tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13404416393646722582024-03-14T04:09:57.556-04:00When Queens Ride ByUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340441639364672258.post-51566342344676406172018-06-13T21:18:00.000-04:002018-06-13T21:22:39.326-04:00I was there once: part 2Poor Mrs. Williams. I could tell right away she was embarrassed about the disorderly kitchen. She laid the baby in a cradle in the corner and turned to me with such a tired look of despair. Quickly, she started to take the dirty dishes to the already full sink and told me to put my basket down on the table. As she pulled out a chair and motioned for me to sit down I noticed she was walking slow Unknownnoreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340441639364672258.post-75077743796017460442016-07-12T12:17:00.000-04:002016-07-12T12:17:17.111-04:00I was there once: part one
After church yesterday, Edna Beaton, head of the church meals ministry, asked if I would bring a home cooked meal to a young mother in our church who had a baby several days ago. After I gave it a moment of thought I said sure I could do that. Is tomorrow too soon Edna asked and I said no I could throw something together for her. I didn't know this gal even though our congregation wasn't thatUnknownnoreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340441639364672258.post-39933180950431876392016-07-06T17:19:00.000-04:002016-07-06T17:19:34.335-04:00Every July there is plenty of pie!
Sweet, sweet July, I do love ya! Well now the gardens are flourishing and life is good. The good Lord is blessing John an me plenty. We are diggin' out of our pit slow but sure. I am so busy keepin' home I have neglected my poor journal. I find myself with a bit of time on the porch tonight. The children have all tucked in early after a full day of helping weed the garden, collecting eggs, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340441639364672258.post-75739910317479660312015-12-31T16:03:00.001-05:002015-12-31T16:03:16.145-05:00A New Year's Eve Bonfire!Tonight I will be hostess to a New Year's eve party. I am hopin' I can pull this one off. All John's idea and a right surprise too. After church on Sunday he told me that he offered our place to hold a New Year's eve bonfire for fellowship. Before I knew it I had so many ladies asking me what they could bring! I was so taken back I told them whatever they please for their family and some toUnknownnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340441639364672258.post-35542849425672002262015-12-26T00:43:00.000-05:002015-12-26T00:43:15.750-05:00Merry & Bright(For Laura-Merry Christmas to you and yours!)
Oh what a Christmas! It's been a lovely season for sure. The children enjoyed their gifts so. John made a beautiful set of wooden building blocks for Virginia. Sanded them smooth as silk to the touch.
Ruth Ann got a big dollhouse, just a plain kind of house made of maple. The kind of dollhouse a child needs to use their imagination a bit. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340441639364672258.post-29316474006611678232013-06-30T23:11:00.001-04:002013-06-30T23:17:14.013-04:00Stay connectedIf you subscribe by Google reader it is going south as of July 1st. Sign up to receive posts by email right on the sidebar or use www.bloglovin.com to manage all your favorite blogs.
Jennie doesn't want you to miss her updates!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340441639364672258.post-26464787359262341742013-06-23T11:38:00.000-04:002013-06-23T11:38:34.499-04:00June Day Picnic
What a lovely June day we had! After a glorious mornin' of worship the family headed home for our lunch. There was a slight breeze on this warm day, so I thought, why not spread a cloth and have us a picnic. My dear friend Rosealee and her family joined us too! What a delight to have our new and dear friends over to share an afternoon of relaxin' and fun.
I spread a nice red checked gingham Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340441639364672258.post-41422494052955353772013-05-24T23:18:00.000-04:002013-05-24T23:18:32.834-04:00Decoration Day Festivities!
Well now hasn't it been too long since I wrote a bit in my diary! Life is just rollin' on by faster than a filly in a derby, my John would say. My Granny Nettie loved Decoration Day, she told us stories of all the parades in her day. My they were grand! Granny Nettie made the most delicious 4 layer cakes you ever did taste and every Decoration Day she made a lot of them for the church table.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340441639364672258.post-82791605890400658042012-11-02T19:54:00.000-04:002012-11-02T19:54:56.107-04:00A new little girl!
