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Joy

It has been a while since I have stopped by here.  I was in the hospital for a week and then in a rehab center for another 9 days.   So, I did  a little catching up,but didn't look at every page that I had missed.

However, I did see Shirley's beautiful Colorado pictures.....  especially the row of aspens.  That almost looked like a painting.

And, of course, Sato's beautiful flowers.

And, Bubble's interesting little village.  The prayer tents were especially so colorful and very interesting scenes.  I agree with Shirley that it is very refreshing to read where their religion is given such a public place to celebrate.   Yes, it is sad that we cannot even say Merry Christmas much anymore. 

Shirley, so happy that you go to your "happy place" especially being able to go with your sons.  Sounds like it was a nice trip. 

I don't like to sit too long at the computer, but I am supposed to keep my legs elevated and I need to go and do that for a little while.

Enjoyed my visit here this evening.

Joy
BIG BOX

Shirley

Thank you, Joy.... and keeping your legs elevated reminds me of those long ago days when we were pregnant & I would lay on the floor & put my feet up on the chair or couch... did you do that?  Seemed like the only time we could stop working was to "put the feet up".  My, a lifetime ago, huh?  Sorry about the hospital trip & re-hab..... that thought scares me, I'm sure it was no picnic for you.

so_P_bubble

Change of scenery. How many of you have been to Odessa, Ukraine? My son  just spent 10 days there on vacation and sent these pictures.


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so_P_bubble

There was a square with lots of military display... explanations in Russian, so he could not elaborate

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Amy

Thoroughly enjoyed all the photos!! Shirley,what a perfect place to camp! You can go to sleep listening to the water, a sound that is so soothing. The Aspen row would be nice to enjoy a walk,seeing the colour and enjoying the fall smells.
I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.
Jimmy Dean
If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went. -Will Rogers

Shirley

Please thank your son (and you) for sharing his vacation with us, Bubble.  For sure I've never been to Odessa, Ukraine, but drove through a liittle town in Missouri with that name, looking for a gas station.  No military equipment that I saw. How interesting his photos are, wonder if they were to keep the town people under control or just to show their "might".  He has your sense of curiosity and talent for selecting unusual sights. 

Don't want to post too many of Colorful Colorado, but will show you 2 more.... One shot through the window as we drove and the other when we got out of the car so many times.  Oops... forgot that I have to put them in the Gallery before I can post~~  Can't show you the one that caught my youngest son's eye.... evergreens covered with dropping leaves that looked like gold ornaments.  I loaded twice & deleted because "the system" insisted it be horizontal and trees don't look so great laying down.  "Picture it".....



Joy

Shirley,  No, I don't remember doing the laying on the floor, like you described.  However, being such a long time ago, it could have happened.

Actually, the hospital visit wasn't too bad after I once got situated, and the rehab place was a lot nicer than I was anticipating.  I had decided to go to a place not far from where most of my family lives, as it was easier on them to visit me.  It is an old place and not quite up to all the amenities that the newer places have, but I was pleased. They had a very good therapy program and knowing that I wouldn't be there very long,  I was able to make out fine.  Everyone was very nice and they had oodles of help.  I didn't wait too long for anything I needed.  The food was not the best, but I made do with that also.  My husband had been at the same place almost 12 years ago, and even tho, there wasn't a lot they could do for him at the time, they did have a lot of help at that time also.
Hope I won't have to return there anytime soon.  I am doing everything I can to prevent that. LOL

Joy
BIG BOX

jackwv

Joy, hope you are having a good recovery.  Bet good to just be back home.

Shirley, love the colors.

Bubble great photos from your son.

angelface555

Bubble, great photos from your son! I have had quite a few souvenirs from Odessa as a friend of mine, Tamra is from there and goes back thirty days each fall to see her parents and sons. She has told me it is the breadbasket of her country and there are many horses and specialty drinks made with vodka. The one souvenir I especially remember is a small board about the size of a nail brush with dulled points that is used for common headaches.

Shirley more great photos! What area is your campsite in? I have relatives and have been to Ouray, Grand Junction, and Montrose, but I don't believe these photos are from that area, perhaps closer to Denver?

:hello: Joy!

