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The rose moss is blooming in the rock tower and it really brightens it up,, Some of the sedum is blooming too, and there are some newcomers to the Willy Village!!!

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I caught this wee Willy running over the bridge! I told him to be careful there's a loose board on that side!!! He was in such a hurry He didn't hear me notme ! It appears he found the loose board shock boohoo Not to worry I helped him get his foot back thru, brushed him off, No scrapes or bruises,, and sent him on his way thumbup
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And this Newcomer is lovin' his work!! He finds the little rocks and hands them to the taller Willys so he doesn't have to walk down the tower to set it at the bottom,, What a cheery little worker he is!!! grin Of course the one behind him is taking a deserved break!!

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This wee Willy gets rid of all the little broken sticks!!
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I just LOVE it all, Diane!
You tell such a fun story about each Willy there,
I'm sure they are all thrilled to do this "work" for you! Keep on "keepin' on" with that creative mind of yours! clap thumbup flwr


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Oh, Diane, those are wonderful pictures!!! You are doing a terrific job with your Village!! I was hoping you would post your own on-going story, though!
Love moss blooming. I had a lot of that in CA and so did everyone. It looks so good there among the rocks.
I have that willy that's sleeping under the Sedum!
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Thanks Friends I'm glad you enjoy it as much as I do! kissie


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OH, and the homes you made for the willies by the tower is awesome!!!! You are so creative! I wish I had a yard, I'd have such fun!!!!


Ohhh Shirley I'm glad you brought that up , This afternoon after I finished sifting my compost, AND after I helped wee Willy get his foot outta the loose board, I checked on the Houses and Discovered three Wee Willy's Had the day off! One reading a book, another speaking to his feathered friend and another exercising
shock I couldn't believe he was doing side leg lifts!! shock No wonder he can climb those rocks soo quickly with out tireing!!! :wink:
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Oh Diane, you're so much fun!!!
And look at those beautiful blooming flowers!!

The Willies (and you) have done a great job and deserve a day off. I wonder what he is reading? And I didn't know willies coule talk in bird language?!! I'm going to have to sit one of mine on my bedroom windowsill and see if he will talk to the bird who sits on my outside windowsill every morning! Maybe he will tell him to let me sleep a little longer.


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Diane,
Those are absolutely tooooooooo cute...
I love'em!!!
Thanks for posting them and letting us
take a peak into your Wee~Willy~World...


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Originally Posted by weezie13
Did you do all of that today??


No Weezie I started building this back in October with the "Last Fall gathering before winter comes" in the old forum and I have been building the tower and the village over a period of time I think since october(?)06 BUt just added these Willy's recently. :wink:


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Diane---you REALLY love your Willy's! :wink:

I bet your grandkids love it don't they?

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Diane like I just told you on IM only word I can think of is WOW you done grrrrrreeeeaaaart!! That is beautiful although I saw it when you first started and know all the hard back breaking work you have done on it. It has really turned out fantastic.

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I bet your grandkids love it don't they?


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Thanks Jimmy!!!!

I have much Bigger Willy's that work other area's of the yard that have helped me tremendously!!! We'll have to see about introducing them sometime in the near future :wink:


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Ahhhh THanks Triss!!! Breyton ( the youngest ) was over here for a few minutes today I told him to go see if he saw anything different in the Village!! He spotted the exercising Willy!!! LOLOL THen the book reader! I also place many of my larger Willys out! He spotted this one and loves it!
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Those are so cute. I have to do some idea borrowing from you.


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absolutely Cinta Be my guest!!! I've gotten lots of ideas from our GH friends!!!


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notme notme notme lol lol


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Diane, I think that last Willy in the chair smoking his pipe looks like a storyteller! He could have some Willies on the ground, around in front of him, facing him. He's telling them stories about their ancestors; and funny happening in the garden etc. He's saying, "Well me lads, way back when I was a wee Willy.....". I know you'd make it fun!!


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Oh, and I'll bet we could both guess, now, what book that one Willy is reading??!!! 'Chillin With My Gnomies'!!
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lol shirls! thumbup
i bet if diane took pics of her willys and told storys it would be a big hit! i know i would look forward to em!
every time you see her pics and willies its like lookin at a wonder willy land!


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lol lol lol lol
Weezie I almost fell out of my chair over that one!!!!!


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Omg I had to wipe off my screen from spitting out my water,, I must be more careful reading these post Knowing I could bust out laughing at any given post!!! That was an absolute good one!!! kissie lol lol lol lol lol


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lol lol lol lol

I post that one to Bill a few times in the Lounge
but sooooooooo far, I'm still waiting..
I thought it was sooooooooooo funny when I found
that one!!! grin


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Originally Posted by weezie13
lol lol lol lol

I post that one to Bill a few times in the Lounge
but sooooooooo far, I'm still waiting


Ohhhhhhh My!!!! notme lol lol lol


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Now now girls. Cindy gets to see it first lol


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Originally Posted by tamara
Now now girls. Cindy gets to see it first lol


lol lol<-- with Tamara!!! lol lol


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Ohhhh Goody thanks to Lynne I have more Willys to add to my village!!!!!!


