COLD DARK ROOM

[CarolM]

G morning nice to meet yrs Lena, Lyn, and Sabine.....No cream in my coffee I'm lactose intolerant.... This room would be regretting it later

Check out my newest find this morning

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Aaawwww. That is so cute.

 

[CarolM]

my daughter has a bath tub sunk down into the ground, filled with water in which she planted water lilies. A couple years ago a frog decided it would be a nice place to live and he's been there ever since! He's very big now and has a lovely voice.

Sounds lovely.

 

[CarolM]

I love frogs singing .....

and when frogs play .....

I have never heard the first frog and it said something about South Africa. I wonder where they are.

 

[CarolM]

I received my Ancestry.com DNA results this a.m.


Europe West 46%
Great Brittain 25%
Finland/Northwest Russia 8%
Europe East 6%
Scandenavia 6%
Iberian Penninsula 4%
IR/SC/Wales 3%

So I guess you might say I'm a mutt!

Lol. You are mainly western European. Is how I see it. With some interesting additions.

 

[Lyn W]

I received my Ancestry.com DNA results this a.m.


Europe West 46%
Great Brittain 25%
Finland/Northwest Russia 8%
Europe East 6%
Scandenavia 6%
Iberian Penninsula 4%
IR/SC/Wales 3%

So I guess you might say I'm a mutt!

That's quite a mix and very interesting to find out.
I suspect most of us are mutts.

 

[CarolM]

So I walk past the enclosure today and see this.[emoji85] [emoji85]

 

[Lyn W]

I love frogs singing .....

and when frogs play .....

That first frog looks and sounds like a squeaky toy
and the man deserved a bite from the second frog frog for teasing him!

 

[Lyn W]

So I walk past the enclosure today and see this.[emoji85] [emoji85] View attachment 241504

Hmmmm......... what tasty morsels are up here?

 

[Lyn W]

G morning nice to meet yrs Lena, Lyn, and Sabine.....No cream in my coffee I'm lactose intolerant.... This room would be regretting it later

Check out my newest find this morning

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What a haughty look!
He doesn't look very impressed at being caught!

 

[CarolM]

Hmmmm......... what tasty morsels are up here?

Yip. She wasn't happy with what I gave them. Which was cactus. As I am trying to get them used to eating cactus as well.

 

[Yvonne G]

Lol. You are mainly western European. Is how I see it. With some interesting additions.

It's interesting because I knew my dad's parents both came from Germany, but my mom always said she was English and a little bit of everything - and the Ancestry results say she was telling the truth! The site is sort of confusing. I'm going to sit down and study it a bit more when I have more time.

What started the Ancestry thing my grand daughter wanted the kit, so I sent her one for her birthday. But the thing about it is, my husband's father came to the U.S. from the Philippines. He's 100% Philippino, and yet my grand daughter's DNA profile doesn't say anything about any Philippine blood in her genes.

I have a nice family tree in a binder that one of our relatives put together a while ago. They went to a lot of work putting it together. Must be over 100 pages and traces the tree back to 1635. But after a couple generations they started tracing the female's ancestors. I would have liked to see them continue to trace the male side. The info is on my dad's side. Then my mom gave me a bunch of hand written papers tracing HER ancestors back, but this one, being hand written, is pretty hard to read. I usually don't have the temperament to sit there and wade through that one.

Dang, I LOVE history!!

 

[Lyn W]

Ooohhh. Maybe Lola will get jealous and start behaving.

I like frogs and like to help them but I couldn't pick one up - unless I had thick rubber gloves on or maybe if it was in serious danger.
My sister goes out every year with a bucket to move them across the roads in her area so that they don't get squashed.

 

[CarolM]

It's interesting because I knew my dad's parents both came from Germany, but my mom always said she was English and a little bit of everything - and the Ancestry results say she was telling the truth! The site is sort of confusing. I'm going to sit down and study it a bit more when I have more time.

