Iris Is Blooming

New Shoes

These are the shoes Astrid picked for her birthday. They look like spring!

Our onions and radishes are up. Lettuce not up yet nor are my potatoes.

Eleven!!

Garden In My Heart

A few seeds are planted

In a garden in my heart

The blooms are beyond belief

The joy unending!

Lilac Blooming

But I wish so much it was purp-le.

Strawberry from Japan

My teacher intern eats in the lunchroom everyday. He had this strawberry when he got back with his tray today. It was as big as an apple. I told him I bet it was from Fukushima, Japan.

Count the Rats

You can hardly see the intruders but they are looking up my way to see if my garden is coming up. I count five, but they are camo-ed.

Shoo Shoo

Just as soon this bird would find a new perch!

Hosea--WW II

Sunrise

I love it when Patsy tells us about something that we did not know about. I looked and in 1930 Alf was living with both sons in the same house as he. I think maybe the old Alf house was the one by the cave and not the one that Watson lived in. Is that right Patsy...where did Alf live?

I can't take very good pictures but I am good at stealing them.

Alfred Leathers

Looks like Watson lived in Stone County, Mo before moving to the home place.

Name:	Alfred Leathers
Home in 1900:	James, Stone, Missouri [Pine, Stone, Missouri]
Age:	38
Birth Date:	Oct 1861
Birthplace:	Arkansas
Race:	White
Gender:	Male
Relationship to head-of-house:	Head
Father's Birthplace:	Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace:	Tennessee
Spouse's Name:	Bettie Leathers
Marriage Year:	1889
Marital Status:	Married
Years Married:	11
Household Members:	Name Age Alfred Leathers 38 Bettie Leathers 31 Homer Leathers 10 Hosie Leathers 6 Watson Leathers 4