Merry Christmas to you all

 

Dear Friends,

I know it's been a long time since you heard anything from me. I want to say that everything is fine here. Like with everyone else this has been a very unstable time. 

I keep trying to think of different things I can post here. That and finding the motivation to do it. But I do promise I will post something from the past. 

So I hope to drop by again real soon.

Till then,

Your friend,

Sandy

Dear Friends, I'm back; Looking for what's next

 Dear Friends,

I know it has been a long time since I have written, I'm sorry. I am fine here. One of my excuses is, with all the nonsense going on I was not sure if looking to the past was a good thing right now. 

I do wonder how history will look back on this time.  But then again we should not forget the past in anyway. I know some of the letters I have shown you from the time around the Spanish flu does mention someone having the flu but I don't think there was any mention of anyone they knew dying from it. I guess I'll just have to go back over the blog and try to find some of them that mention it and let you know what to look for.

If you have been wondering what I've been doing during this time of uncertainty. Well, not a whole lot. We only hiked once this summer so far. Not sure if we will get any done this year or not. We also recently got a new dog.

This is Bella.

She was born June 16th.

We've had her for almost two weeks now. She is almost house broken already. She does like to dig and being a healer cattle dog she nips a little to much. So that is something we have to work on. And also get her use to a leash. I would like to someday take her hiking with us. 

I've been thinking about what else I have from a time gone by that I can share with you. I have a number of old books I could share with you. 

I have a book on President McKinley. Published the year he was assassinated. "Illustrious Life of William McKinley; Our Martyred President." 1901

A cookbook from 1908, in Swedish. I could maybe copy them and translate the recipes.

I have a book from  1891 called:" Bill Nye's Remarks". (Not the science guy). This one was a political humorist of that time. 

I have a book on the Titanic published the same year it sank. The only problem is it's in Swedish. My sister I think has the same book  or similar in English.

I do have more of the Fables I could share with you. 

There are more news clippings.

I could dive into my past. Share pictures or a few other things from my past. It is history that is slowly fading away.

There are a lot of other directions I could go in. If anyone has any suggestions about anything I will be willing to take it into consideration. Or if anyone has anything they want to contribute just let me know and I'll see what we can do.

Well, that's all for now.

I hope to hear from you soon.

So till next time.

Your friend,

Sandy

Four Fables with lessons to be learned

Dear Friends,
I hope all are having a good beginning to this new year 2020.
Mine has been very nice for me so far. I feel like this year is going to be a very eye opening year for me to the good. This year things will be a whole lot smoother then they were last year. Last year was one of those years, that you just want to say, "What was that?"
So since there are lessons to be learned, I will share with you four fables from the Riverside Literature book.Each tells of the lesson learned.

Here is the first one:

THE LION AND THE MOUSE

As a Lion lay asleep, a Mouse, by chance,
ran into his mouth. The lion shut his teeth
together and would have eaten him up, but the
Mouse begged hard to be let out, saying:--
"If you will let me go, I shall be forever grateful."
The lion smiled and let the Mouse out.
Not long after, the Mouse had a chance to
repay him, for the Lion was caught by some
hunters, and bound with ropes to a tree. The
Mouse heard him roar and groan, and ran and
gnawed the ropes, so that the Lion got free.
Then the Mouse said:--
"You laughed at me once, Lion, as if you
could get nothing in return for your kindness
to me, but now it is you who owe your life to
me."
This fable teaches that there may come sudden
changes of fortune, when the strong will
owe everything to the weak.

Here is the second one:

THE LION AND THE BEAR

A Lion and a Bear chance to fall upon a
Fawn at the same time, and they began to
fight for it. They fought so fiercely that at
last they fell down, entirely warn out and
almost dead.
A Fox, passing that way, saw them stretched
out, and the Fawn dead between them. He
stole in slyly, seized the Fawn, and ran away
with it for his dinner. When they saw
this,they could not stir, but they cried out:--
" What wretches we are to take all this trouble
for a Fox!"
This fable teaches that when two people fall
to fighting for something, a third person is apt
to get it.

Here is the third one:

THE HUNTER AND THE WOODCUTTER

A hunter was looking for the tracks of a
Lion, and he asked a Woodcutter whom he met
if he had seen any tracks of a Lion, and if he
knew where the Lion was hid. The Woodcutter
said:--
"Oh, I can show you the Lion himself."
Then the Hunter was pale with fright, his
teeth chattered, and he said:--
"I only want to see his tracks; I don't want
to see the Lion."
There are those who are brave with words
only, not with deeds.

Here is the fourth one:

THE DOG AND THE WOLF

A dog was lying asleep in front of a stable.
A Wolf suddenly came upon him, and was
about to make a meal of him, but the Dog
begged for his life, saying:--
"I am lean and tough now; but wait a little,
for my master is going to give a feast, and then
I shall have plenty to eat; I shall grow fat, and
make a better meal for you."
So the Wolf agreed, and went away. By and
by he came back, and found the Dog asleep on
the house-top. He called to him to come down
now and do as he had agreed. But the Dog
answered;--
"Good Wolf, if you ever catch me again
asleep in front of the stable, you had better not
wait for the feast to come off."
This fable teaches that wise men, when they
escape danger, take care afterwards not to run
the same risk.

Each one has a very good lesson that still applies to this day.  Maybe some people in charge should be sent these lessons. Maybe then they will plan things better and consider the consequence of how they are going about things.

Now here are a few pictures from springs gone by.

 Written on the back of this one: May 8, 1923   Berglund's woodshed

 Written on the back of this one:  Spring April 1939

 Written on the back of this one: Kitten on top of a cow.

Well that's all I have to share with you today.
I hope you will come back soon for more Fading History.
Till then.
Your friend,
Sandy