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CLXXXIV, In the Good Old Summertime

16 years ago

Last one was by Carolyn-KY

The Whiskey Rebellion....Thomas P. Slaughter

North and South....John Jakes

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sheriz6
16 years ago
The Baker's Dozen - Heather Forest
netla
16 years ago
Thirteen at Table - Agatha Christie
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UPDATE: Part 2!!! O.B.F. Members Summertime Swap
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Really nice packages being sent out there! How FUN is this swap?!!!!!! It's so FUN that I couldn't wipe the smile off my face while I was going through my box from Vina! Vina was very inventive with the letters from SUMMERTIME ... check this out .... ....................OScolor = red>trich Fern Iris; Tropical BUcolor = red>tterfly ................AlliuMcolor = red>; Hair ...........Iris; BuMcolor = red>blebee Delilte .............Lily; NEcolor = red>ttie's Pride ........Daylily; PRcolor = red>estor John ...............EgypTcolor = red>ian Walking Onion ........................Icolor = red>ris; Boo .................Iris:Mcolor = red>ohawk Brave ..............Iris: REcolor = red>d Zinger (it took me some time to get these letters to all line up ... Whew!) Vina, I love them all! I'm so happy to have BOO back, and Red Zinger iris (Shirley had given me this years ago and it disappeared one winter). And a Fern ... Thank you! And believe it or not the Egyptian Walking Onion is new for me, it seems like it would be perfect for Shish Kabobs! This was a Super Box! sharon
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I wanted to mention to those that haven't yet, please post to the "getting to know me" thread here in the conversation area. This is to help your swap partner "get to know you" a bit better to help with some of your swap choices! It looks like another good turnout of folks participating, I am very pleased that we chose something you ladies were interested in! You should be receiving your names on Thursday, I'll post here after I get them out. I will be leaving today until Wednesday evening, so if you post or email me you might not hear from me until then. I'll have my laptop, but I will also be keeping a very active 4 year old entertained!LOL Thanks again! Lisa
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I think I might be the only person who hasn't added there stuff yet so here goes. I really don't like summer at all. IT's hot and muggy and I get sunburned everytime I walk out the door. Oh and did I mention it's hot. Then there's the fact that the kids are out of school and drive me completely nuts the whole time. I love'em I really do but I am so glad when fall comes and they go back to school so I can have a bit of a break. I love the fall and the winter it's my favorite time of year. I hate coffee, tea, crystal light. I like lemonade but usually only the fresh made stuff. I love absolutely love flavored hot chocolates. As for fabric I really go thru stages of what I like. Right now I am collecting reds and blues for a red white and blue quilt for my bed. bright ones, that pop, not the darker tones that go better with tans. Oh and I also love homespun plaids, or really any plaids for that matter. I would love some tan or cream on white plaids I have such a hard time finding the light plaids and I could use some for mixing with the darker. But I like pinks and blues and yellows too. Really I don't have anything I really favor, I just love what ever I am working with at the time. Oh and I am not really a novelty fabric kinda gal. I like some florals but most of what I pick out for myself is blender fabrics, like marbles or mottled. Hope all this helps my partner. I love to cook too. But simple stuff. It needs to be fast, with 3 boys I am usually hoppin trying to keep up with them and need stuff that doesn't take alot of time. We do grill out alot so grill recipes are always good. I don't do really any other crafts. I do hand quilt as well as machine. I love flowers and hostas. I like to have a garden but I don't do to hot at growing it, but my DH does so I just pick the weeds for him and he grows me the flowers. Right now we have petunias, roses, lantana, pansies, verbena, tomatoes, mums, some suculants, hostas, star gazer lily's, some day lily's, and another flower that I can't remember the name of right now but they look kinda like a gerber daisy, oh and some Vinca's on my balcony upstairs. So seeds are always good, I love trying to grow new flowers. I think that's about it. I really hope all this helps my partner put together the perfect swap gift for me. Amy
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junek-2009
16 years ago
Table For Two - Nora Roberts
veer
16 years ago
The Dumb Waiter- Harold Pinter
connie_in_western_nc
16 years ago
Breakfast At Tiffany's...Truman Capote
carolyn_ky
16 years ago
Diamonds Are Forever, Ian Fleming
junek-2009
16 years ago
Forever Amber - Kathleen Winsor
veer
16 years ago
Notes on Fossil Resins - Robert Clark
Kath
16 years ago
Remarkable Creatures - Tracy Chevalier
junek-2009
16 years ago
Strange But True - John Searles
veer
16 years ago
Pull the Other One - Michael Taylor

(realise that US RP'ers may be unfamiliar with this expression. It is said when someone doesn't believe what you are saying in a "Do you take me for a mug/fool" sort of way)
Kath
16 years ago
Don't Come the Raw Prawn - John Blackman

(same explanation as Vee - "don't come the raw prawn with me")
carolyn_ky
16 years ago
Shrimp and Grits, Nathalie Dupree
phyllis__mn
Original Author
16 years ago
True Grit.......Charles Portis
veer
16 years ago
Nerves of Steel - Rex Gibson
Kath
16 years ago
Iron Chef: The Official Book -Kaoru Hoketsu
junek-2009
16 years ago
The Press Gang - Adam Hardy
dido1
16 years ago
Adam Bede - George Eliot
connie_in_western_nc
16 years ago
The Three Faces of Eve...Thigpen and Cleckly
junek-2009
16 years ago
The Third Twin - Ken Follett
veer
16 years ago
Three Peas in a Pod - Alexis White
phyllis__mn
Original Author
16 years ago
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest....Ken Kesey
lemonhead101
16 years ago
The Little Prince - Antoine de Saint-Exupery (imagine the accent)
veer
16 years ago
The Temptations of St Anthony - Gustave Flaubert
Kath
16 years ago
Flaubert's Parrot - Julian Barnes
veer
16 years ago
Pieces of Eight - John Drake

double points? ;-)
sheriz6
16 years ago
Nine Coaches Waiting -- Mary Stewart
veer
16 years ago
Waiting for Godot - Samuel Beckett
lemonhead101
16 years ago
Waiting - Ha Jin
connie_in_western_nc
16 years ago
Whiskey Island...Emilie Richards
junek-2009
16 years ago
The Days of Wine And Roses - David Westheimer
veer
16 years ago
Mild and Bitter - A P Herbert

(does this mean anything to US RP'ers?)
Kath
16 years ago
Maggie's Table - Maggie Beer
leel
16 years ago
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams

(Key character is Maggie the cat)
phyllis__mn
Original Author
16 years ago
Track of the Cat....Nevada Barr
connie_in_western_nc
16 years ago
The Tale of a Dog...Lars Gustaffson

Veer, could it be that bitters are put into an Old Fashion drink????
veer
16 years ago
Waggy Tails: Harmonious Living With Your Dog - Alex Epp

(connie, 'bitter' is a pale ale, mild has a less hoppy flavour. Beers have come a long way in the UK in recent years)

Here is a link that might be useful: Brewing in Great Britain.
connie_in_western_nc
16 years ago
The Happy Hooker...Xaviera Hollander

Gotta think about this one for a minute.

Veer, same here... improvement with all the micro-breweries now.
junek-2009
16 years ago
Butterfield 8 - John O'Hara
veer
16 years ago
Buttercups and Daisies - Compton MacKenzie
phyllis__mn
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16 years ago
Hidden Flower.....Pearl S. Buck
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Kath
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We of the Never-Never - Mrs Aeneas Gunn (author always written this way in early editions)
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veer
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