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Welcome from Vermont (in northern New England, USA).!

I had to look up catbirds to find that they are migratory. Resident along the Atlantic Coast; otherwise migratory. Catbirds from across North America spend winters along the Gulf Coast from Florida through Texas and all the way down Central America and the Caribbean. I love my catbirds. They...

Howling frigid winds and snow from yesterday that needs clearing. No interest at all in going outside here either

Nice, I like Nat King Cole. My state, along with others has 'Jingle Bells.' It's OK but I also like 'Jingle Bell Rock!' I think my two favorites (not listed) are 'The Holly and the Ivy' and 'Oh Christmas Tree.' (Since none of the Pagan songs have survived, these two are closest.)

Ah, a person after my own heart. I LOVE ribbon candy.

How wonderful! Handmade gifts are the best. I had forgotten that you live only partially on dry land, and the other part onboard a boat!

We had a sizable snowstorm two days ago, and I shoveled a network of paths yesterday. My snow plow guy cleared the driveway, but today we have snow squalls with a bit of accumulation. I was going to go to the post office and also get a Christmas tree, but I've re-thought this. Tomorrow is...

In recent times, #8 came in very handy when it solved a design problem in my kitchen. Our 40 year old microwave, built into a wall cabinet on the other side of the room, died with a wrenching electronic scream. (I now use it as a storage cabinet.) So we wanted to get a table to house the new...

Same here. The elementary school was just up the street from our house. I did take a bus to the junior high and high schools across town, but even they were a short bicycle ride from home on warmer days.

Uh oh, were you a victim of this?

That was when we made the switch to an artificial tree also. It, along with a collection of ornaments accumulated over our lifetimes, lives up in my attic. After my husband passed 7 years ago, it would have just seemed too sad to have put that tree with those ornaments again, even if I could...

Now that is vintage! My grandma had one of those.

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I don't trust canned shellfish.

I had it once at my late hubby's southern relatives' Thanksgiving dinner, and it was to die for! Living in an inland state with little access to shellfish, I've never attempted to make it myself, but I recall it fondly.

Spaghetti was commonplace in the 1950s, at least on the East Coast (with a large Italian population), but pizza was a new phenomenon. "Pizza pie" it was called in the early days.

Wow! You've got my 1980s washer, and even my 1973 refrigerator, beat! They don't build 'em like they used to!

Back on topic, I finished my cup of Tulsi breakfast tea with cream, ate a breakfast of spaghetti, and now brewing green tea to take with in a thermos for trip to town.

I have the opposite problem here since I got a new standing seam metal roof 5 years ago. Snow comes flying off this roof and would crush and kill any living being that was underneath. The front and side doors are safe enough because of overhead porch roofs that funnel snow away from doors, but...

Aren't there any home appliance stores (with a good reputation) that deliver and install washing machines near where you live? Stores that provide a written warranty for machines they sell. Out of curiosity I did a quick search on home appliance stores in the UK, and Argos came right up...