by bethwestcott | Oct 13, 2022 | Brownies, Fun, Just for fun, M&M's
NATIONAL M&M DAY, OCTOBER 13 In the early days of television–not in the beginning, but close to the beginning–an ad appeared on TV in glowing black and white: a girl and a boy, about 8 years old, the girl in an organdy Sunday-best dress and...
by bethwestcott | Aug 30, 2022 | Fun, Hot Air Balloons, Just for fun, Special Events
Before the pandemic, we missed the Susquehanna Balloon Festival because we went out of town for our granddaughter’s birthday. After being cancelled for two years, it resumed this year a week earlier, so my husband and I attended. The weather couldn’t have been better:...
by bethwestcott | Sep 9, 2020 | Fun, Nature and Creation, Thoughts
A recent visit to Animal Adventure Park in Harpursville, NY, reminded me how much I love giraffes. Do you have a favorite wild animal? A granddaughter requested a giraffe story for her birthday several years ago. I did some research because I wanted the story to be...
by bethwestcott | Aug 11, 2019 | Commemoration, Fun
BATHTUB COMMEMORATION In Moravia, N.Y., a small town on the south end of Owasco Lake in central New York, is Fillmore Glen State Park, named in honor of Millard Fillmore, the thirteenth president of the United States. Fillmore, elected vice president in 1849, became...
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