Shirley

Patricia, if you look on a map for highway #50 running across the lower part of CO, it goes over Monarch Pass & right on to Montrose..... we go north toward Buena Vista at Salida & turn back into the mountains (along the Divide).  Most maps show St.Elmo and Mount Princton as it goes back west near Nathrop...... looks dry & a waste land until all of a sudden the mountains open up, Chalk Clifts & Chalk Creek and a different world. 

We drove from Durango north to Montrose one time, in a blizzard. I was watching for names of towns since most of my life my father & friends went deer, elk & antelope hunting in that area.  They would hire a guide & set up huge tents to spend a couple weeks out.  Last time he went they got snowed in for another week and I think he got tired of hearing the same stories over & over.  He always laughed about how all of the guys would add an extra shake of hot sauce when they cooked a pot of chili.  But, it was seeing the names of towns I'd heard all my life, was a thrill to actually be there. I'd love to go back but almost an extra day drive for us & the boys don't want to waste any more time in the car.

Joy, I'd rather be where there was plenty of help that lots of shiny, new walls & beds!  Nothing means as much as a kind voice when we are sick & confined.

Sato

#5980
A photo of tropical flower

Photos and Videos are my Hobbies. (S.Sato)

so_P_bubble

Lovely Sato! That looks like an elaborate  tagetes from the leaves. Radiant color!

MarsGal

Lovely photo Sato. Marigolds were a favorite of mine, along with bachelor's buttons when I was a youngster. The bachelor's buttons (or cornflower) always attracted goldfinches.

Mary Ann

Sato, the flower looks like one my neighbor has that is tall, maybe about four feet tall and looks like a tall zinnia.  I am sure that is not what her flower is and not what your flower is.  Both are very pretty and the same color.  I like how you can blur the backgrounds.

Mary Ann

jackwv

Hard to believe that 90 years ago Earl Oglebay left his summer home and surrounding ground to the City of Wheeling.  There were those that did not want to accept it, with fear of the cost to maintain and the distance from the city.  Fortunately the city accepted and I visit almost daily.   Here is a photo of the Mansion taken this evening, and a link to a slide show of the interior I did several years ago.

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Mary Ann

Jack, Wheeling would be much poorer if they had not accepted Oglebay House and area.  All cities should have such an attraction.  I'll never be able to see the mansion but I have through the eyes of your cameras.

Mary Ann

Shirley

That is a gorgeous photo, Jack..... can't imagine any professional photographer having a better collection of photos of the whole place than what you have taken.  Was "Earl Oglebay" an English "Earl" or that just his name.  Our Senior class president & captain of the football team's first name was Earl.  When we lived in England the landlady mentioned one day how strange it was that American's used the title of Earl as a name.  I never thought about it before but now question every time.  Thanks for taking us out for the 90th Anniversary!  Wonder if he realized what a generous deed he was doing and how much people would appreciate & recognize his name and gift 90 years later. 

Vanilla-Jackie

Jack wv...
...thank you, I very much enjoyed your guided tour...such a magnificent Stately Home...Link...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oglebay_Park
" There is no present like the time "

Sato

#5988
Hyakujitsukou - Crape-myrtle


"Hyakujitsukou" means that they keep bloom-in 100 days.
Photos and Videos are my Hobbies. (S.Sato)

so_P_bubble

Thanks for the photo, tour, info on Oglebay Jack!

Owww Sato you made my day: I felt the same heart jump I felt the first time I saw that that gorgeous bloom about seventy years ago. It was the same coloring, the same delicacy and then started my love for botany.

MarsGal

Jack, I loved the tour of the Oglebay Mansion. I got interested in Earl Oglebay's background and discovered that his shipping company, Ogelbay-Norton, owned the SS Edmund Fitzgerald. At one point it was the company's flagship. Thanks for the opportunity to discover more history.

jackwv

Thanks for all the kind comments.  Know I have repeated how fortunate to have the park so handy and choose it for almost daily walks.  Did not know his firm owned the Edmund Fitzgerald.   Following is a short piece of history on Earl Oglebay.


