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Duchess of Weaselskin
Bayfield, Colorado - Saturday evening around dusk we spotted these two 4x4 (Colorado Point) Bucks grazing in our north yard. They grazed for awhile while we watched on and then jumped the creek that runs through the yard and strolled on south down the road. Great Uncle Robert Lee Warwick
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This Day In History (August 22)
America - On this day: August 22, 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt became the first United States chief executive to ride in an automobile in public. It was in Hartford, Connecticut, August 22, 1902, President Roosevelt began his tour of New England amid scenes of remarkable enthusiasm. Roosevelt landed from the yacht Syip, at New Haven, shortly after 1 pm in the afternoon, progressing to on through New England. he addressed an audience of more than 5,000 persons in the Coliseum. For more of his journey Click and READ HERE. Finians Rainbow (1947 Broadway Original)
Do you believe in Leprechauns and finding "pots of gold?" My other half found a bunch of old vinyl records at various weekend garage sales around southwest Colorado area. One of those collections is record booklet of 6 old 78rpms of a Columbia records set M-MM-686 for the Original recording of the1947 Broadway Musical of Finian's Rainbow.
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NW Okie's Corner
Bayfield, Colorado - The photo on the left is a view probably taken from the roof of the Monfort building on the downtown square. As you look South up College Avenue (6th Street) you can see the Stipp's Department Store, Congregational church and the Castle on the Hill after a rain storm.
Also in the background you catch a glimpse of Alva's first water tower to the left and slightly behind the Castle. IT'S IN THE BOOK by (Johnny Standley / Art Thorsen)
America - I know a few years back we had a feature concerning Johnny Standley / Art Thorsen's 78rpm record entitled It's In the Book, but not sure we had the entire lyrics. Johnny Standley with Horace Heidt & His Musical Knights - 1952. It's about Grandma's Lye Soap, A 1952 hit record with side A: Little Bo Peep. |
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