tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post3776453168560820675..comments2024-03-19T07:05:39.186-05:00Comments on In the Garden: Jamestown, VAtinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17415302577518111227noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-40739492804070391102008-11-14T19:12:00.000-06:002008-11-14T19:12:00.000-06:00There is a historical connection between Barbados ...There is a historical connection between Barbados and Jamestown. The very first settlement in Barbados was called Jamestown. Many of the early Charleston leaders came from Barbados.islandgal246https://www.blogger.com/profile/09139072456332225087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-72941748693269017852008-11-11T08:17:00.000-06:002008-11-11T08:17:00.000-06:00Oh Frances, you made my day! How exciting I brough...Oh Frances, you made my day! How exciting I brought you two closer together!!!! <BR/><BR/>Cosmo, Get with Lola...<BR/><BR/>Susan, Glad you found and enjoyed the posting... :)Skeeterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08222522533934405029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-27027236611293181282008-11-11T07:14:00.000-06:002008-11-11T07:14:00.000-06:00Ooh, I don't know how I missed this post. I love t...Ooh, I don't know how I missed this post. I love these living history places...Susan Tomlinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01532464326705599296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-28242412110994014062008-11-10T23:43:00.000-06:002008-11-10T23:43:00.000-06:00Cosmo, would like to know how to contact you. Woul...Cosmo, would like to know how to contact you. Would like to ask questions about your area.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-32748900953214617282008-11-10T18:29:00.000-06:002008-11-10T18:29:00.000-06:00Hi Skeeter, your world is secure, I had no idea ab...Hi Skeeter, your world is secure, I had no idea about Linda, Garden Girl also being related to Pocohontas, and yes, it is all thanks to you! She is working on getting her list of names to see if we share more that the Indian Princess.<BR/>FrancesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-29688352304857661792008-11-10T16:45:00.000-06:002008-11-10T16:45:00.000-06:00Cosmo, Chat to whom you would like on the comments...Cosmo, Chat to whom you would like on the comments! Tina, Dawn and I enjoy chit chat amongst others as well as ourselves... :)<BR/><BR/>Gloria, Here at In the Garden we are a group blog of sorts but probably Dawn was your visitor to Pink Saturday since she partakes in the event with her C & G Design blog. Thanks for stopping in with your nice words and come by again soon...<BR/><BR/>TC, I Skeeterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08222522533934405029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-76744665068680402472008-11-10T07:36:00.000-06:002008-11-10T07:36:00.000-06:00Thanks for the tour around Jamestown. My husband a...Thanks for the tour around Jamestown. My husband and I enjoy historic sites like this; maybe one of these days we'll finally head east to visit some!Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01384059342847120951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-40483221669879674402008-11-09T23:48:00.000-06:002008-11-09T23:48:00.000-06:00Thanks for sharing some of the history around Jame...Thanks for sharing some of the history around Jamestown...and great to include the garden related content :-) That mystery bush is interesting.ChrisNDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16197758051567332010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-32717656342403928612008-11-09T22:49:00.000-06:002008-11-09T22:49:00.000-06:00I get tired just reading your blog posts! My! Wher...I get tired just reading your blog posts! My! Where do you get the energy? <BR/><BR/>And did you ever find out what fluffy bush was?TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04005938156720914381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-77191039059115802142008-11-09T21:52:00.000-06:002008-11-09T21:52:00.000-06:00What a wonderful tour guide you were taking me thr...What a wonderful tour guide you were taking me through Jamestown..I just love American history..thanks for sharing and thanks for coming by my PINK Saturday...Hugs and smiles GloriaHappy To Be/ Gl♥riahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17515180398559277746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-16875503860183117892008-11-09T20:06:00.000-06:002008-11-09T20:06:00.000-06:00Lola and Skeeter, I hope you don't mind me respond...Lola and Skeeter, I hope you don't mind me responding here--it's the only way I can figure out to respond to Lola. Elizabeth City County is now the city of Hampton, which is about 30 minutes south of where I live (I live northwest of Williamsburg and southeast of Richmond; Hampton is southeast of Williamsburg and northeast of Norfolk). Hampton is VERY close to Raquel (Perennial Garden Lover) Cosmohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14260783700118031314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-39952116681532936242008-11-09T18:46:00.000-06:002008-11-09T18:46:00.000-06:00Brenda, the bush did look like chicken feathers! T...Brenda, the bush did look like chicken feathers! The dome houses were interesting. They had only the basics one needs to survive. Even though sounds like a simple life they led, times were tough on them...<BR/><BR/>Cosmo & Jean, I did not have time to research all this today but so glad you two got it all straight for me. I was thinking, Humm, I bet it has to do with the surviving settlement Skeeterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08222522533934405029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-66579638899428965792008-11-09T18:15:00.000-06:002008-11-09T18:15:00.000-06:00Hi Skeeter, I have never been to this one but afte...Hi Skeeter, I have never been to this one but after reading yours and Racquel's stories will have to try and get there. And you will like this one, Pocohontas is an ancestor of mine also, I have the geneology. Garden Girl and I are cousins!!!<BR/>FrancesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-37586744980013013952008-11-09T18:05:00.000-06:002008-11-09T18:05:00.000-06:00Skeeter, What can I say!!!!This tour was magnifice...Skeeter, What can I say!!!!This tour was magnificent as was the others. I love the history of the past & the people that lived there.