OGLEBAY, EARL W. (4 March 1849-22 June 1926) developer of iron mines in Michigan and Wisconsin, co-founder of Oglebay Norton and Central National Bank, was born in Bridgeport, Ohio, the son of Crispin and Charlotte Scott Oglebay. Brought up in Wheeling, West Virginia, he graduated from Bethany College in Bethany W. Va in 1871 and worked for his father in Wheeling. After his father's death, Earl inherited his interests in the Benwood Iron Works and became president of Wheeling's National Bank of West Virginia, which his grandfather had founded in 1817. Oglebay came to Cleveland in 1881 through his bank's interest in mining, and together with Horace A. Tuttle, established the partnership Tuttle, Oglebay & Co. in 1884 to mine iron ore in Michigan and Wisconsin where Oglebay had already purchased a mining interest. When Tuttle died in 1889, Oglebay bought the interests of his heirs and acted as sales agent for mines in the Gogebic, Menominee, and Marquette Ranges. Backed by JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, Oglebay and DAVID Z. NORTON, he organized Oglebay Norton in 1890 to mine iron ore on the lands that Rockefeller owned. That same year Oglebay was one of the founders of the Central National Bank, and remained a director of the institution throughout his life.

Oglebay divided his time between Cleveland and Wheeling where he owned the 1200-acre Waddington farm, practicing scientific farming to improve methods of soil and crop adaptation. He married Sallie Howell 27 Oct. 1881 and they had a daughter Sarita. He died in Cleveland, survived by brothers James and Frank of Kansas City, Sarita Burton Russell (Mrs. Albert), and grandson Courtney Burton. He was buried in Wheeling.

       

MarsGal

Oglebay and Norton shipping fleet operations began in 1921 with 11 ships. It always surprises me when I see that the Edmund Fitzgerald sank in 1975. I always think of that event being much earlier. The company began having financial problems in 2002, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2004, and after leaving bankruptcy (2005), sold the last of its ships in 2006. The company was sold to the Belgian company, Carmeuse, in 2008. Yet another company bought up by an overseas company. About now, I wonder just how many big US companies are now owned by overseas companies. Seems like every time you turn around you hear of another one that in no longer an American owned company.

Very much off topic, sorry.

SCFSue

Jack, thank you so much for the wonderful photos of the Oglebay property in Wheeling.  The information about his life, farming methods, and family was very interesting, too.

Sue

P.S. Mars Gal, thanks for the additional information about the Oglebay/Norton shipping fleet operations.  Although I was born and raised in West Virginia, this is history I had no knowledge of.

angelface555

#5994
American made has always been a good marketing slogan but never actually honest even years ago.

Other than certain countries where all industry is nationalized, I do not believe there are any American or other industrial nations' wholly owned subsidiaries. While investing in a company or consortium has been done for centuries, it really took off in the nineteen forties. Any publicly held company sells stock to raise money and to operate. Those shares are sold to anyone for market value.

It has been inaccurate to say American made as you might have raw material from more than one area, different stages of assembly in more than one area or country and the final touches in still another country. I learned in 1997 when I worked for an import/export company, that the country that did the finishing touches was legally entitled to claim made in that country even if everything else came from elsewhere.

American investors own stock worldwide as well as investors from other companies owning stock in US-based companies. A few examples are Fox news owned by Murdock and previously a Saudi Prince, Alwaleed bin Tala as well as a partnership in  21st Century Fox. Several of those shares are now owned by Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Prince Mohammad bin Salman. Kraft foods Brand LTD.; a Belgian/ German company, containing multiple worldwide brands, is a good example;