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Get to addin' Diane!!!


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The new Welcome sign Willy has been assigned to light the way for all new comers and visiters to the rock pile Willy village!!! Being the Carpenter that he is He is holding his own piece of work. We felt it only appropriate for him to be the Offical Welcome Willy!! ( a very important postion not to be taken lightly by the way!!!)

Ahhh Hemmmmmmm Once again I catch runnin' willy running over that bridge. Just look at his face ~ He knows he was caught running again!! Every time I go outside I see him running around somewhere. Don't be surprised if you see him in future pictures ~ running still!!!

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This morning I got up early to get some work done outside It's suppose to be in the 80's today soo I wanted to beat the heat.. The Willys were out and about enjoying their early morning playing and talking with the animals,, I found this Willy feeding some cardinals and starting their day off will a good breakfast Cooooool! grin

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Now this is what I'd like to be doing!! Fishing!! Looks like these brothers have caught Breakfast!! ALthought this fish looks a little lite weight Maybe they'll catch more and have a fish fry for all!!!Yummy
Well I'll be darn!! There's running willy again rolz I didn't see him when I took this picture and evidently he didn't see me either!! notme

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Good to see the new Willies have found their niche in the tower! clap


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Oh My gosh I got mail today while I was taking a nap and I didn't see the box from Jiffy untill this evening!!
She sent me two Willy's Thank you Jiffy! kissie~ I got a willy that was still sleeping from the looonng trip snooz so I gently placed him in a nice soft area shhhhhhhhhhhhh quiet!
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And his brother I put near by soo when the sleeping willy wakes he won't be frighten of his new location nervous

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It's getting dark and things are quieting down at the Willy Village,, a few are still moving about but for the most part all is getting ready for a nights rest snooz snooz

Big Willy always stays up with his light on for all newcomers to see their way to the rock tower Village,, A trusted one he is!! grin ( Hmm that darn running willy is going to get hurt running over those rocks like that!! rolz uhuhh
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Sooooooo cute Diane..
I love watching this thread!!!
Soooooo much fun!


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Diane this is all simply wonderful!!!!

If you put all these picture with all your story telling in a book I KNOW it could be publish!!! If I had children I would buy it in a minute!!! I'm serious about this!!!

I've seen childrens books in stores FAR LESS interesting and fun than this!!! YOU should go for it!!! Seriously!!

I can't wait for the next episode!


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Welll my Rocktower Willy village suffered a some damage from the spring storm with hurricane forced winds and rains as I learned later In this neighborhood was a catagory 1 tornado... The area where " The Trusted Big Willy 'Keeper of the light'" stood collaped.

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This thread is a lot of fun Diane!

Even during his times of hardship "Trusted Big Willy 'Keeper of the light'", didn't abandond his inner spirit to keep things lit up for all the others! Either that or he's just plain scared of the dark! lol

Bird talking Willy is a cutie! shots

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After the storm I did find some banged up , bruised up Willys badday But with a little TLC and some bandaids I think they will heal okay..

I think My heart broke most over Running Willy tears,, Yesss he's the most stubborn one and he gets on my nerves more than the rest( because He doesn't listen to be careful) uhuhh

I found him with his right hand missing . His face was flushed with the pain he was in, so I gently talked to him and called Wreenies Medics she so generously offered for assistance. kissie
The Medics eased his pain and wraped his arm in bandages, and he's been resting all day.. When I got home He wanted sooo badly to join the rest of the willys at the Village so I took him outside.
The tallest and oldest of all the Willys has assigned Himself to "running" willys care, Grand PooBah Willy is of a gentle nature and "running" Willy will be in the best of care with him.
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The other Willys promised to help look for running willys hand.
When and IF they find it I'll have to call the medics again to give Running willy a hand! clap rolz notme





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Oh Diane, this is such a great story!!!!
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Hi Grand Poobah Willy. I'm getting ready to order invite your whole clan to my store, in all different sizes & outfit colors!!
Medics are standing by for hand retrieval duty.
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that was awsome diane! so sorry runnin willy lost his hand, i hope they can find it for him.


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Awww Diane, how cute your Willys are. Love Poobah Willy. Your stories are clever and I agree with Shirley, you need to write children's books, they would sell like hotcakes!

Your story brought tears to my eyes but I'm sure all your Willys will be okay, and thanks to you! We look for more, more additions and stories. Love your little village you set up for them too.

