Squares had been finished nearly a week when I spotted this in California, but how could I ignore it! Union 76, or 76 as it is now known, first appeared in California in 1932.

The name refers to the Declaration of Independence (1776), and was also the octane rating in 1932!

By the 1960s it had spread to the midwest and south east, and it was then the orange ball began to appear too. A couple of decades ago the orange balls began to replaced by boring rectangular signs with the circular image on them. Fortunately though there was a campaign to save the balls, and it was successful. Consequently nearly 100 years after the 76 brand was created and more than 60 years since the orange balls appeared, many gas stations still have them!

And it has provided me with the both the energy and inspiration to create a Squares gallery. So I do hope you are all sitting comfortably and have a cup of something by your side as we have more than fifty squares to visit.

Let’s start with some returners as well as a new squarer.

Wasn’t that a wonderful start to our second #SevenforSeptember gallery. I do hope you were able to visit at least a couple of the squarers in the first room. In our next room we have many blogging friends, including two fabulous English British bloggers who will be arriving at my house tomorrow and also Cee who I know everyone has in their thoughts. Chris has shared how much Cee has appreciated all the messages you have sent via my Sunday post. So I thought we’d start in the next room with Cee and my two visitors.

Wasn’t that a lovely room. Our next room is also great, and it is a large one full of Squarers who have been having fun counting to seven.

Thank you all for joining me last month, your posts and kind words really helped keep me going as I toured the USA on my own. I look forward to sharing some of my US tales with you soon, but first our penultimate room in the #SevenforSeptember‘s gallery.

I still can’t quite believe how many of you are still squaring with me; I do hope to see many of you again for the next squares. All being well it will be in January, but I will confirm in late November. For now though please take a few moments to visit one or seven squarers in the final room.

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  2. Such a fabulous gallery!! Thank you for all your hard work while traveling. You are so inspirational and I thank you for hosting this incredibly fun challenge! I’m a little late to the party, but it’s never too late with the written word. Luckily I can keep reading when I can fit it into my busy schedule! 🤗💞

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  9. Someday, I will make one of these recaps. I guess I didn’t get it right, but I enjoyed seeing everyone else’s material. Maybe I’ll catch a break next square time.

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    1. Marilyn you are always in the recaps if you have squared in the relevant time period. So you were in the first gallery I did in September and also in this one – take another look at the final room. I linked to your square on the 29th

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  10. Fabulous Becky. I do wish there was a way to sort out the posts I have already seen. I just go to each section, click open in new tab for each and then read. I even open my own lol
    I am sure you’ll have some late nights and lots of chatting.
    I hope BoA has some good places to have a meal and an ale. Say a hi from me please. Who has the bed made from the boxes of books 😁
    Enjoy, relax and have a great time xx

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    1. If you hover your mouse over the links you can see the urls if that helps?!!

      Hee hee they both have lots of books in their rooms and they both have folded up cardboard too!!

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      1. Good idea. I am too quick to do the select and click and I go down the page 🙄
        I like seeing posts from people I don’t know. I only reply to a handful when the photo appeals.
        Have fun x

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  11. I love how you do these recaps… gives me so much joy. I have to visit some of them later. Thanks again Becky for doing this and see you soon.

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  12. I’m looking forward to my long train journey tomorrow. The perfect chance to catch up, courtesy of your round-up, with your blogging pals everywhere – not just England and Scotland!

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  15. Well done Becky. How you have managed to host this challenge whilst travelling I shall never know. I do hope that now you are home you will find time to write about your travels. I know you post on Instagram, but I don’t so can’t see your posts there. I love the story behind the 76.

    I have popped in to visit one in each of your rooms, and thank you for linking to me. Have fun with those visiting bloggers. I do hope BoA is well prepared!

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  17. Hosting a challenge is a lot of work, Becky. Your galleries are legendary! I love the 76 ball. I grew up seeing them everywhere. I remember when gas stations were “service” stations in the 60s, where, when you stopped for gas, the attendant pumped gas then cleaned your windows. Long gone are those days. Although you may have discovered that attendants at fuel stops in Oregon pump the gas.

    it’s so fun to meet up with bloggers in person. I’m planning to see several in Arizona when we do our new annual snowbird journey in late December and January.

    Thanks again for hosting squares, Becky!

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  19. I can’t believe you called Anabel ‘English’ 🥴 But I’m sure she’ll forgive you. Have fun you three! And thanks for linking to one of my squares – I’ll be checking out some of the others over this coming week!

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