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Fried Green Tomatoes, Strangers in Good Company, Driving Miss Daisy

Classical...Country...Worship...Sixties, (which I grew up on)

I enjoy books By LaWana Blackwell, Jane Kirkpatrick





This space is DEDICATED TO MY MOTHER


My Mama loved to write! I kept her journals. The following was in one of them.

REFLECTIONS--(a Section in Her Journal)

When I think of memory of my earlier years, of smells and sounds; it is sounds that I remember best. They were and still are the sounds of living in the country. When I wake in the early morning hours to the beautiful tune of a meadowlark, the song enlivens my heart for the day ahead. Then when,in the evening, the whisper-soft cooing of the doves plants peace deep within my soul, I know God is near.....



And this is one of her poems:

To MY CHILDREN by Grace Rose

The kids run to catch the bus,
after several hours of a lot of fuss!

"She woke me up!", the little one peeps.
One of her sisters yells back, "Oh, go to sleep!"

The sounds form the bathroom ring all through the house.
"It's my turn to wear the silky blue blouse!"

Toothpaste smeared all over the sink.
The boys cry, "Mom, she's making the bathroom stink!"

Empty cans of Aqua Net, pantyhose,
and rubber ducks; strung all over the floor.
How on Earth can they get out the door?

The bathroom seems quite the place,
to pick a fight, or fix their face.

The kids are running up and down the stairs;
"Seen the dryer? I have to blow dry my hair!"
"oh my gosh, it's a quarter to eight!"
"I haven't eaten, will I be late?"

The morning continues to go this way;
I pace the floor and start to pray,
"Oh dear Lord, if this is a dream,
Let me wake before I scream!"

But then I stop in one quick motion.
Suddenly I get a very sick notion.

One day they'll be all grown up,
with just photos and echoes to get me by.

"No thanks Lord, I'd rather die!"

"I'll take the fussing and the fighting.
To me, my kids are my life."

"I'd like to take just one more minute,
to thank you Lord, for my life as I live it."

"As I stand before you here today,
and take this time at hand,
I wish to let you know dear Lord,
I think my kids are grand!"

RED and every color of the Rainbow

Soups...Salads...Pan fried noodles...Chocolate anything...Fresh baked bread...fresh fruit and cheese...International Coffees(considered food?)

A Few recipes Victorian Style:


Old-Fashioned Apple Crumble

INGREDIENTS:

6 apples
6 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
6 teaspoons butter

Crumble:

1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup rolled oats


Peel and slice apples into greased baking dish. Combine sugar and cinnamon and
sprinkle over apples. Dot with two teaspoons of the butter. Blend the remaining
four teaspoons of butter into brown sugar. Mix and add flour and rolled oats.
Spoon mixture over apples. Bake at 350%F. for 15mins. Uncover and bake until
crust is golden and apples are tender (approx. 35 minutes.)

Serve warm or cold with whipped cream.

VICTORIAN LEMON CAKE

Beat six eggs, the yolks and whites separately, till in a solid froth; add to the yolks the grated rind of a fine lemon and six ounces of sugar dried and sifted; beat this a quarter of an hour; shake in with the left hand six ounces
of dried flour; then add the whites of the eggs and the juice of the lemon.
When these are well beaten in, put it immediately into tins, and bake it about an hour in a moderately hot oven.




Ladies and Gents, The following is from an old scrapbook. Look how much better off we are than our Grans and Great Grans!


Recipe For WARSHING CLOTHES


Build fire in backyard to heat kettle of rain water. Set tubs so smoke wont blow in eyes if wind is pert. Shave one hole cake of lie soap in boilin water.

Sort things, make 3 piles

1 pile white,

1 pile colored,

1 pile work britches and rags.

To make starch, stir flour in cool water to smooth, then thin down with boiling water.

Take white things, rub dirty spots on board, scrub hard, and boil, then rub colored don't boil just wrench and starch.

Take things out of kettle with broom stick handle, then wrench, and starch.

Hang old rags on fence.

Spread tea towels on grass.

Pore wrench water in flower bed. Scrub porch with hot soapy water.

Turn tubs upside down.

Go put on clean dress, smooth hair with hair combs.. Brew cup of tea, sit and rock a spell and count your blessings.

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I met this friend the day she was born and spent almost a week at the hospital with her. She is my daughter!

Here we are in Central Oregon for the summer. It is hard to believe we have been here a month already, and I have been without Internet connection all that time. But Hey, I have it now and it is HIGH SPEED instead of dial-up and I am loving it! So I will try to be a little more active here on "THE HILL" for the rest of the summer. Hope yours is great too.







THE UNBROKEN CIRCLE

Our Health is fine and Little Buddy is about to turn 12 months old. It is hard to believe he has been with us a year. We brought him home when he was 8 1/2 weeks old, to help mend my broken heart when I lost my older cock-a-poo, Amber, who was close to 15 years old. He has not replaced her, but he sure has made his own place in our home!

I am 62 years old and have been married to the same fine man for 43 years.





I am a retired Payroll Specialist from the Public School System and I have been retired for seven years already. We have become “Snow Birds”. We got tired of shoveling snow in Central Oregon and bought an RV lot in Arizona. The weather here is great from September,when we arrive,right through to the following April or May, when we go back to Central Oregon for the summer months. Only in America! We can spend the summer in the cooler climate and the winter in the warmer one. I never dreamed my retirement years would offer such choices. I am truly blessed.

Things Victorian! Which may be one reason I love to Crochet... I especially like to work with thread rather than yarn. Here are a few of my completed Victorian Ladies.



I also love Dogs (I can hardly believe my guy Buddy is a year old already.)

Here he is before his haircut yesterday.


And here he is after his haircut.


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I like Nature, the sights and the sounds.



I love flowers especially Roses and cactus plants.





I also love long talks with my daughter....movie night with hubby...how I feel with a fresh perm and haircut...Starbucks Frappachino (keeps my weight up,LOL)

People who try to elevate themselves by stepping on others... So called "action" movies with BLEEP language and lots of killing...snakes I don't see, can't be to careful in AZ...most sea food...movies without a good plot...gossipy people

Crochet, reading, oil painting, playing piano, embroidery