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Oh My gosh What a busy day it was today!! boohoo egad

The willys and I had much to do adding soils and mulch and repairing the Willy Village and the recreation area for playing cards and checkers .. sad to say we never found running willys hand but it may show up still?? why

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There were more rocks to chip away at to hold it in place should another storm blow thru,, and Grand Poobah Willy is pleased with all the work done today thumbup grin
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Oh Diane, you and all the Willies have done a great job, and put in a lot of hard work!!
Except for the injury to Running Willy, you would never know a storm had caused such havoc!!
A search-and-rescue party needs to be sent out to find Willies hand; sounds like a job to be headed up by your grandsons?!


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A search-and-rescue party needs to be sent out to find Willies hand; sounds like a job to be headed up by your grandsons?!


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OK....time to build some more out there!! clap


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lolOkay Shirley!! I'm working on a new additon , just need to get some more materials!! notme lol


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Once you get some more materials and build some more, you will need more Willies, right?!

Have you had an opportunity to look for running-willy's hand anymore??

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No Shirely I didn't find it I'm afraid the rain has probably washed it away~~~ OR it's gotten lost under the bridge !! Ohh I found some items I'd love to use for adding another addition Gotta budget it in tho!!
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Welll welll We have 4 new wee willys to join us!!!
Christy has sent me 4 New wee willys!!!
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the next one ..., well let's just say I'm going to have to keep an eye on him ~ or better still maybe I ought to assign him to Gran PooBah! A rock climber he is!! with No safety harness shock uhuhh
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The fourth one is on a special secret misson and cannot be seen right now! nono He will be on special assignment for a while until further notice ~ it may only be a day or two but time will tell when all orders are carried out and all personal has been briefed!

In the mean time we have the "Look out Specialist" hanging around to see if there is anyone coming!!
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Originally Posted by angelblossom
lolOkay Shirley!! I'm working on a new additon , just need to get some more materials!! notme lol

Is that part of weeWillys secret mission?? shock Or do you need me to send you a box of rocks? :LOL:


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Everything looks great Diane! They are going to have to start coming up with new willies to keep up with you! lol I love it!

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Ohhhh Man I heard a ruckus outside this morning Cheering and clapping and it was coming from the Willy Village!! whyNot knowing what was going on I grabbed my camera And Am I ever sooo glad I did!!! The Look out specialist was Yelling "One hand Running willy to get to the Bridge "Hurry Hurry!!!!!" RUNNNNNNNNNN!!!" Still cheering was getting louder and louder in so much excitement!!! When One hand running WIlly got to the Bridge He couldn't believe his eyes!! " Could this Be real?? I can't believe I'm seeing this!!" shock


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One hand Willy Could not believe he was seeing his three Brothers approaching him on the bridge!!! shock grin
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What a reunion this was!!! IT had been a lonng time since they have seen each other and the Villager's Knew One hand Willy was a bit sad after losing his hand and they wanted to cheer him up, so they enlisted the help of their Human friends, Christy and Lynne and made it possible!!!
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Now we know the Special Mission!! How happy One Hand Willy must be, now!!![Linked Image]


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Continued from previous Picture posting!~~

One Hand Willy had never been happier than to be joined again with his brothers!!!! They were pleased to see their Brother had healed nicely [Linked Image]

After a group Hug they put their heads together to make plans for them all to live at the village and work together and never seperate again!!! [Linked Image] [Linked Image]

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clapawsome diane! thumbup
im glad they got their reunion! grin


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[Linked Image] [Linked Image] Diane - you are SOOOOOOOO CREATIVE with these stories - I am just [color:#FF0000]LOVING it all!!! And your photos are the best!!!

You really should get this put into a published book -
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lol Thanks IT's my pleaseure to bring a chuckle or two to those that read.. I saw letters being mailed out today to let others know the brothers arrived safe and all is well,,
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The next thing is to get the Willy's used to having Emmy my pup around them!!! [Linked Image]


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OMG! Just too cute, Diane! This is so great!!

And where do you find these graphics for every occasion?!!

I love it!!!!!!!!!


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Originally Posted by Shirley4


And where do you find these graphics for every occasion?!!



A little Gnomie told me where to find them!! notme


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I just let my grandson Tre' read these stories about the Willy's He was cracking up and had to stop reading a few times .. Tre wants me to make a book out of this for publication and he says the compliments were great and he loves them all and He loved Wreenies Medics <~~that really cracked him up and he said "OHHH Lord!!HAHAHAHAHA Grandma that is sooo crazy!" He thanks Lynne and Christy for sending the One hand Willy's brothers to be with him and that was "Very Nice of you"
maybe this Memorial weekend in something else will take place?

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I hope they have a party, or cookout or some Village get-together!!

See Diane, an indorsement for a book from a child who would read it!!!


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Originally Posted by Shirley4
I hope they have a party, or cookout or some Village get-together!!


