tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post571058895422225194..comments2024-03-25T09:03:39.020-07:00Comments on The Uncrushable Jersey Dress: Betty in the National Parks II: Part 6Betty Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16446092401692468002noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-44896699077364384442012-10-29T15:26:02.116-07:002012-10-29T15:26:02.116-07:00The Jonkheer had a day off work today, and was sti...The Jonkheer had a day off work today, and was still asleep when I left the house at 8:30am. His sound advice of the night before: "Don't drive under any falling trees." If I ever need rescue, Army Betty, I'm phoning you.Betty van den Betsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05462647734423787992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-73673346659019463502012-10-28T12:01:48.515-07:002012-10-28T12:01:48.515-07:00Not me. But then, I would heed the warnings anyway...Not me. But then, I would heed the warnings anyway. I just hope along with Betty AnoninTX that it won't be as bad as expected. And that people will find a safe shelter before the storm hits their area.Betty Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517346001348814015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-87084225139462132192012-10-28T11:13:45.724-07:002012-10-28T11:13:45.724-07:00Who amongst us could expect a daring rescue should...Who amongst us could expect a daring rescue should we decide to flee a misunderstanding in classic Betty style by heading out for an ill-advised long walk at the peak of Sandy? I'm afraid my luitenant-kolonel would simply presume I had sufficient field training to take care of myself....Army Bettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07304515646286184989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-17208244883567147812012-10-26T18:14:46.452-07:002012-10-26T18:14:46.452-07:00PS I just hope this storm Sandy is not going to hi...PS I just hope this storm Sandy is not going to hit the NE (or anywhere) as hard as expected. :(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-9998385370344639682012-10-26T18:09:09.206-07:002012-10-26T18:09:09.206-07:00That little piece of paper was the emotional highl...That little piece of paper was the emotional highlight of the trip. <br /><br />I will admit that any time a book looks good in a setting, it is purely acccidental! I did try this trip to take books that somehow went with the park a bit. I meant to take Once for All Time to Canada (Clotilde's sister lived in Canada), but for some reason I picked up only five of the six I meant to take. <br /><br />I also would have like to have seen the Old Man of the Mountain. We drove by the spot and looked up. We loved Vermont and New Hampshire and Maine. Just beautiful. The multiple white churches and the housing styles really struck us. Out here it's odd to see a house or building that is NOT made of brick. Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado will always be my top draws. The Rockies are just so breathtaking. If we didn't want/need to be near my family and the PRT's family, we would move to Montana in a heartbeat. I don't know who it is from Billings, Montana, who comes by the blog, but I love that area! Prairie meets the mountains.<br /><br />Betty AnoninTXAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-23220011317650224042012-10-25T15:15:08.782-07:002012-10-25T15:15:08.782-07:00Too bad you were too late to see The Old Man of th...Too bad you were too late to see <a href="http://www.twinmountain.com/oldman.php" rel="nofollow">The Old Man of the Mountain</a>. On another trip, you might catch <a href="http://www.nh.gov/visitors/oldman.htm" rel="nofollow">his legacy monument</a>.<br /><br />I really enjoy the southwest -- mostly just been in and around Phoenix and Las Vegas (desert landscapes win out over casinos every time for me), and the sharp difference it offers from my New England childhood is breathtaking. But I adore New England, from semi-bustling Boston to the shores of Rhode Island and the mountains of Vermont and everything else.<br /><br />When I was doing the BbtN pieces on sightseeing, I started pulling images suggestive of what Mary Matilda missed by never coming to the US -- but I had about ten (Sedona's red rocks! Seattle's islands! covered bridge in New England village, public artworks in Chicago, St. Louis's gorgeous botanical garden, Colorado's Rockies, Michigan's lake country, the California coast, robber barons' 'cottages' in Newport, miniature endangered deer in the Florida keys) and was still going strong. So I had to stop, as I wasn't willing or able to edit it down to a few. But New England will always be a top spot on any sightseeing tour of the USA I envision.Betty van den Betsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05462647734423787992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-72624441685092631792012-10-25T12:56:28.699-07:002012-10-25T12:56:28.699-07:00The colours of A Star Looks Down are perfect for t...The colours of <i>A Star Looks Down</i> are perfect for the view from Mt. Washington. Betty AnoninTX "high up in the world".<br /><i>Fate</i> posing in front of West Point Museum. That scrap of paper was a real highlight for you, wasn’t it?<br />Crummy hotel but <i>English Teatime</i> tea and a Betty with a teatime cover for Belated Bettysday tea – and the PRT doing the laundry, what a gem.<br />And the saga continues <b>...</b><br /><br />P. S.: The picture of your tea at the "rather rundown hotel" reminds me of the times the RDD is served tea or a meal not up to his usual standard - and he is always so nice about it. These three scenes came to mind<br /><a href="http://books.google.de/books?id=wNV45IWMXscC&pg=PT120&dq=%22the+tea+was+richly+brown+and+liberally+laced+with+condensed+mild%22+inauthor:neels+inauthor:betty&hl=de&sa=X&ei=V4qJUJObOuaP4gSxkoCYAw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22the%20tea%20was%20richly%20brown%20and%20liberally%20laced%20with%20condensed%20milk%22&f=false" rel="nofollow">Shirley makes a nice cuppa.</a> in <i><b>The Magic of Living</b></i><br /><br /><a href="http://books.google.de/books?id=lmsKITyxXM4C&pg=PT25&dq=tea+intitle:fate+intitle:is+intitle:remarkable+inauthor:neels+inauthor:betty&hl=de&sa=X&ei=Uo-JUIq8BKjU4QSa9IDwBQ&redir_esc=y" rel="nofollow">Tea at Mrs Brown’s</a> in <i><b>Fate Is Remarkable</b></i><br /><br /><a href="http://books.google.de/books?id=-WKkooofql8C&pg=PT102&dq=fred+tea+intitle:small+intitle:slice+intitle:of+intitle:summer+inauthor:neels+inauthor:betty&hl=de&sa=X&ei=YZGJUObhGMrV4gT_jIGgAQ&redir_esc=y" rel="nofollow">Is that your tea or an early supper?</a> Jason and Tishy served by Fred at the Cosy Café in <i><b>Small Slice of Summer</b></i> (I have read this scene within the last fourty-eight hours...<i>sigh</i>...Love it.)Betty Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517346001348814015noreply@blogger.com