Time

Crazy.  it’s 9:50 and I have accomplished 2 baths, 1 shower, 4 breakfasts and some entertainment.  Guess who hasn’t had a shower? We didn’t get home until midnight from the Circus, so everyone slept in.  GS3 has a whopper of a cold, so he’s sniffling and blowing and coughing.  The GD’s must be mostly immune … Read more

Dress fitting

Our “little” grandchildren arrived yesterday morning.  They hauled all their stuff in, and got on the discovering and rediscovering Grandma’s space.  I kept sewing. D2 had found shoes, very cute Mary Janes with bows, and they match the dresses perfectly.  GD1’s petticoat was done first, she tried it, and said, “I won’t be able to fit … Read more

Catty

I remember Aunt Jane used to say, “meow”, if she or I, or anyone in earshot said something a little catty about someone who wasn’t present. Nice, Huh? I’m not sure why I thought about that, but it may have been the cats. I don’t own a cat, but two seem to own me. These … Read more

Wow!

Papa takes a lot of pictures.  I don’t always look at them, the sometimes I do.  Today I did look at every picture he took at the Southern Ohio Indoor Music Festival last weekend.  The lighting and background gods were smiling.  The camera settings were right.  The whole bunch is great.  Check em out here.  … Read more

Finish Something

Yesterday, while Papa worked, I actually finished something. Not easy, but in keeping with my March resolution to waste less time, I really buckled down. In the course of visits to various libraries, cemeteries, and archives, I’ve managed to assemble a ton of material which is floating around my computer in digital format. There are … Read more