I am barley getting this under the wire here today. I am half freaked because tomorrow we will be 1/3 of the way through the year. I can not even begin to think of how fast time is flying. We haven't even gotten to the most busy time of the year yet, summer, and I am already drowning in commitments, plans, running around, projects, blog posts, and laundry! I am trying to get caught up so this part of next month will go much more smoothly.
I have been so busy that going thought the thousands of thing that I have to look at on my family tree that I was finally able to sit and loot for one story of my dad's side of the family. I found this one gem of a story. However, we are going to talk about the The Swiss Family Robinson first.
The Robinson family has decided to start a new life in a new country just as war is starting to break in their homeland. However, things take a turn when the boat they are sailing on is being followed by pirates. They are trapped in the rooms below as the other passengers and crew make the escape off the boat to safety. No crew means no one is there to steer the ship. They crash just off the shore of a deserted island. They now have to not only learn to survive what is on the island, but also save themselves of the pirates that might come back to get them.
This fun movie about family is one that I will remember fondly I think. I really love all of the wildlife that was used and how they had the smallest member of the family be the one to capture elephants and tigers and what not. I also really loved how they all worked together in order keep each other safe and to have fun in the situation that they are put into. They know that it's not a long term solution to all of their problems, but they were able to do what they needed to do and find the fun in it as well. They communicated well and heard all of the ideas, even from the littlest of them to come up with great plans, and blueprints for everything. They all were free to discover their roles and how they can best contribute to building and protecting their home. They did fight and have moments of jealousy among them but they all find that they love each other more than they envy each other. It's for sure they will have great stories to tell each other as they grow older.
Speaking of stories boy do I have one for this month. I have mentioned before that my dad's side of the family is full of crazy stories, and murder mysteries, and all sorts of stuff like that. When I found this story I would have said that is a lie, however, knowing what I know about dad's side this doesn't seem that far fetched at all.
This is the story of my 3x great Grandma Mary Presley Blankenship.
Now, I don't have a picture of her, which is sad because after reading this story I would love to know what has looked like. This is not a very long story, but here it is. At some point in her adult life Mary were in the Knox Creek Area in Virginia. She was in the woods and was being chased by a panther. Yes, a panther. No other context. Nothing as to if she provoked the panther, or that that something might have been wrong with the panther. She was just being chased by a panther. She was also near her ex husband's house, with his new wife. The story goes that she was running and she stripped off articles of clothing as she was running in order to slow down the panther. What I call my dad to let him know of this story, he laughed and said "that's those Blankenships for you". Him and I agreeded that that wasn't too far out of the way of normal for our family.
Like I said now along story but an interesting one none the less. I am really hoping that I will be able to dig into more of my tree here soon. I know that there are more interesting stories but I really need to make the time to search for them.
Wish me luck in the next month.... It's going to be a wild month!
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