tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post1515677969081909945..comments2024-03-27T10:30:15.253-06:00Comments on Standing Into Danger: January 2014 Scavenger Hunt: ColoradoFundy Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-56124526944524552982014-02-07T07:31:26.500-07:002014-02-07T07:31:26.500-07:00Love all your snowy pictures! So pretty. And so ...Love all your snowy pictures! So pretty. And so sorry about the Broncos losing the Super Bowl. Your nail color was really cool!Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16354943961767784811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-30470637748076828142014-02-04T10:01:31.504-07:002014-02-04T10:01:31.504-07:00Hey Jill! You're so funny! I did add my link...Hey Jill! You're so funny! I did add my link, but there was a small gap in time. Then I suddenly remembered that you reminded me to do that last time! I love the SH ~ Thanks for doing such a great job of managing it! I'm meeting people and seeing places that I never would have experienced!Fundy Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-90267805374853618722014-02-03T17:54:43.182-07:002014-02-03T17:54:43.182-07:00Your link is there I must have been 1/2 asleep.Your link is there I must have been 1/2 asleep.greenthumbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12067004547876814633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-67608206860599608222014-02-03T16:02:04.906-07:002014-02-03T16:02:04.906-07:00Thanks for taking part in this months Scavenger hu...Thanks for taking part in this months Scavenger hunt, as always so many great photos. I really like colour, nature, roof and looking down. Greenthumb. I think you forgot to add your link to the S.H page.greenthumbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12067004547876814633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-1314914228405673482014-02-03T13:09:38.793-07:002014-02-03T13:09:38.793-07:00Hey Ron!
Sleep is a good thing! I'm so glad...Hey Ron! <br />Sleep is a good thing! I'm so glad that you two are doing better. I really appreciated Jim's email. The good things about horrendous weeks are that they pass and then we so appreciate normal when it returns. It can be very scary though! Aren't we four lucky to have such amazing, supportive, and loving spouses???!!! <br />The Super Bowl was tough to sit through. When I think of everything the Broncos went through this year, and the personal struggle that Manning endured to overcome his neck injuries and return to the game ~ well, it's heartbreaking. But I'm proud of our Broncos, even though yesterday was such a disappointment. I'll be right there cheering them on, season after season. Heck, maybe I'll even do a blog post on Manning sometime. I think he is a true hero!<br />You guys stay out of trouble!!!! Take care!<br />LooLooFundy Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-56343441083143163522014-02-03T13:00:12.832-07:002014-02-03T13:00:12.832-07:00Thanks, Jim!
Those poor, cold geese! I wanted t...Thanks, Jim! <br />Those poor, cold geese! I wanted to bring them all inside ~ except they were probably warmer than I was! I keep thinking that I will print and frame some of my favorite photos, but I have a lot of favorites! LOL! <br />What can I say? Jigsaw puzzles are the best! Maybe it's an Atlantic Province thing. My great grandmother did jigsaw puzzles all her life ~ she even had a special puzzle board made for her when I was a small girl. And, oh my, did Newfies love to do jigsaw puzzles when I lived in Westport on White Bay. We would get together to spend the evening working puzzles. The Westporters would hang them in their houses after the puzzles were complete! Too fun!<br />Take care!Fundy Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-48598125173801233062014-02-03T12:53:02.891-07:002014-02-03T12:53:02.891-07:00Hi Peggy! Yes, third grade was my favorite grade,...Hi Peggy! Yes, third grade was my favorite grade, and I was fortunate to be able to spend most of my years teaching it! I always taught the regular classroom, but what a range of magnificent kids, each and every one! I had tons of fun with the gifted and talented kids in my class; and for years, I had an after school (or before school) literature and art class for the GT kids. But I also got a lot of pleasure from working with the kiddos who were challenged all kinds of ways. <br /><br />Over the years more and more of the fun disappeared as more and more time was taken up with testing. Today, in Colorado, 50% of a teacher's evaluation is based on how his or her students score on their standardized tests. There is so much testing for accountability that it borders on child abuse (in my humble opinion!). The soul of learning is being sucked out! I think that change must come. I think that parents are really getting upset about what is happening. <br />Education will not be improved by attacking and disparaging the millions of teachers who works so hard and care so much for the students in their classes. I am watching public education being destroyed in front of my eyes, and I hope things improve before it's too late!