| May 22 | Grandma loves to garden AS DO I WE COME FROM A LONG LINE OF FARMERS ALWAYS WITH OUR HANDS IN THE DIRT I really need to get down south to see her. It’s been too long. ajh Advertisements |
| May 17 | Tom Wolfe Tom Wolfe. Don’t know much about him, honestly. A few weeks back I noticed his most recent book on the shelves of the local library. I picked it up. I took it home. I didn’t get to reading it until a few days ago. It’s a short book, but I am takin... |
| May 14 | Reminder That Tip of the Day Has Moved |
| May 13 | Never seen this before. A clipping from a newspaper about my ex-bro... I just wanted to see if he had remarried. Instead, I found this, from a newspaper in Issaquah, Washington, where he grew up. ajh Advertisements |
| May 5 | My #ancestors were primarily #British & #German. But I also have so... According to 23 and Me, the origins of my DNA trace back to Germany, Britain, Ireland, and Poland. I’ve always wondered about multiculturalism in my great-grandparents homeland. They were Germans. But their community was diverse. The main to... |
| May 4 | I am a big fan of Google Street View. There are some quirky shots o... This is a shot from Juanita Beach Park on the shores of Lake Washington in Kirkland. ajh |
| May 2 | I am currently working on an engraving using drypoint & a small pie... USING PLASTIC AS AN ENGRAVING PLATE I decided to so more work on the shading of certain areas and more definition in his beard. I will be doing another print. Drypoint is my favorite method for doing engraving. Etching is fun, but requires chemica... |
| Apr 30 | Only $100,000 for a ticket. What are they serving? #ClintonFoundation Advertisements |
| Apr 27 | #Amazon has a building in #Seattle named Oscar. Had to get a shot s... Advertisements |
| Apr 21 | Sprat? Twenty-two tons of sprat? Twenty-two?! “The fish bar is open.” Sprat is the common name applied to a group of forage fish, part of the herring family. How do you says “Oops!” in German? ajh Advertisements |
| Apr 19 | SO SICK OF THE COLD I haven’t seen any dandelion flowers blooming in the Puget Sound region. And I get around. But Fairbanks must be warming up. When will spring hit Seattle? Soon, I hope. I’ve had enough of the chilly air. Let’s... |
| Feb 18 | That was THEN, this is NOW DearREADERS, Last summer, Ol' Myrt here moved to a different blogging platform. It was a matter of Blogger posts not transferring well to WordPress. I certainly did not want to break hyperlinks and spend weeks attempting to clean things up, s... |
| Aug 8 | The latest from Myrt's Musings DearREADERS, Have you been missing posts from DearMYRTLE's new blog Myrt's Musings ? These are the posts I've made during the last few weeks, even though I've technically been on vacation. Myrt's Musings Genealogical Flat-Lining Are you ready for ... |
| Aug 1 | Gramps 4.2.6 released The Gramps team releases version 4.2.6, a maintenance release. Think on backup before upgrade! Fixes and changes since 4.2.5 release: Fix HasCitation rule in citation filter sidebar Fix use of regular expressions Date Editor had ‘Type’... |
| Jul 7 | Announcing: DearMYRTLE's new blog "Myrt's Musings" DearREADERS, Yup! I've taken the plunge and designed a new blog called Myrt's Musings . It will include all the news, hangouts announcements and opinionated moderating my DearREADERS have come to expect. So head on over to http://DearMYRTLE.com/bl... |
| Jul 3 | Don't Panic! Review The Written Conclusion Study Group instead DearREADERS, While it's true there are no DearMYRTLE hangouts this month, don't panic . Ol' Myrt here has a suggestion for you. What can you possibly do in place of Mondays with Myrt in July 2017? Spend the time reviewing The Written Conclusion St... |
| Jun 28 | National Archives (US) Hosts Free “Write” Stuff Festival for Kids J... NOTE From DearMYRTLE: The following was received from our friends at the National Archives (US). 4th-6th graders may participate online or in person. Literacy, Writing and Research Festival Celebrates Summer Vacation! Washington, DC — The Na... |
| Jun 28 | RootsMagic 7.5 now integrates with Ancestry NOTE from DearMYRTLE: The following was just received from our friends at RootsMagic. Last year, we announced we were working with Ancestry® to integrate Ancestry Hints® and Ancestry’s records and online trees with our softw... |
| Jun 26 | Follow-up: Valerie's Listing of EE Tabs DearREADERS, WACKY Wednesday attendees were excited to learn from Valerie Eichler Lair of ValsRoots.com as she demonstrated how inserting tabs facilitates quicker access to the 900-page EE. This is the link to Valerie's EE Tabs List from her... |
| Jun 26 | No more FHL microfilm? Myrt's take DearREADERS, The LDS Church and subsequently FamilySearch sent out notices regarding the digitization efforts at FamilySearch and the decision to cease distribution of microfilm effective 1 September 2017. Naturally, this is a topic ripe for discu... |