I met this young lady while I was grocery shopping today, and I loved her hat!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

I asked if I could photograph her with it, and she said "Yes!" I also explained that I'd like to post it here with all of you, and she had no problem with that.

Enjoy, dear friends!

[FalloutShelter]

1. I love it too, Peggy.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. So glad you do, my dear FalloutShelter!

[Diamond_Dog]

3. That is great!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. My sentiments exactly, my dear Diamond_Dog! Thank you.

[niyad]

5. LOVE IT!!! Thank you for sharing.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

18. Thank you so much, my dear niyad! It was my pleasure!

[George McGovern]

6. Her hat and her pull-down pose. Great opportunity Peggy, real nice shot!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

19. Thanks so much, dear George!

When she pulled her hat down, I felt surprised, but I quickly realized that this was a great move!

[Hekate]

7. Hope you see her again, Peggy

[CaliforniaPeggy]

20. That would be very cool, but I doubt it. It's a big store and there are always lots of people there.

But you never know!

[AllaN01Bear]

8. ""

[CaliforniaPeggy]

21. Back atcha, my dear AllaNO1Bear!

[1WorldHope]

9. And what thrill for her to meet you California Peggy!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

22. What a sweet thing to say, and thank you, my dear 1WorldHope!

[TomSlick]

10. I just bought the t-shirt.

[BuddhaGirl]

11. Nice!!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

23. That's a great t-shirt! Thanks for sharing it, my dear TomSlick!

[TomSlick]

26. I'm looking forward to wearing it in my red little town.

I am concerned about the fire hazard from all the hair on fire.

[LittleGirl]

12. My spouse is naturalized

and he made my life great!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

24. That is just perfect and thank you for telling us about your lives, my dear LittleGirl!

May it ever be so.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

13. Extra cool that she's a blonde.

👍

[CaliforniaPeggy]

25. Very cool indeed, my dear SleeplessinSoCal!

[Siwsan]

14. As a grand daughter of an immigrant, I totally agree

My grandfather walked across Europe, a 14 year old orphan. He was headed to Pennsylvania where his half sister lived.

When he arrived he was so sick, underweight and lice ridden, they almost didn't let him in. An older Italian gentleman said he'd take charge and get him healthy. Which he did.

My grandfather lived to 97, raised 8 children, worked as a rail road worker, a coal miner and, finally, relocated to Flint MI and got a job at Buick, where he worked until he retired.

I'm willing to bet that a version of his life was lived by MANY other immigrants.

[George McGovern]

16. Thank You Siwsan for sharing your grandfather with us. What a journey. And what a life!

Literally working on the railroad all the live long day. Coal miner and lived to tell about it. Back then Buick was a quality car and he had a hand in its advance.

Men like him, women too, built this country with the sweat on their backs.

We owe them for what they've given us.

[Siwsan]

34. Both of my grandfathers were coal miners

My paternal grandfather, the son of a Welsh immigrant, was a coal mine worker in Frostburg, MD just like his father and brothers. He came from a family of 13 kids. Most of the brothers and uncles worked in the mines, too, just like their the family did in Wales.

Grandpa was caught in a mine collapse but was able to escape. That made him decide that he did NOT want his son, my uncle, to be a coal miner. He'd lost his father and several brothers and cousins to 'coal miners asthma' which is what they called Black Lung Disease.

Anyway, just like my maternal grandfather, he moved his family to Flint and got a job at Buick. Both grandfathers were passing acquaintances at Buick and had no idea there would be a family connection through marriage.

I never met my maternal grandfather. He died about 6 months before I was born. However, from what I've been told about him, we are very much alike.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

27. Your grandfather was a plucky young man! Determined and smart as well as lucky!

Thanks for sharing his life with us, my dear Siwsan!

[MIButterfly]

15. Love it!

Thank you, CaliforniaPeggy!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

28. Thanks so much, my dearMIButterfly! I'm glad you do.

[Staph]

17. Lin-Manuel Miranda said it right in Hamilton:

Hamilton and LaFayette: "Immigrants, we get the job done!"

[CaliforniaPeggy]

29. Thanks for the great quote and clip, my dear Staph!

Very thoughtful of you.

[LoisB]

30. Wonderful. Good for her!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

32. I echo your feelings, my dear LoisB! Thank you so much.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

31. K&R

[CaliforniaPeggy]

33. Thank you for your support, my dear LetMyPeopleVote!

[ShazzieB]

35. Let's hear it for immigrants!

My husband's grandparents were all immigrants from Poland, and my paternal grandparents were immigrants from the UK. If it wasn't for immigrants, neither of us would be here, and (needless to say) neither would our daughter! 🇬🇧🇵🇱🇺🇸

[MIButterfly]

36. My maternal grandmother came from Poland with nothing but the clothes on her back.

She had a brother and sister in Toledo but there was no work there, so she went up to Detroit by herself. She answered an ad in the Lonely Hearts column and married my grandfather, who was from Russia.

My paternal grandfather was of Swedish decent and my grandmother was full-blooded Chippewa. They were from Minnesota.

So that's me - 1/4 Polish; 1/4 Russian; 1/4 Swedish; 1/4 native American; and 100% lifelong Democrat.