How I have missed my quiet times writing in my diary! My Grandma used to tell me never to waste time as it slips through your fingers like sand. I never understood what she meant, but now I sure do! John and I had a darling baby girl July 10.. Her name is Virginia Rose. I named her after my Mum and my new friend Rosealee. She is a petite little thing only weighin 6lbs at birth. It Unknownnoreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340441639364672258.post-42697159101275953792011-11-22T09:59:00.000-05:002011-11-22T09:59:59.875-05:00Another glorious holiday!
Well now if the days aren't just buzzin' by as fast as can be! The autumn harvest was a success, praise the Lord! We had lots of help with the orchard. Church family came to help us, what a true blessing that was. Then one morn' a colored man showed up with a wagonload of folk and asked us if we needed help with the orchard. Seems they call these folks migrant workers.John said years ago his Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340441639364672258.post-45513202763826058262011-08-07T19:35:00.000-04:002011-08-07T19:35:03.594-04:00A NEW FRIEND
I have met so many nice folks the last months. Why the ladies at church are wonderful! And my dear friend Harriet up the road has been an angel sent from heaven. But, what I have been hoping for is a lady friend. One with a husband and children like me that I can have a cup of coffee or tea with here and there. Kind of share the troubles of the day with and know she'll have a sympathetic ear. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340441639364672258.post-24020505870321853042011-04-09T15:46:00.000-04:002011-04-09T15:46:27.777-04:00A spring in my stepMy poor, poor journal! How I have neglected writing my days down here. Let's see, where should I start. Well, me and Ruth Ann got over the sickness , but then the menfolk here got it. Made for a very interesting few weeks. I never in all my born days boiled so many chicken carcasses for broth as I did when those three were layed low.
Old Mac McCarthy from up the road came and helpedUnknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340441639364672258.post-1104920120077053442011-02-15T14:04:00.000-05:002011-02-15T14:04:11.518-05:00The comfort of old quiltsWell here I lay covered in my grandmum's old quilt. Grandma could handle needle and thread better than anyone I have ever come across. I believe she made this quilt for her hope chest. Each time I visited her and Pop's home I would go to her bedroom and run my hands over the little stitches and squares of pretty calico colors. Whenever I slept over there Grandma would cover me in her Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340441639364672258.post-43425329945137682682010-12-23T17:53:00.000-05:002010-12-23T17:53:43.439-05:00Family MemoriesOh what a glorious Thanksgiving we had! The food was all too delicious, the warmth of the kitchen with all the good smells had all the family waiting anxiously for the dinner. Yet, to be truthful, the best part was to be surrounded by my family and dear friend Harriet.
John was the jovial host. I swear he is becoming a bit less serious. He was sharing some funny stories from his childhood and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340441639364672258.post-82218419286752435462010-11-30T23:04:00.000-05:002010-11-30T23:04:30.085-05:00A Thanksgiving to remember! Part 1Well now, finally I am finding time to get to puttin' my thoughts and memories of Thanksgiving in this here journal. I don't want to forget a minute of it, it was all too wonderful! My sister Emma and her husband Frank arrived Wednesday around 4pm with their boys Thomas and George. My how those boys have grown! Babes the last time I saw them. I must have hugged my sister for 5 straight Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340441639364672258.post-15596375294205894652010-11-23T19:07:00.000-05:002010-11-23T19:07:33.280-05:00Aprons and Kittens
Tonight I stayed up much too late. I was finishing up a new apron for myself. My others were showing terrible signs of all the work I have undertaken over the last two months. I 'spose I could wear those aprons as a sort of badge of honor! Well, I didn't want to be a sight on Thanksgiving with my company so I picked up a very pretty light blue cotton check at Percy's store. I was Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340441639364672258.post-60222876350310684262010-11-22T09:09:00.001-05:002010-11-22T09:10:13.124-05:00A furry surprise!
