The American Civil war from the Southern side

I’m a yankee to the marrow of my bones.  I live in the deep south & I have for 20 years (gasp)  My children are Southerners.  In the North, I never saw Union soldiers dolls, or cheap reproductions of other’s art.  What I have noticed in Alabama is that there seems to be a great…

The shop on the corner

I love this picture. The words are almost in three, do you see the shadow starting on the shelf?

an AMAZING IDEA FOR BLOGGERS

did I get your attention? I learn a lot from bloggers about gardening, cutting fresh flowers, photography etc My desk is a pile of notes EVERYWHERE, post it, pads students have given me. When I write, part of me knows I will never find what I’m looking for & when my desk has not one…

Living in rural Vermont

When my twin brother & I picked flowers for my mother, it was dandelions, red clover & Queen Ann’s Lace.  On the way back from the lake yesterday, I stopped & cut some flowers from the side of the road for me.