Re: Re: Imogene/ OT

[Guest guest]

Hi Imogene-

I have a friend with a beach home on Sanibel Island. I didn't make it to her

beach home but stayed with her in Bradenton. Her twin sister lives here in Des

Moines. I went to Florida one year ago, it was beautiful. I had never been to

Florida before.

We got another inch of snow this afternoon/evening and I shoveled a good 30 ft.

by 40 ft. section and was thinking of you each shovel I threw. I looked up to

the sky saying prayers for you and Don several times as I was shoveling. My son

got the snow blower out and cleared the rest of the driveway for me along with

the very front sidewalk, also threw down some ice melt on the hill of our

driveway.

Keeping you in my thoughts and prayers-

Sandie

Des Moines, IA

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Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 22:25:29 EST

Chardon, Ohio, is it Carol? You are also in some beautiful country.

Feeding a horse? You ARE in the country. And, snow dumps there by the bucket.

But

in your country setting it stays beautiful longer. Cleveland was just

filthy back in the '50s when the steel mill was still there.

Where a person wakes up to life is the most beautiful, and tugs at the

heart no matter where the place is. My place was Southern Florida on the

Islands of Sanibel, Pine Island, and Ft. Myers beach. And that was a time

before

the places became overcrowded. " Wall to wall and ten feet tall. " The

Islands were unspoiled, pristine, and totally glorious.

Why did I leave? A man, and ignorance of other places. When I moved to

Texas, it was another man that has kept my heart and me here, not to mention

some of my children. Texas has some beautiful places, but it isn't " home "

either. The Islands are " home. "

Thanks for dropping a line and telling me where you are at. Please keep

writing, too.

Love a bunch,

Imogene

In a message dated 1/31/2010 9:22:27 A.M. Central Standard Time,

tuttle929@... writes:

Imogene-

I enjoyed your memories of northern Ohio! I am a " lurker " who lives in

Chardon, OH which is 30 miles northeast of Cleveland. Yes, not too far from

Lake Erie in the " snow capital " of Ohio. This morning it is just 6 degrees

and sunny. I bundled up to go out and feed the horse, goats and rabbit. But

we do have central heat!

Robin, glad to see another Ohioan here although the distance is too great

between us to share resource ideas!

Take care-

Carol

daughter of who was diagnosed 2003 with LBD