10/9/10 SPCA, train, biking
10/9/10
We have been having GORGEOUS weather here on the East Coast.
After dog school with Chester & Weasel we, of course, went biking!
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About a 15 mile stretch through beautiful Bucks County.
It doesn’t run all the time but yesterday it did & we got
to bike alongside it.
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Here come the train!
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The conductor DID wave but I wasn’t quick enough to
get that photo.
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We saved this turtle from getting run over
by a car.
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We were too late to save this snake.
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We stopped at the SPCA to visit our kittens.
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Unfortunately they were living at a foster home
& we couldn’t visit them. I was hoping
I could have convinced Michael to let me
keep one as a Birthday Present since I
didn’t get the Hot Air Balloon ride I wanted.
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Picture hanging in the SPCA
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I always like the shadow pictures when we are biking
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Here’s my shadow! lol
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We rode 40 miles today. It was a great ride 🙂
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Weasel resting after a long day of dog school & napping.
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got a birthday card & a buck from my brother Michael.
Haven’t seen him since 1988 for various reasons……
Weird, huh? Well, we do write occasionally….
The letter he wrote inside my card was
actually VERY FUNNY.
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and a an unexpected card from my
friend TIM SMITH…. with a
Starbucks card too 🙂
so very thoughtful ……
I never even met TIM!!!!!
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the next couple of pictures are IMPORTANT to understand the last
Picture of Today’s Picture of the Day…..
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Me & my friend’s dad MR BANNON –
~ he passed away this summer…..
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keep reading…….
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THIS is what I wrote in Picture of the Day back in July:
“FIVE DOLLARS….. Mr Bannon used to ALWAYS send me $5 for my birthday – just for the FUN of it…..this is last years five dollar bill. Who wants to pick up the tradition???”
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AND THEN — in the MAIL TODAY —
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I got THIS!!!!
I have the best friends, YES???!!!
Seriously – how thoughtful???
Thank you TIM – I know you were the “angel” who sent this.
You’re great 🙂
Check out Tim here:
http://www.smile-therapy.com/about-us/about-us.php
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I agree.
Your friends should always come first.
But real friends would never make you choose.
~
anonymous
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???Friendship without self interest
is one of the rare and beautiful things in life.???
– James Francis Byrnes
– James Francis Byrnes
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???Show me your best friend and I’ll tell you who you are.???
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always positive,
Helcha 🙂
http://helentdiehl.posterous.com/
What would helen do? 
Happy Birthday! Sorry I didn’t send you anything. I didn’t even know it was your birthday until I read this! Next year….I love your pictures of "the countryside". Steam trains, trees, green grass, rivers & streams, GREEN grass & trees. Did I mention the GREEN grass & trees??? That’s about the only thing I miss about New England; the scenery is really beautiful during all seasons. Except it gets cold. Really cold….
Yes Jackie – we are so fortunate to live in an AWESOME area. Seriously, everytime we bike we say how LUCKY we are!!