<br />But I'm an optimist, and I hope that better things will eventually happen as a result of all this turmoil!<br />Have a happy week! Take care!<br /> Fundy Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-79191574869244443022014-02-03T12:38:50.332-07:002014-02-03T12:38:50.332-07:00Thank you for such a loving and kind comment, Nous...Thank you for such a loving and kind comment, Noushka! You were one of my very first followers when I began my blog, and I have so enjoyed getting to know you through your amazing photographs! Much love right back at you! Have an awesome week and take care! Fundy Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-75292220441917483022014-02-03T12:35:02.068-07:002014-02-03T12:35:02.068-07:00Hi Sue! I'm glad that you enjoyed my winter p...Hi Sue! I'm glad that you enjoyed my winter photos! Yup ~ lots of geese here! They love our golf courses and open spaces. Some of them have given up migrating and have become permanent residents ~ usually fat and happy! Have a great week!Fundy Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-82614825374062705182014-02-03T12:32:48.542-07:002014-02-03T12:32:48.542-07:00Hi Jan! It's great to see you! I do feel sor...Hi Jan! It's great to see you! I do feel sorry for the goodies! Gracie and Rufus are my sister-in-law's dogs, but I do love them. They're coming for an overnight visit tonight, because Terry's sister is spending the night with us. And they are every bit as lovable as they are beautiful. Have a great week!Fundy Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-64326265642406059152014-02-03T12:19:51.465-07:002014-02-03T12:19:51.465-07:00Thank you, Kezzie! I'm still flashing my blue...Thank you, Kezzie! I'm still flashing my blue and orange Broncos nails proudly, despite the drubbing my Broncos got yesterday! Life goes on! How cool that the big London museums are free now! Yeah! Have a great week!Fundy Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-48322463447676135002014-02-03T12:16:41.602-07:002014-02-03T12:16:41.602-07:00Thanks, Julie! There's so much beauty to be f...Thanks, Julie! There's so much beauty to be found on a winter morning. I'm glad that you enjoyed the photos. Have a great week!Fundy Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-87816161065006826672014-02-03T09:57:32.801-07:002014-02-03T09:57:32.801-07:00The dogs all wound up in their leashes...so famili...The dogs all wound up in their leashes...so familiar except it's around our legs! So disconcerting when other dogs and people are heading your way. Oh well, I wouldn't have it any other way. <br /><br />Yes, to jigsaw puzzles, apple pie, baked beans and honking honkers. We have a salt marsh behind our cul de sac and it's filled with honkers every fall.<br /><br />Sorry about your team, man that was a hard one. Unfortunately we didn't see it because we had a a horrendous week last week 1st Jim in emerge and then at the end of the week I was in emerge. Jim sent you a gmail sort of explaining the situations. We slept a lot when we finally got home and so not to much TV was viewed.<br /><br />Hope all's well with you 2.<br /><br />Ronfromsophiesviewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16532257840856313054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-71260194612357008002014-02-03T07:38:11.036-07:002014-02-03T07:38:11.036-07:00Great 'hunt' this month, Louise! I liked y...Great 'hunt' this month, Louise! I liked your choices.....now what is it about Wolfville, Nova Scotia that produces this love of jig-saw puzzles? Just askin.<br />And, I LOVE those close-ups of the Canada Geese....now they could be printed and hung! WOW!Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11199777195853274898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-65220414089506645722014-02-03T05:51:25.940-07:002014-02-03T05:51:25.940-07:00I didn't realize that you were also a third gr...I didn't realize that you were also a third grade teacher. So was I. Actually I taught all the grades plus for nine years taught elementary gifted students...the best gig in the world. Of course on Groundhog's day we did a binchey of activities. I miss the art of teaching. I hear they are so busy teaching for the tests now that all the fun is sucked out. Therre's more to school than math and reading. Peggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16610347687911147219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-6261859471297417022014-02-03T01:13:37.000-07:002014-02-03T01:13:37.000-07:00Very dear Fundy!
