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My “Pioneer” Nook
When I was a new bride in the mid-1980s the country style of decorating was in full swing, and I loved it! But like all styles, we got tired of it and moved on to something else… and now you mostly find decorative items in dusty rose and country blue, and all the ducks and geese collecting dust in the…
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“I Remember Laura” – Heirlooms
The afternoon light made plain the gilded titles of the books on the whatnot’s lower shelf, and glittered in the three glass boxes on the shelf above, each with tiny flowers painted on it. Above them, on the next shelf, the gilt flowers shone on the glass face of the clock and its brass pendulum glinted, swinging to and fro.…
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“I Remember Laura” – Books & Music
Laura loved singing school. It began with singing scales to limber up the voices. Then Mr. Clewett taught them a simple exercise, the first in the book. He gave them the pitch with his tuning fork again and again, until all their voices chimed in with it. …on the way home Laura sang. “Oh childhood’s joys are very great, A-swingin’…
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“I Remember Laura” swap
I am participating in the “I Remember Laura” art swap in conjunction with the blog-a-thon hosted at Quill Cottage. Miss Sandy provided some basic elements for us to start with, and our job is to embellish them. The first project ties in with the first week’s theme of quilts. Miss Sandy sent a basic 9-patch block from a vintage quilt,…
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“I Remember Laura” – Family Recipes
This week’s topic for the “I Remember Laura” blog-a-thon is family recipes. Laura was such a descriptive writer that any time she wrote about a meal or a special dish, it simply made my mouth water. Later I came to appreciate the utter simplicity of the meals that “Ma and the girls” served to family and guests alike. Here are…
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“I Remember Laura” – Buttons
“Ma had saved buttons since she was smaller than Laura, and she had buttons her mother had saved when her mother was a little girl. There were blue buttons and red buttons, silvery and goldy buttons, curved-in buttons with tiny raised castles and bridges and trees on them, and twinkling jet buttons, painted china buttons, striped buttons, buttons like juicy…
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“I Remember Laura” – Quilts
“Laura brought her Dove-in-the-Window quilt that she had pieced as a little girl while Mary pieced a nine-patch. It had been kept carefully all the years since then.” –These Happy Golden Years I grew up with quilts. Not necessarily the lovely works of art that you see at fairs and exhibits these days, but practical, made-from-leftover-fabric-scraps, use-every-day quilts. Since the…
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“I Remember Laura” June Blog-A-Thon
For the month of June I will be participating in a once-a-week blog-a-thon celebrating Laura Ingalls Wilder hosted by Miss Sandy at Quill Cottage. I have enjoyed the Little House books since I was very young. Before I could read my mother read them to us as bedtime stories, one chapter a night. I couldn’t stand having to wait until…
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Favorite Books
My sister-in-law posted this challenge a few days ago. I had to think about it awhile. I just love books… many books… so it was hard to narrow my selections down. Even the ones I finally settled on may not necessarily be my final choice. Oh. And in many cases the Bible would have been the best obvious choice. Truly…
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South Dakota
From Jamestown, North Dakota we headed south to South Dakota on a two-lane highway. This is the first time we’ve traveled off the interstate since we left home. We like getting off the beaten path, so that was an enjoyable drive. As we came in Aberdeen, South Dakota I noticed a billboard advertising Storybook Land. The billboard said it was…
