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Everybody’s Talking Vacation

“Summer vacation season” officially begins after Memorial Day. Are you doing any traveling this season? Many of my fellow bloggers are going to Florida this season. It seems like the “hot” place to be! If you are doing any traveling, I’ve got some great Internet tools at a website to help you create and plan your vacation. WeNeedaVacation.com is a terrific social networking/vacation planner site for families and friends to create, plan, and share their ideas and vacations. You can share your vacation experiences with anyone you want! You can also find some great ideas and deals on things like Panama City vacation rentals, too.

Social networking is the new trend for online travel sites (even my site). With more people going online for ideas, rates, and discounts, more sites are popping up to allow people to share and discuss their ideas and experiences. Members can rate favorite places and share comments, too. This adds depth to an otherwise “unknown” in travel experience. I love reading reviews and looking at photos, and find them incredibly helpful when we plan our trips. And WeNeedaVacation.com has just added the ability for users to upload and share videos of their travel experiences– a real plus! And if you have your own vacation rental property that you want to market, WeNeedaVacation.com has numerous tools to get your places listed. Check them out!

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Photo Hunters: Time

There is so very much I could do with this topic! I love clocks and am a collector of them. I have a whopping three clocks so far! I guess I need to work a little harder at my collection. But I do love clocks. I love keeping track of time, and learning about the different calendars of different ages, too. And here’s my favorite quote about time, by Benjamin Franklin:

Do not squander Time, for that is the Stuff life is made of.

That quote was written on a plaque and is in a famous movie. Can you guess what famous movie that quote was in? I’ll send 100 Entrecard credits to the first person who guesses correctly! (Be sure to leave your EC email or username number if you want to try for it).

Well, I am just rattling on and on here. I’ll bet you’re wondering where is my photo about time! When I think of time, I think of time past. Here are some photos of some very old things I own. I keep all these things in my china cabinet.

This is the Mecomber family Bible. It dates back to 1844. It has lists of births, marriages, and deaths, and even has the marriage certificate of my great-great-great grandparents. You can click the picture for a larger view.

Here is a very old game of Cooky Cucumber and her friend Mr. Potato Head. I remember playing with this when I was a very little girl, and they were very old then. I used to take that metal Disney lunchbox to school when I was a girl. My mother took it to school when she was a girl, too.

Here’s a Cootie game from the 1950s. It is a complete set and is valuable.

Finally, here are some very old blocks from the 1920s. I used to play with these, too, when I was a kid, before the lead paint concern in these modern times. Many old wooden blocks are painted with lead paint and it is recommended that children not play with them anymore.

How about you? Did you participate in the Photo Hunt? Leave your link with Mr. Linky!