1957-2008
Stories & pictures about birds & nature, mostly in my backyard.....with occasional bits of pets, knitting, weather, food & family thrown in for variety.
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About Me
- RuthieJ
- Rochester, MN, United States
- I'm a middle-aged, tattooed biker woman, forced to work to support my knitting & bird-feeding habits. I share my indoor space with 1 husband and 1 dog -- a rescued pitbull.
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Ruthie & "Mr Johnson",
Thank you for the lovely anniversary greeting you sent our way. We did go out for dinner and had a special treat at the Dairy Queen this evening, it was a very quiet day for us. We watched the Olympics this afternoon, we will have to wait 4 yrs for the next Summer Olympics, we haven't missed very much of all the games, it is all special. Now it will be 2 yrs to the Winter Olympics, we can only wait for those.
DAD & MOM
Happy Anniversity to Ruthie's Mom and Dad! Enjoy the rest of the Olympics as I am. A very special treat, indeed.
To Ruthie's Mom & Dad--
Congratulations.
May you have many more years together!
Happy Anniversary!
A belated Happy Anniversary!
Happy 51st to all of you!
Happy, happy 51st! What a fantastic number. Congratulations and many, many more.
Happy 51st to your parents! My parents will celebrate their 50th in November.
Happy 51st Anniversary to Ruthie's Mom and Dad! Congrats!
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