tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051629921855027241.post3635419246126237139..comments2024-01-01T20:38:00.570+00:00Comments on JWJarts - Encouraging Beginners: A happy sad eventJohn (JWJarts)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17802012611212667028noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051629921855027241.post-68451081441435533012008-07-02T13:36:00.000+01:002008-07-02T13:36:00.000+01:00Kathy, what a wonderful comment you've posted and ...Kathy, what a wonderful comment you've posted and I'm thrilled that you're first ever blog-read was with MY blog. Thank you for telling me about your great-grandfather Frank and your other ancestors. I'm really pleased that you like my site and my blog and, as I sit in my armchair this evening with a fine Scottish malt, I shall drink a toast to old Frank Jardine ... happy birthday Frank.John (JWJarts)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17802012611212667028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051629921855027241.post-17537578829094249822008-07-02T02:25:00.000+01:002008-07-02T02:25:00.000+01:00John--This is the very first time I've ever read s...John--This is the very first time I've ever read someone's blog! I happened onto your site because I was looking for information about Northampton and Northamptonshire. Your histories were so nice, I was interested when I realized you''d written them. I decided to read your piece about flying to Pittsburgh after 911, and then I decided to look at your blog! I love the story and pictures of the mallards, your flower puzzle, and everything you've written and created!! Thank you so much!! I live in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.<BR/><BR/> My great-grandfather, Frank Jardine, was born in Northampton July 1, 1866. His mother, Fanny Isabella Stubbings Jardine was born in Northampton also, on March 1, 1848. Fanny died in Northampton in 1882, but my great-grandfather, Frank Jardine, came to America and worked as a mining engineer in the silver mines in Eureka, Utah. At age 35, he married my great-grandmother, Ada Bryson (who was 23), and they had 6 children together. My grandmother, Frances Jardine Bench, was their first child. Frank Jardine died when he was 57 in 1933 in Bountiful, Utah. It was at the heigth of the great economic depression and he left Ada with only a small military pension from when he had fought in the Spanish American War in the Philipines in 1897-1898. Frank did have many good friends, and one of them, who years later made a fortune mining silver, gave money to help Ada raise their 3 children who were still at home. This mining friend said he did this in honour of Frank who had helped him; he said Frank was one of the finest men he'd ever known. Ada was a Mormon, and Frank supported her, but he always remained an Anglican. John, I guess I'm celebrating Frank's birthday--142 years ago today--by learning more about Northampton. <BR/><BR/>THANK YOU for your website, your histories, stories, photographs, paintings, and your blog!! THANK YOU, JOHN!! <BR/>Thanks, <BR/>Kathy EnglandAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051629921855027241.post-65828102176636495512008-05-12T21:14:00.000+01:002008-05-12T21:14:00.000+01:00This was such a sweet story, John, made magical by...This was such a sweet story, John, made magical by the lovely photographs! It is very sad that the fourteen babies have all gone but that mother duck must thnk you a fine host and your home a 5* hotel to venture back with so many admirers.<BR/><BR/>We had a female pheasant living in out garden a couple of years ago and we live in the suburbs. She was just the most spectacular creature (I do have potos but unfortunately have no idea how to display them on site). I made some enquiries with the RSPB who said she had probably moved in to escape a stroppy hubby.<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately she did not come back last year but it was very nice to have her as a fixture in out garden for a few weeks I must say.<BR/><BR/>JillyJILLShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18111159663001456218noreply@blogger.com