I don't recall ever reading s...Very dear Fundy!<br />I don't recall ever reading such a sweet comment from anyone than yours on my latest post!<br />It went directly to my heart!<br />Before a visit of our property this morning, I take a few minutes to say hello and how deeply touched I am!<br />It is true I cannot take photos like these (with all the time it takes) and be blogging at the same time!<br />But when I get returns like yours, I feel it is well worth to show nature's happenings around here!<br /><br />I just love this post of yours with lovely pictures of what's going on in your life these days, I can't comment on each one but "The Natural Beauty of a Winter Morning" is an absolutely stunning photo!<br />I wish it could get that cold here but this winter is particularly mild here.<br />Keep well and warm,<br />Much love from France!!<br /><br />Noushkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11583459949373167021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-24161752802452597622014-02-02T19:28:10.604-07:002014-02-02T19:28:10.604-07:00Oh, I love the Snowy Morning and the frost-furred ...Oh, I love the Snowy Morning and the frost-furred branches....<br /><br />I've often wondered where the Canadian geese go in winter ... now I know they all fly to Colorado! :)Mrs. Micawberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08680436275934263596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-65926306173510086102014-02-02T19:18:14.486-07:002014-02-02T19:18:14.486-07:00Wonderful, brilliant pictures! Goodness, just look...Wonderful, brilliant pictures! Goodness, just look at the all that snow. Poor goosies! Gracie and Rufus look cozy though; they are beautiful dogs!BIKBIK AND ROROhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06688260142838394342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-32427856949068270532014-02-02T16:02:31.422-07:002014-02-02T16:02:31.422-07:00Your nails are hilarious and pretty- go Broncos!!!...Your nails are hilarious and pretty- go Broncos!!! Those poor geese! So cold and miserable! I'd prefer the Afghan!<br />Those wintry roofs are super! <br /><br />Ooh and exciting you're coming to England!!! FYI, all the big London museums are free now! X Kezziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15705356707599121605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-30886746768982126632014-02-02T14:13:48.629-07:002014-02-02T14:13:48.629-07:00Wow, those Natural photos are just stunning! Love ...Wow, those Natural photos are just stunning! Love your Bronco nails too :)Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08755261709412075078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-12297423012879628952014-02-02T11:02:30.350-07:002014-02-02T11:02:30.350-07:00Thank you, Louise!!!!! We both are photographers ...Thank you, Louise!!!!! We both are photographers at heart ~ among other things! Have a great week!Fundy Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-66302535811393716142014-02-02T10:34:15.692-07:002014-02-02T10:34:15.692-07:00Great collection of photos, as always!Great collection of photos, as always!Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16043065727770116407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-50599509015326186592014-02-02T08:32:22.126-07:002014-02-02T08:32:22.126-07:00Thanks, Peggy! I never tire of watching "The...Thanks, Peggy! I never tire of watching "The Canadians!" I often think of them out there in the cold! In the winter when I was doing door duty at the end of the day, great flocks of Vs would be flying east for the night. Thousands and thousands of geese. One day I'm going to figure out where they were sheltering. Every morning they'd be flying west (looking for golf courses and reservoirs I think), and I'd watch them in wonder again from the parking lot as I parked and loaded my cart and headed into school. What a racket they made ~ beautiful music to my ears! Have a good week, Peggy! And, oh yes! Go Broncos!Fundy Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-25676800413135919262014-02-02T08:26:32.191-07:002014-02-02T08:26:32.191-07:00Hi Debra! I think the old stamps are lovely ~ and...Hi Debra! I think the old stamps are lovely ~ and, boy, do I miss the price!!!! Win or lose, our Broncos will do us proud! I've made a real effort to understand more about football this year. I even had my picture taken with Miles, the Broncos mascot! Even I understand how special Manning is! I used to take my kiddos on a walking field trip to a water treatment plant about a mile from our school. The plant manager always enjoyed showing my kiddos chart of water usage during Broncos games. Every halftime there was a gigantic spike in water usage as all the fans in the city ran to their bathrooms and flushed! We were always the youngest ~ and almost the only elementary classes ~ who went to the plant. The manager so got my literal and curious third graders! Have a great week, Debra!Fundy Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-35008890963118582652014-02-02T08:18:26.062-07:002014-02-02T08:18:26.062-07:00You have no idea, Adam! It's like Canadians w...You have no idea, Adam! It's like Canadians when their hockey team was playing the USA's team for gold in the Vancouver Olympics! OMG! I hope that you are enjoying a happy weekend! Have a great week!Fundy Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.com