My Mum sometimes in the 40s….before me
Live life and enjoy it. That’s the real key to beauty!
Michelle Visage
Kingsley Plantation
https://www.nps.gov/timu/learn/historyculture/kp_visiting.htm
Address: 11676 Palmetto Ave, Jacksonville, FL 32226
Kingsley Plantation is a little known park in an out-of-the-way location. It is physically beautiful and emotionally evocative; in short, well worth a detour to visit. It’s part of the Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve, which probably wins the prize as Florida’s most obscure national park. https://www.floridarambler.com/northeast-florida-getaways/kingsley-plantation-slavery-jacksonville-florida/
It was named for an early owner, Zephaniah Kingsley, who spent 25 years there. The Kingsley family managed the plantation until 1868 when John F. Rollins bought Fort George Island and the Rollins family owned it for 55 years.
Of note are the reports of odd happenings and sighting here…I know one nurse, a very reliable down to earth lady who reports seeing a person in period costume when she approached the great house—however upon entering she found no one but park rangers in uniforms—when she questioned where the characters were she was told there was no such persons there, but as she was walking about another ranger took her aside and told her such sightings were common at the plantation house and that they had no cause to blame except ghosts, but not to mention it to the lady who had advised her she hadn’t seen anything.
I was at the Plantation Over-seer’s house ruins, a place noted for all manner of strange happenings when I was overtaken by the most horrid feeling of doom and depression (best I can describe it) and my friends were so concerned that they took me away from the plantation immediately (luckily we had stopped there on our way out). It was a crazy feeling but with each mile we put between us and the house the more it receded until I was back to normal with no account for the attack.
There have been all manor of other sightings and strange happenings including a slave with a turban smelling gingerbread cooking. Some have felt a sensation like ice water being poured over them and there have also been reports of beds being moved about.
More: http://www.ghostreport.com/States/Florida/KingsleyPlantation.htm
“Sam’s Door”
The Cockayne Farm House http://www.cockaynefarmstead.com/
Check out this great little bit of history in Glendale, W.Va in the Northern Panhandle.
Also at: https://www.facebook.com/pg/thecockaynefarmstead/about/?ref=page_internal
From original watercolor by Anne H. Foreman
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Be free, and live life fully.
Caroline Shaw
Bath Abbey
Address: Bath BA1 1LT, UK
If you don’t take the chance to live life, what can you say at the end of it? Naveen Andrews
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Craftsman Bungalow
During the first 3 decades of the twentieth century, the Bungalow became the most common style of residential architecture in the US.
Most displayed gently sloping gable-over gable roofs that face the street. Bungalows employed a variety of exterior materials. Rafter ends were usually exposed and often carved in decorative patterns to combine structure and ornament.
Mt Dora Historic Tours
Picture is bungalow for sale in Atlanta https://atlanta.curbed.com/2017/4/20/15364780/west-end-atlanta-craftsman-bungalow-for-sale
“However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.” —Stephen Hawking
“You’re only here for a short visit. Don’t hurry, don’t worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way.” —Walter Hagen
East Martella Museum and Gallery
A Civil War Fort (1862–never saw any action)
with tower that sets at the entrance to the Key West Airport and across A1A from the ocean. There is an Art gallery as well as pictures, artifacts and historic documents not to mention Robert check here for more about THE DOLL: http://www.artisthousekeywest.com/about/robert-the-doll/
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the things you did. ~ Mark Twain
I belong do you and I adopt strays and abandoned …..
Life is not the way it’s supposed to be. It’s the way it is. The way you deal with it is what makes the difference.
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“Today is a brand new day; a day to heal, a day to love, a day to forgive, a day to encourage, a day to start afresh.” – Caroline Naoroji
“The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.” —Oprah Winfrey
Have you ever been to MARAZION?
I was several years ago–we stayed in Penzance and wandered here–coming by bus (though on that trip I drove–in England and My Friend “S” in Ireland.)
This is a small village on Mount Bay and it’s big draw for tourists is St. Michael Mount (not to be confused with Mont -Saint-Michel in Normandy—it’s sister island.). The town dates to the 12th c and overlooks Mounts Bay–the largest Bay in Britain. It is Cornwall’s oldest charter town.
in medieval Europe, monarchs typically issued charters to towns, cities, guilds, merchant associations, universities, and religious institutions; such charters guaranteed certain privileges and immunities for those organizations while also sometimes specifying arrangements for the conduct of their internal affairs. https://www.britannica.com/topic/charter-document
It has lots of sand and bunches of windsurfing and sailing centers.
To find out more check here: https://www.visitcornwall.com/things-to-do/west-cornwall/marazion
“All our dreams can come true – if we have the courage to pursue them.”
Does anybody remember this theme park near Ocala way—-it’s been gone for years—-and most importantly what famous person spent a bit of time here?
Come back next Friday for the full story.
“Don’t worry what others are doing. Do you!”
Got a leaky garden hose? You can fix it How to Repair a Leaky Garden Hose
or you can put some more holes in it and use it to irrigate your garden and or yard—it saves on the use of water and can be localized for specific areas w/out drowning everything out—and wasting water.
“We forge the chains we wear in life.” Charles Dickens
