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This is a children’s nursery rhyme….and for adults too. Use the scroll bar to the right to read the text.

First: a brief history

I wrote BunnyBee’s, HumbleBee’s and Flutterby’s in 1993. The story came to me as I watched a beautiful Butterfly on the ground mourning the loss of it’s mate, or so it seemed. This Butterfly sat there all day long by it’s dead companion, and at one point in the day as I checked on the two of them, the story came to me.

At the time, I thought this little nursery rhyme was sweet and wonderful. I thought kids would love it. I felt like it needed to be in book form. So, I began to seek out an illustrator.
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This is a children’s nursery rhyme….and for adults too. Use the scroll bar to the right to read the text.

First: a brief history

I wrote BunnyBee’s, HumbleBee’s and Flutterby’s in 1993. The story came to me as I watched a beautiful Butterfly on the ground mourning the loss of it’s mate, or so it seemed. This Butterfly sat there all day long by it’s dead companion, and at one point in the day as I checked on the two of them, the story came to me.

At the time, I thought this little nursery rhyme was sweet and wonderful. I thought kids would love it. I felt like it needed to be in book form. So, I began to seek out an illustrator.
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In a recent post entitled The 2008 Volkswagen R32 Review, yours truly ranted and raved not so much at the 2008 Volkswagen R32, but the review of said vehicle and author of said review in Autoweek.

My frustration with Volkswagen, as well as my incredulousness at people like Patrick Paternie of Autoweek Magazine who fail to “get” the 2004 R32, has only grown with the passing days and weeks.

Still, when it was brought to my attention that Flow Volkswagen, Mazda and Audi of Charlottesville would be getting their hands on a 2008 R32, I was excited. Not so much because I could finally see the new R32, but because I could finally validate my concerns, or adjust them accordingly.

I have been upbraided for judging the 2008 R32 before I ever saw it up close, so all my critics will be very happy to know that tomorrow I am going to get my first up close and personal look at the new VW R32. If I am pleased with the car, I will issue an apology and sing it’s praises far and wide. If I am not pleased with the car, I will destroy it. I will rip it to shreds. I will eviscerate it, right here on my blog. Or, I may just say nothing at all. It all depends on how I feel after wrapping my hands around the steering wheel tomorrow.

God Speed.

[Pics originally posted 10/21/2006: Updated continues below Flash]

Well, this was my first entry since I got rid of New Blue, my Volkswagen 337 GTI. Wow. That was almost a year ago!!! Gee whiz, I miss both my lil’ Blue Volkswagen R32 and my Silver Volkswagen GTI 337.
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Well, I finally finished updating this travel blog to accommodate Wordpress. I have been putting it off due to the fact that I was going to use new image handler, but I think the results were well worth it.

I also enjoy this new theme. I had to really customize the heck out of it. It has taken almost a week to get it done. Plus, I added a new category for posts/entries with images in them. That should make it easier for peeps to find certain.

First of all, let me say that I have yet to drive the all new (and I do mean ALL new), 2008 Volkswagen R32. Still, this is in fact a review of that very car. Just what gives me the right to post a review of a car I have yet to drive? Well, I think the fact that I owned a 2004 R32 gives me the right to say just about anything I damn well want to say about the 2008 R32. Plus, this is my web site and I can say anything I please.
It’s good to be the King.
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Most of Blues Travels is going to be edited and revamped somewhat over the next few weeks.

When I switched from one web server to another, a ton of formatting was lost and quite a few links were broken. So, the next few weeks I will be cleaning up the site, editing for spelling errors, broken links and the like. So, bare with us.