tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post6207333685619754832..comments2024-03-16T10:37:09.839-04:00Comments on Life in Mathews: House on the IslandChesapeake Bay Womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07187804072769932131noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-80591457044779499342011-02-02T21:29:32.750-05:002011-02-02T21:29:32.750-05:00Mother Nature has all flippin' day... eventual...Mother Nature has all flippin' day... eventually, it's all ashes to ashes and dust to dust.Meg McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01226110990838922422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-86767103322574290572011-02-01T19:50:29.597-05:002011-02-01T19:50:29.597-05:00Wait. It's not I-lan?Wait. It's not I-lan?Mental P Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05957544840704376193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-72589969623787581052011-02-01T19:41:43.085-05:002011-02-01T19:41:43.085-05:00Now this is a house I'd like to see DIY renova...Now this is a house I'd like to see DIY renovate! lol<br /><br />Your blog is such a joy to read! Thanks for sharing your adventures with the world. :)velvet350https://www.blogger.com/profile/10459897455870093027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-36495377258033819402011-02-01T14:40:31.871-05:002011-02-01T14:40:31.871-05:00OMG! that is a fab house to check out.. how close ...OMG! that is a fab house to check out.. how close are the nearest neighbors? :o)<br /><br />It still has an electric meter attached.. are ya shoor no one lives there?judi/Gmjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08758419906885139018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-7909304412731428412011-02-01T13:54:24.930-05:002011-02-01T13:54:24.930-05:00There are a lot of houses like that in and around ...There are a lot of houses like that in and around where my parents are in MO. Here, not so much. Of course, there's no countryside here in Fairfield County - every single inch of it is a town or city.abbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08879476262337290531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-67911004002061856952011-02-01T11:33:40.537-05:002011-02-01T11:33:40.537-05:00When we first moved up here people were always giv...When we first moved up here people were always giving me that squinty eyed look and saying "Ye ain't fum 'round here, air ye?" In never realized how thik my Tidewater accent was after living in Virginia Beach most of my life. Now people are surprised to learn that I wasn't born and raised here in the mountains.....and ask if I'm related to THOSE ALLENS: http://www.blueridgeinstitute.org/ballads/allennews2.htmlAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812329358511747697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-92038267764936805792011-02-01T10:44:49.055-05:002011-02-01T10:44:49.055-05:00Whoa - what the heck is holding that house up?? I...Whoa - what the heck is holding that house up?? I've never seen that house on the island before - I'll have to search for it next time!Nate's Picshttp://www.natespics.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-6596223560230981912011-02-01T10:31:49.362-05:002011-02-01T10:31:49.362-05:00So glad you didn't get buried in rubble wearin...So glad you didn't get buried in rubble wearing your neon pink socks witht he holes! That would have been a tragedy - in many different ways.Trishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01460029556086016004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-33612319869362450302011-02-01T10:00:12.891-05:002011-02-01T10:00:12.891-05:00my dad said "poosh"
AMNmy dad said "poosh"<br /><br />AMNAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-24255385910992269562011-02-01T09:00:11.612-05:002011-02-01T09:00:11.612-05:00I absolutely love your writing, and your pix alway...I absolutely love your writing, and your pix always get my mind running in multiple directions at once wondering about the former inhabitants of the houses. That last sentence has 26 words. I'm very impressed with that verbosity.Caution/Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11172990197662644455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-3295555217410965952011-02-01T06:35:13.326-05:002011-02-01T06:35:13.326-05:00That poor house! The photos are awesome.
Too earl...That poor house! The photos are awesome.<br /><br />Too early for wit or clever (but yet, its never that time for me lately...) just have a great day!deborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02462551016440715970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-83578036271425632812011-02-01T06:25:32.470-05:002011-02-01T06:25:32.470-05:00Well, I guess that is why people have issues under...Well, I guess that is why people have issues understanding me when I talk as the way I pronounce those words like that. And New Point sounding like New Pint...I took Stretch-N-Sew classes back in early 80's and the woman there asked me did I live in Mathews as I said measure like a woman from Mathews who had taken some classes said it. I may have left there in 1970 for college, spent a lot of time in Poquoson and say some words as the natives there do.<br /><br />My G-aunt left home at 12 or so for boarding school in VA, College in VA and Grad School in NY. She worked years in NYC returning in 1950 to Mathews. People in NYC said she had such a southern drawl it was hard to understand her and people in Mathews said she had lost it and sounded like a _____ Yankee. LOL...AverettLadyNanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12509213680922009574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-89188899633152555162011-02-01T01:35:11.866-05:002011-02-01T01:35:11.866-05:00Well, you lost me somewhere in the middle there, b...Well, you lost me somewhere in the middle there, but I think I can safely say "poosh" for push is Scottish. My grandmother used to say it. She was from Aberdeen, Scotland. Grandpa was from Coatbridge, near Glasgow, and the first thing I remember anyone saying to me was "Dinna fa' doon." I mentioned that to a lovely Scottish immigrant lady and she said, "Oh, he must have been from Glasgow" in a tone that almost but not quite equated Glasgow with a dread disease.<br />Hi to your mom and Gustav. You just never know who's apt to invade your peace and quiet this year.<br />-- K<br /><br />Kay, Alberta, Canada<br />An Unfittie's Guide to Adventurous TravelKay L. Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09966266404058177742noreply@blogger.com