What started the Ancestry thing my grand daughter wanted the kit, so I sent her one for her birthday. But the thing about it is, my husband's father came to the U.S. from the Philippines. He's 100% Philippino, and yet my grand daughter's DNA profile doesn't say anything about any Philippine blood in her genes.

I have a nice family tree in a binder that one of our relatives put together a while ago. They went to a lot of work putting it together. Must be over 100 pages and traces the tree back to 1635. But after a couple generations they started tracing the female's ancestors. I would have liked to see them continue to trace the male side. The info is on my dad's side. Then my mom gave me a bunch of hand written papers tracing HER ancestors back, but this one, being hand written, is pretty hard to read. I usually don't have the temperament to sit there and wade through that one.

Dang, I LOVE history!!

That would fascinate me as well. Will be interesting to see if it more or less matches up to your family tree.

 

[Lyn W]

It's interesting because I knew my dad's parents both came from Germany, but my mom always said she was English and a little bit of everything - and the Ancestry results say she was telling the truth! The site is sort of confusing. I'm going to sit down and study it a bit more when I have more time.

What started the Ancestry thing my grand daughter wanted the kit, so I sent her one for her birthday. But the thing about it is, my husband's father came to the U.S. from the Philippines. He's 100% Philippino, and yet my grand daughter's DNA profile doesn't say anything about any Philippine blood in her genes.

I have a nice family tree in a binder that one of our relatives put together a while ago. They went to a lot of work putting it together. Must be over 100 pages and traces the tree back to 1635. But after a couple generations they started tracing the female's ancestors. I would have liked to see them continue to trace the male side. The info is on my dad's side. Then my mom gave me a bunch of hand written papers tracing HER ancestors back, but this one, being hand written, is pretty hard to read. I usually don't have the temperament to sit there and wade through that one.

Dang, I LOVE history!!

My cousin and I are going to start researching our parents family tree this summer.
They were brother and sister and we know practically nothing their family history so it will be interesting.
Trouble is our grandparents name was Jones - the most common name in Wales, if not the UK, so we will have our work cut out.

 

[Maro2Bear]

Whew....i take a day off from reading posts to kayak in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor for “Clean the Bay” “Clean Harbor” clean water day, and find myself 5 pages behind. Whew..

I’ll post up a few pix....to give you a flavor of the day..

Here is the USS Constellation, permanently moored in the Harbor



The Event Boat, with DJ music and public speakers..



Some of the group gathered in Baltimore City’s Inner Harbor...








And out at our lunch spot, where they had music, catered lunch, drinks, etc for the paddling crowd

 

[CarolM]

I like frogs and like to help them but I couldn't pick one up - unless I had thick rubber gloves on or maybe if it was in serious danger.
My sister goes out every year with a bucket to move them across the roads in her area so that they don't get squashed.

You don't have to pick it up. You can pick Lola up and show him the frog instead? Oh wait you can't do that because that might cause problems. Would have been interesting though.

 

[CarolM]

Whew....i take a day off from reading posts to kayak in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor for “Clean the Bay” “Clean Harbor” clean water day, and find myself 5 pages behind. Whew..

I’ll post up a few pix....to give you a flavor of the day..

Here is the USS Constellation, permanently moored in the Harbor
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The Event Boat, with DJ music and public speakers..

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Some of the group gathered in Baltimore City’s Inner Harbor...



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And out at our lunch spot, where they had music, catered lunch, drinks, etc for the paddling crowd

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Looks like it was a good day and that lots of people attended.

 

[Bee62]

I mentioned the penguin but forgot about the hedgehogs

Penguins. They are two: Silly and Willy.

 

[CarolM]

Penguins. They are two: Silly and Willy.

Oops. That was a typo. I did type penguins but auto correct changed it to penguin. [emoji17]

 

[Bee62]

I received my Ancestry.com DNA results this a.m.


Europe West 46%
Great Brittain 25%
Finland/Northwest Russia 8%
Europe East 6%
Scandenavia 6%
Iberian Penninsula 4%
IR/SC/Wales 3%

So I guess you might say I'm a mutt!

West Europe is the biggest part. You are German ....... LOL !