Ohhh Man Shirls you and Tre' was on the same page today!!! notme We had a BBq here today for us and the Grandkids ~ He said after reading this it was only fair the Willys get a cook out too and that because it is suppose to rain for the next 5 days we had better do it now!!!

Sooo We got the wee hots dogs out and sliced them up and got a flame going so they could have roasted hot dogs. grin Another Wee willy brought along apples. The Willys didn't take the time to roast the marshmellows as that's a rare treat and they gobbled them up right away! rolz egad
While roasting the hot dogs some continued to play cards, and one continued to cheat at cards , especially when the "reader of the rules Willy" was looking behind the cheater for 'hidden' cards he reaches again to get a card off his foot! uhuhh
The willys had a great time at the cook out and all enjoyed the hotdogs, marshmellows, and apples, after all had eaten and bellies were full they made sure the fire was out so all would be safe thumbup

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awwww...It looks like they had a fun party!!! So glad the Willy's got to enjoy a good time for the holiday too!!

You and the boys really did a good job!! They are really getting into this aren't they?!!


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Diane, here is a picture I have of a lizard I told you previously reminded me of the one on your fence in one of your pictures:
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I is on the outer surface of a building in Munich, Germany.
Isn't that weird for it to be there?
Hope you can see why I thought of it when I saw yours!


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clap what fun! looks like they were having a blast!
thumbup wow diane your so creative! makes ya wanna shirnk down to a willy size so ya can join em lol thumbup


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What an different kind of day we had today at the Willy Village,,
Emmy was pacing the area and I couldn't figure out why she wouldn't come when I called her. She was soo focused on What ever was over there . She would go back and forth and back and forth then I'd hear little giggles .. Now that caught my attention,, as none of the Willies Giggled,, Laugh and chuckles yes But not giggles!!.. I had to go see!!! The first thing I saw was....


This little girl Willy!! shock Where did She come from??? why shock I think maybe Emmy was trying to get to the rabbit in her pocket!!
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Just as I was about to ask her I heard a horn ~ a tiny horn~ beep beep!!

What??

A



Car??? A Willy and a log car , A Willy and a log car that is solar powered.. shock What the Heck is going on here!!!???

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How cute!!! (And how cute that Emmy is getting envolved!)

Is this Willy tootin' his horn trying to pick up that cute girl?
Might we have a romance starting here?!


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So I asked the driver if he knew the little girl willy and He said Surrrrrrre I do!! WHy that's my Sister's cousin's daughter's niece's mother's child!! grin Ohhhhh I said,, notme

Welll what is she doing here?? He said "as Her Uncle's cousin's brother I'm in charge of her today it's my day off and I've driven her into the village to visit GrandPoobah," ~ "Ohhh He will be delighted" I said !!! clap grin

SOo Off he went slowly with The Willy girl to visit GranPooBah
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and indeed GrandPoobah was soo delighted to see his great great great grand daughter
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Seems all the Willys were entertaining this little one!!!

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My question is How can the willy's manage to come up with a solar powered car and I can't seem to get a solar powered fountain!! why Ohh well at least they can get around a lot faster now!!! thumbup


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How wonderful!! [Linked Image] (my Sister's cousin's daughter's niece's mother's child!!)
I couldn't even begin to straighten
that out in my mind!!!

But are they not TOO close to get together??!


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I would say that is a difinate NO Shirely the driver must be at least 35 and the little girl is only 6 or 7 He was babysitting today , Welll acually the Village was babysitting today as we all know it takes a Village to raise a child!!


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That little girl Willy is sooooo cute, Diane!
And the one in the car - how fun is that?!?


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boohoo bop boohoo

I am late but the willys are so clever and authentic.
Make a book for your grandkids......that is kool.
How about show and tell at school???????
YOu make a good summer project there for the kids out of school.


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The Village is probably gearing up for their Village Party for the 4th!!!


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Originally Posted by Shirley4
The Village is probably gearing up for their Village Party for the 4th!!!




notme thumbup lol lol I may have talked them into a little celebration for the 4th and Celebration for 10 year Anniversary for the Garden Helper!!!


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Cool!! I can hardly wait!!!
Although I probably have to look at it all after the fact, cause I'll have
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They'd better let me on their computer!!!

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Hey Diane....check your flashing thingie


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Originally Posted by Shirley4
Hey Diane....check your flashing thingie

shock Members are requested to NOT flash their thingies here! uhuhh

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Originally Posted by Shirley4
Hey Diane....check your flashing thingie



shock shock Ohhhh My Shirley My thingy Never flashes!!! But I'll go check my messages if that's what you mean!!! notme lol lol


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Silly!

Your thingie is flashing again!


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Did you see Willy's comment up there?! OOPS!

Hey, you got to start another one of these topics!!!


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Willy

I am enjoying your camera .....Lots.

Morning sunrise was so sweet......Do you turn the camera from inside the house?
Nice to see how the rest of the world lives.

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