    A1 Steak Sauce
    Africana (Romania)
    Air Crisps
    Ali Coffee
    Back to Nature
    Bagel-Fuls
    Better Cheddars
    Boca Burger
    Bonox
    Breakstone's
    Bulls-Eye Barbecue Sauce
    Cadbury
    Café HAG
    Calumet Baking Powder Company
    Cameo (biscuits)
    Capri Sun (juice drink)
    Cheesybite
    Charada (Peru)
    Cheez Whiz
    Cheezels (Malaysia)
    Chicken in a Biskit
    Chipsmore (Malaysia, Singapore)
    Claussen (pickles)
    Clight
    Club Social (crackers)
    Cool Whip (non-dairy whipped cream)
    CornNuts (snack food)
    Coronita (Peru)
    Country Time (powdered drink mix)
    Cracker Barrel Cheese
    Crystal Light
    Dadák (Coffee) (Czech republic)
    Dairylea (Europe)
    Easy Cheese
    Eden (Philippines)
    El Caserío (Spain)
    Estrella (Lithuania)
    Field (Peru)
    Figaro (Chocolate) (Slovakia, Czeck Republic)
    Filipinos (snack food) (Spain, Portugal)
    Fontaneda (biscuits) (Spain)
    Fudgee-O (Canada)
    General Foods International
    Gevalia (Sweden)
    GyÅ'ri Keksz (biscuits Hungary)
    Grey Poupon (mustard)
    Handi-Snacks
    Harvest Crisps
    Honey Maid
    In-A-Biskit (Australia)
    Jacob's (biscuits)
    Japp (Scandinavia)
    Jell-O (gelatin dessert)
    Jet-Puffed Marshmallows
    Jiagai (China)
    Knox (gelatin)
    Knudsen (dairy, California)
    Kong Haakon (Norway)
    Kolonáda (Czech republic)
    Kool-Aid (flavored drink mix)
    Karuna (Chocolate) (Lithuania)
    Kraft BBQ Sauce
    Kraft Caramels
    Kraft Macaroni and Cheese
    Kraft Dinner (Canada)
    Kraft Easymac
    Kraft Mayo
    Kraft Bagelfuls
    Kraft Peanut Butter (Canada)
    Kraft Singles (pasteurized prepared cheese product)
    Kraft Sandwich Spread
    Kraker Bran
    Lacta (Brazil, Greece)
    Liga (Netherlands)
    Lunchables
    Lyuks (potato chips) (Ukraine)
    Maarud (potato chips) (Norway)
    Maxwell House (coffee)
    Mellow Bird's Coffee (United Kingdom)
    MiO
    Miracle Whip (salad dressing spread)
    Miracoli (Germany)
    Mostro (Peru)
    Nabob (coffee) (Canada)
    Non-Stop (Scandinavia)
    O'boy (Scandinavia, Estonia)
    O'smile (Taiwan)
    Onko (coffee)
    Opavia (Czech republic, Slovakia)
    Orchard Crisps
    Oscar Mayer
    Grated Parmesan cheese
    Pacific crackers (China)
    Philadelphia Cream Cheese
    Pigrolac
    Planters
    Poiana (Romania)
    Polly-O (cheese)
    phub
    Premium (a Nabisco brand of saltine crackers)
    P'tit Québec
    Pure Kraft Salad Dressings
    Ritz Metro
    Royal baking powder
    Saiwa (Italian Division of Nabisco)
    Seven Seas (salad dressings)
    Saimaza (Spain)
    Sanka (decaffeinated coffee)
    Shake 'n Bake
    Simmenthal (canned meat)
    Snackabouts
    South Beach Living
    Starbucks (grocery store items) - Starbucks dissolved the partnership in 2011
    Stove Top stuffing
    Svoge (Bulgaria)
    Swiss Crackers
    Sugar Wafers
    Taco Bell (grocery store items)
    Tang
    Tassimo (single-serve coffee machines using pods branded as T-Discs)
    Terrabusi (Kraft Foods Argentina)
    Tiger Energy Biscuits (Southeast Asian countries)
    Toasted Chips
    Twisties (Malaysia)
    Uguan (China)
    Velveeta

Mondelez International
Further information: Mondelez International
Oreo cookies
Ritz Crackers
Triscuit crackers

