderful. He had five granddaughters, and delighted in every single one. He...

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It Makes Me Wish

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169530) • United States 3 Jul 23

Reading the discussion by @TheHorse regarding the San Francisco Cable Cars makes me wish I had asked more questions of my grandmother. And it makes me wish that I had recorded things she did say to ponder on now, in my old...

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F*U*D*G*E

celticeagle @celticeagle (189927) • Boise, Idaho 9 Feb 23

My daughter wants to get/make some fudge. She likes chocolate as I do. But, what kind of fudge? There are so many kinds. You can even join a fudge of the month club. Chocolate fudge, Chocolate Peanut Butter, Maple Walnut, Triple...

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