<BR/> Things change over a period of yrs. I'm sure. But somewhere down the road someone had to relay that history---one generation to the next. I think that's why they had a "story teller"--an older person whose position was to remember Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-49187707021105316602008-11-09T16:34:00.000-06:002008-11-09T16:34:00.000-06:00Hi cosmo!! You are absolutely right about St. Aug...Hi cosmo!! You are absolutely right about St. Augustine and I almost said that as I grew up hearing, "St. Croix Island was the first white settlement north of St. Augustine". "White" and "permanent" are the operative words. St. Croix was not permanent as they only stayed for one year due to the harsh winter on the island and left for Canada. Go figure on that reason!!<BR/>It was such a harsh Jean Merrimanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10135474696468199060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-80667622752026665222008-11-09T16:03:00.000-06:002008-11-09T16:03:00.000-06:00Hi, Skeeter and Jean--So, to muddy the historical ...Hi, Skeeter and Jean--So, to muddy the historical waters even more: St. Augustine, Florida is actually "the oldest continuously settled city established by Europeans in the continental United States"--how's that for over-qualification? It was established by the Spanish in 1565. Jamestown is the first permanent (i.e. successful) English colony; the first English colony was actually Roanoke in Cosmohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14260783700118031314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-69105604020238571192008-11-09T13:48:00.000-06:002008-11-09T13:48:00.000-06:00Looks like some chickens got plucked! I rather lik...Looks like some chickens got plucked! I rather like those dome houses. Looks cozy to me.<BR/>BrendaBrenda Pruitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14544794729410559072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-39789140536483474132008-11-09T11:24:00.000-06:002008-11-09T11:24:00.000-06:00Jean, I find that odd and will have to check it ou...Jean, I find that odd and will have to check it out as they say this was the first Settlement. Maybe ENGLISH settlement with rules, laws, etc is what they are saying. A play on words to confuse the minds.... Maine does look like a wonderful place to explore and hopefully, we will get up there some day. The saltbush is neat. I guess you dont have those up your way...?... <BR/><BR/>Dawn, I was justSkeeterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08222522533934405029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-49554036745515780982008-11-09T11:04:00.000-06:002008-11-09T11:04:00.000-06:00Thank-you for the trip to the long ago past Skeete...Thank-you for the trip to the long ago past Skeeter. These old places are so interesting to see how we first lived, amazing sometimes.<BR/>I LOVE that salt bush! Would it grow up here in Maine?Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00234495965199888943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-80033823372630255732008-11-09T10:34:00.000-06:002008-11-09T10:34:00.000-06:00Nice history lesson but being from Maine I have to...Nice history lesson but being from Maine I have to correct one thing, sorry :( They may have been the first English to come but the first white settlement was in 1604 on Saint Croix Island in Calais, Maine by the French, Champlain and Demont. If you use a search engine for Saint Croix Island International Historic Site, you can read about it. Since it is run by the National Park Service I am Jean Merrimanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10135474696468199060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-88136725682490298992008-11-09T10:13:00.000-06:002008-11-09T10:13:00.000-06:00PG, Thanks for your kind words. I was just comment...PG, Thanks for your kind words. I was just commenting to Tina how I think her teenager would enjoy this tour as well. So much for a mind to absorb! We will be off to Yorktown of course. :)<BR/><BR/>Walk2write, Glad you enjoyed the tour this morning! You would make a great Ranger. And I have seen some bodies make those outfits look darn good! lol. I am sure you could done them justice. :) You Skeeterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08222522533934405029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-49920574977466965882008-11-09T10:06:00.000-06:002008-11-09T10:06:00.000-06:00George, thanks for stopping by this morning! I hav...George, thanks for stopping by this morning! I have many birdhouses in my yard for the birds to nest. We have been accountable for at least 75 bluebirds alone in our 7 years of living in this house! Thank you for the bird house link! I will check it out as Christmas is just around the corner! :)<BR/><BR/>Les, We sure our walking the same paths aren’t we? We will be going to Yorktown next but not Skeeterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08222522533934405029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-6058592456711480642008-11-09T09:23:00.000-06:002008-11-09T09:23:00.000-06:00Hi, Skeeter, and thanks for taking us on a great t...Hi, Skeeter, and thanks for taking us on a great tour. I love visits to places with a lot of historical significance. Always thought it would be neat to be a park ranger and give tours but dreaded the thought of having to wear one of those uniforms! Jamestown is a place I definitely would like to visit someday. Those plants are definitely unusual and quite beautiful.walk2writehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13501812375142037251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-61713557140981324612008-11-09T08:58:00.000-06:002008-11-09T08:58:00.000-06:00It is an amazing tour Skeeter, we went this summer...It is an amazing tour Skeeter, we went this summer (being only 15-20 minutes up the road) and even my teenagers found the experience interesting. I was attracted to the plants they had growing too. :) Thanks for the tour, where are we off to next?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7113123529932691813.post-14807270498749184642008-11-09T08:51:00.000-06:002008-11-09T08:51:00.000-06:00Hi, Skeeter--In my backyard again (I used to live ...Hi, Skeeter--In my backyard again (I used to live 5 minutes from Jamestown). Did you see the island at all (the one that's a nat'l park)? If not, be sure to go next time--it's really lovely. And I'll bet you could grow abelia in Georgia--it's very easy and it blooms all summer (mine's still in bloom . . .) Great pictures and great history!Cosmohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14260783700118031314noreply@blogger.com