Thanks for sharing that Ron. I did not know any of those stories. They all touched me, and they made me think of many other stories there are out there. I travel a lot on my job and in pursuit of my other passion in life; trout fishing. I see men and women in uniform in almost every airport I travel to, but I particularly see many on my trips to Charlotte. Some of these folks are going "over there" (or getting ready to) and a few of them I've met were coming home. I never go by without letting these people know that many people here at home, whom they have never met, care deeply about them, worry for them, wish them a swift and safe return, and thank them for their service. I hope these people never ever want for their fellow Americans respect and concern. And I hope that if you are reading this that you will reach out to these people when you see them in your own life, shake their hand, thank them for the job they do, and let them know in some small but sincere way that you care. You'll be doing that person and yourself a great deal of good in the process.

Hello Juanita! Hi, I am new to this forum, I just purchased a new DSLR today (battery charging as we speak), but anyways, I just wanted to say your photographs are beautiful, I love landscape photography and yours are just so relaxing and envoking of the true beauty of nature.

haha TR ( note you are the BIG TR :) ) I have NO idea...hope it is stuffed but if it is....why have it and if it is real...a mutant ??? weird ! Annie I was in France for 4 weeks in Summer 2014 and DH and I were ready to move !! We sure loved everything...well except how hard it is to find folks who are working in the small villages...everyone seems to be " closed for lunch" except it is 3 PM and they never come back. Other than that little blip it was splendid. Thank you again and I have more perusing to do...c

Hi, Sabbath - I'm so sorry you've experienced this with your relatives and you are absolutely justified in your feelings. All relationship upsets are distressing, but with family it somehow just hurts more, in my opinion. Now, this question has nothing to do with anything and changes nothing, but I'm just curious. Did she actually say to you "I was going to do something extremely nice for you ..." or did she say "I was going to bring you some bicycles for you to use ..."? If the former (which is what I think), yes, she certainly was trying to create some mystique and curiosity. If the latter, she still was out of line and wanting you to say "why not?". Either way, in my opinion she's warped. So sorry for the strained relationship.