Monday, March 11, 2024

Kirsten at Coolspring October 2023

Re-Cap a Great Trip


Hey, all!

I had so much fun at Coolspring this past October.  I hadn't been there since 2015 when I met Shivan from Say Hello to My Little Friends.  AND guess what!?  I'm not the only one to post late!  In 2015, Lanie took over the blog in February to post about her October 2014 trip.  That was nine years ago...can you imagine!?

In looking back at the history it was 2019 when we got a scooter!  So much fun!  We didn't take that to Coolspring though.  We did take our new convertible!  It was so much fun tooling around the museum grounds!  I was really looking forward to driving one of the Say Hello crew around, but the weather turned sour and they stayed home.  Maybe in June.  That's only three months away!

So here I am in the car on Wednesday.   Tris enjoyed the ride.   
















There was more time to check things out like this because Xyra and Franz moved up from a tent to a small camper!  Cool, huh?  It was nice sleeping in the camper.  










After the rain, it got really cold.  From no coat to winter gear.  That's why we pack for four seasons, you just never know. 









Was a great trip!  The museum is expanding too!  

What is your favorite photo?
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Friday, February 9, 2024

Fun Friday: Tina Factoids

Get to Know Tina

Happy Friday, all!  Hope you had a great week!  Mine started with a plane trip back to Philly from our visit to Gramma Enne and Opa Hans in Carson City, Nevada.  What an adventure!  But I get to share that with you in a different post.  

I joined the Tea Time with Melody Q crew and Silverleaf family in early July of 2023.  Mel and the others have been helping me with short interviews ever since then.  Let's get started. 


My full name is Tina Mae Johnson Silverleaf.  My birthday is November 26, 2013 and I'm a Sagittarius.  There are books about a girl that looks like me.  Her name is Melody Ellison and she is a New Year's baby born in 1954; she's a Capricorn like Melody Q. 


I don't have any nicknames. [Yet!]


I don't have any pets. [We have plenty to share!]


I was recently gifted my own Melody Ellison doll and love her.  mel and Bev picked her out.  [You're welcome!]  She went on the trip with me.


Should you be a Harry Potter fan like we are, you'll be interested to know I was sorted into Hufflepuff.


When I'm not reading or hanging our with the crew, you'll find me working on miniatures or coloring. 


My Favorites

Animal:  Hamster; and love the two resident hamsters here. 

Book:  Rebound.  It's a really good story about a boy who is working through grief.  It's all in poetry!

Color:  Aqua

Food:  Real Mexican, especially chicken mole.

Flower:  Daisies and violets

Instrument:  Guitar and dulcimer

Movie:  Who has just one favorite movie.  I'm a fan of the DC universe movies:  Wonder Woman, Aquaman.  Also the Marvel Universe, Black Panther, Thor, Guardians of the Galaxy, Shang Chi.

Number:  4, 7, and 11.  (giggles)

Rock group/musician:  I like a bunch!  Music is great at all times; however, my favorites include:  Tina Turner, The Rolling Stones, The Struts, Rhianna, Taylor Swift, Sza.  Sometimes I listen to the Kidzbop channel on Sirius XM.

Sport:  I like watching football and Australian rules football.  I also like basketball and am looking forward to March Madness.

Tea:  Strawberry tea is the best.  Not the artificially flavored kind; that stuff is terrible.  Stay away strawberry cheesecake tea.  BLECH!

TV show(s):  American Born Chinese, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Castle, Rise of the Pink Ladies, Death in Paradise, Only Murders in the Building.


There you go.  If there is anything else you want to know, please feel free to ask me in the comments.  Be certain it is polite and appropriate.  Let me know your favorite photo from the post too.  

Have a great Friday and weekend!

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