Sister and Me

Whatever you did for .....my brothers and sisters, you did for Me. Matthew 25:40
Sister is only 61
16 backwards
About the same?

Picture for Patsy--One for Helen--

Patsy, this is the Mississippi River at
Memphis, TN. We delivered dogs yesterday
and crossed it. Larry took me by Graceland
and I snapped that picture for Helen.

High Style :-)

Larry sold one of his squirrel dogs today.
He went to Texas....here is a video of him
leaving Galla Creek. This is a first for
two old Arky hillbillies!

Hey, Girls, Did you hear....

That Greg Jones went back to Harrison--
Come on over; the party is on :-)

I heard about what he hangs his hat on...

Two More Done

Two more puzzles are completed. The church one
was not that hard...but the one with the
hidden horses was a booger. Astrid let me glue
it. I use regular cheap school glue and put a piece
of fabric on the back. First turn the puzzle
picture side now...then empty the entire small
bottle of glue on the puzzle. Place the piece
of fabric on the glue and press down well.
I like to use these puzzles on tables as you can
sit a glass on it. The fabric works better than card
board on the back.

Christmas about Children

Painted Tea Towel!

Astrid made me this tea towel for Christmas.
I really like it!

Well, Merry Christmas is Here!

I've been thinking. Remember that Christmas
hard candy that we always had. It would stick
together. There would be white and green pieces
with little roses and such on them. Where is
that candy. No more Hard candy Christmases.

Merry Christmas

Puzzle for Patsy

I ordered Astrid and Pop a bunch of
puzzles off the internet. It was better
than Walmart as their were endless choices.
Pop picked this one to do first. The one
they are working on now is horses with hidden
horses and it is hard. Astrid said Erin may
have to help when she comes Christmas as she
is a puzzle girl too. Astrid is staying all
night so she can work on the puzzle. Siggie
did not get to come up and see us for she
would cry to stay all night too.

Never Satisfied

I am cold all winter and hot all summer.
It is 14 degrees here. I am making a apple
cake...because it has to bake an hour and
my kitchen will smell good and be warm.
I took this picture last March...this reminds
me that winter has only just begun and we
have at least 3 more months of cold weather
ahead!

Trees then and now.

This is not a tree from my life...
but it was taken in 1947. It makes
me think about trees then and now.

Daddy would go cut a tree. He would
take an ax and I guess some of us would
tag along. Sometimes he took the wagon
and mule. Anyway, he would always cut a
big tree. He always dreamed big and when
it arrived at the house, I know Momma always
thought, "Oh, dear, that tree is just too
big". The living room was 12 by 12 I think..
so imagine his huge cedar tree. Daddy always dreamed
big. It seems they put the tree in a bucket
with dirt and rocks to hold it...or just rocks.
We decorated the tree with stuff we made but we
always had those aluminum foil icicles to put on
it. I know Fleta has some pictures of our master
pieces and she should post them.

We tried to talk Momma into getting spray snow and
we sprayed it on all the windows. What a job this
is going to be to clean up...was what Momma was
thinking. Daddy always said he liked it but he did
not have to help scrap it off the windows.

Christmas morning there might be gifts...well, there
would be gifts if Daddy and Mommy had a dollar at all.
There would be a big meal. There would be laughter and
joy. There was always a big dream in our hearts because
Daddy gave that to us...we all dream big. Patsy is dreaming
of chickens in the spring today! I am dreaming of retiement
on Galla Creek.

Erin's Tree

Erin's tree last year. She says she needs a
new tree but it looks really good to me.