We had us a weekend full of surprises! One of our gals that was expectin' birthed a nice little calf on Saturday. John had estimated that she wasn't due for another two weeks ,but when he went to do the evenin's milking she was in labor. About 8 o'clock a little brown fella came slidin' out and proceeded to try and get up not too long after. That calf was pretty funny trying to get up on Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340441639364672258.post-5930665507910588702010-11-19T18:28:00.000-05:002010-11-19T18:28:06.639-05:00Chenille and old quiltsI am so incredibly tired! Right now I am in bed with my pillows puffed up behind me writing in my diary by lamplight. My feet are aching and even my back is a bit sore. John brought me up a nice hot water bottle to put on the small of my back and it feels so good. John told me to get myself to bed, that I looked plum tuckered out. I admit I am . The last couple of days have been busy with Unknownnoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340441639364672258.post-43495584374110665222010-11-16T22:32:00.000-05:002010-11-16T22:32:14.922-05:00Company coming for Thanksgiving!I just couldn't go off to bed without jotting this down! My sister Emma and her family are coming to stay for the Thanksgiving holiday. Not just dinner but an overnight stay! They're driving up Wednesday night and will leave Friday after breakfast. I am going to have overnight guests in this old farmhouse. I reckon I have never had an overnight guest except for my Ma when she took ill and needed Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340441639364672258.post-56135600076030324122010-11-14T19:54:00.001-05:002010-11-14T19:57:51.090-05:00November~Getting Winter ReadyWell now, I have right neglected my journal for weeks now! I have so many things to put down here, but so little time. This is good though. I am not spinning my wheels anymore wonderin' where my day got to-no I am seeing work accomplished and it feels pretty good. All my cannin' was finished and the supply on the shelves is bountiful. We won't starve that's for sure! I put my garden Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340441639364672258.post-48107185070988635082010-07-04T18:37:00.000-04:002010-07-04T18:37:43.572-04:00Church Harvest PartyEveryone is all tucked into bed after a pretty busy day. Even John went up earlier than usual this evenin'. I am finally going to write down my remembrance of last Sunday at church and the harvest party before I forget the details!
After Lila left I waited until John and I had a few minutes of quiet. The children had their lunch and were being entertained with a radio show so I made a niceUnknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340441639364672258.post-52522747243820589872010-06-28T20:46:00.002-04:002010-06-28T20:59:10.703-04:00An invitationI am not quite sure where to begin recounting the weekend. It certainly was unlike any me and John have ever had. Saturday morning I was finishin' up my baking when I heard the sound of a motor. Couldn't imagine who would be stoppin' by and was I ever surprised to see the pastor's wife Lila and some of her children gettin' out of the motorcar. My she sure looked pretty. She had on a Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340441639364672258.post-41376713348813265182010-05-06T21:53:00.000-04:002010-05-06T21:53:14.797-04:00Not a complete lossMy lands today was another full day! I put up 20 jars of my homemade tomato sauce, 20 jars of tomato soup and 15 jars of my momma's piccalilli. I am dead tired but looking at the rows of canned jars down the root cellar has me glowing with pride.
That tomato patch I worked so hard at was a dead loss in the marketing sense of the way things are, but I was determined they wouldn't go to Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340441639364672258.post-26478057651858816772010-05-04T16:07:00.001-04:002010-05-04T16:12:04.317-04:00Fall CleaningAs glorious Autumn unfolds, my mind is still wrapped around all the 'fall cleaning'. Well, if I am honest I haven't done a Spring or Fall cleaning in so many years that I shouldn't call it anything but deep cleaning I guess. My Mum always said cleanliness was next to Godliness. I am thinkin' maybe she was right.
I managed to get the entire parlour cleaned spit spot and put in right order. Oh theUnknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340441639364672258.post-63429155658799436882010-04-26T20:14:00.000-04:002010-04-26T20:14:40.091-04:00A Little VisitThis weekend was just a whirlwind of activity! I didn't have time to jot down one thought 'til now. Saturday, while John brought the milk to town, the children and I got to work. Little Jim and Bobby had instructions to start clearing the back walk of all rubbish and bringing buckets and bins to the barn door where John could decide what to do with them. I was going to get that side of the house Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3