    Alpen Gold (chocolate) (Hungary, Russia)
    Arrowroot biscuits
    Baker's Chocolate
    Bassett's (United Kingdom)
    Beemans gum
    Belvita (Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Philippines, Germany, Spain, France, United Kingdom, Ireland)
    Biskuat (Indonesia)
    Bubbaloo
    Cadbury
    Carte Noire
    Cheese Nips
    Chiclets
    Chips Ahoy!
    Chocolat Poulain
    Côte d'Or
    Crunchie
    Daim (Sweden)
    Domino (Finland and Baltic countries)
    Fanipalat (Finland)
    Fig Newton
    Freia (Norway)
    Frys
    Green & Blacks (chocolate) (United Kingdom)
    Halls
    Hollywood Chewing Gum
    Hony Bran
    Jacobs (Europe)
    Kenco (United Kingdom)
    La Pie qui Chante
    Lefèvre-Utile
    Lucky crackers (Taiwan)
    Marabou (Sweden)
    Maynards (United Kingdom)
    Mikado (United Kingdom)
    Milka (Europe)
    Nabisco
    Natural Confectionery Company ('natural' sweets) (Australia & United Kingdom)
    Nilla
    Oreo
    Pascall
    Prince Polo
    Ritz Crackers
    SnackWells
    Suchard
    Teddy Grahams
    Trakinas
    Terry's (chocolates)
    Terry's Chocolate Orange
    Thinsations
    Toblerone (Kraft Foods Switzerland)
    Triscuit (snack cracker)
    Trebor (sweets) (United Kingdom)
    TUC (cracker)
    Twist
    Wheat Thins


angelface555

Another good example is a Chrysler television ad some years back telling everyone to buy American made, preferably Chrysler, featuring Lee Iacocca. What wasn't mentioned was that at the time Chrysler owned several manufacturing plants in Japan making Japanese cars and in some places car parts assembled and sent to the US to be placed in "American made" Chrysler cars.

Mary Ann

Patricia, I've known for years that "made in America" did not really exist.  Norm had a fit when one of his sons bought a Honda and we could not convince him that the finished product was in the US even though parts came from all over.  With the Honda name, Norm said it was not "made in America".  I will say I had "American" cars from Chrysler and GM and it satisfied him, but I knew they were not 100% American made.  Norm sold for Ford, Chevy and Chrysler and thought they were 100% American made.  We could not convince a stubborn Dane!!!

Mary Ann

Shirley

Mary Ann, that made me grin about Norm.... and I can picture him stubbornly waving the flag.  He reminded me of my 3 brothers all rolled into one, and I dearly loved his ornery sense of humor.  Brothers are special, no matter how much they teased we knew if anyone dared to try to harm us, they'd be after them like "a flea on a hound dog", right? 

Patricia, the company my husband worked for went into bankruptcy so pieces of it sold off to other companies. The pension plan was protected, went with one company that sold again some years later and is now owned by China.  Somehow, the pension is still coming in every month but I would not stake my life that it's going to last forever.... but I am grateful for the people that had the foresight to protect what was worked & saved for. 

If you remember how Sam Walton bragged about HIS stores sold American, but after he died I was sad to discover the apple juice with the Sam's Club brand had a "Produced in China" logo around the neck of the bottle.  I quit buying it for my husband after that.  In my wildest imagination I cannot see how they could produce apple juice & ship it to the US cheaper than it can be produced here. 

I also discovered all the fish that is not "breaded" comes from China, even at my grocery store.  My butcher showed me that for double or more the price I can buy American caught fish from the Pacific Northwest.  My problem is the Chinese have not proven their respect for standards (and our standards have slipped, as well). 

I don't object to produce from most countries and know many products are cheaper because of cheaper labor than in the US, but we do need to track what we eat, at least.  I'm not happy with the genetic engineered foods & know when we enjoy corn on the cob & never see a worm, somebody implanted something in the seed or on the plants to keep it bug free.  Big sigh.............back to the subject of Photos!

angelface555

Shirley, it's probable that one of the steps in manufacturing that apple juice came from the US or another country before China did the last step in the process earning the legal right to say made in China. Rarely if ever does a product natural or otherwise come straight from the farm unless you buy local. The straining, purification, bottling, labels, etc. are all part of the manufacturing process.

MarsGal

#5999
I remember when Kraft sold off some of its products to Molendez. I eventually sold my Kraft stock, still have Mondelez.

Recently, I found out that we import eggs. Sure surprised me. Also, discovered some time back that 85% of the Tilapia  consumed in the US is imported. I actually should have expected that because Tilapia is an African fish. It happens to be a good fish to farm raise. There used to be a place (don't know if it is still there) in Allentown, near the fairgrounds I think, that was raising them in tanks above the store. The owner made some "to die for" rich seafood spreads among other things. The owner liked Tilapia because it was so "bland" that it took all kinds of sauces very well. When I worked at Rodale Institute, the owner would, oh maybe once or twice a year, come in and do a special lunch spread for us.