Friday

I saw on FB my friend Syble’s family is having their annual reunion. Erin took me to it about 25 years ago. She took several photos of the attendees. The 9 siblings picture was taken that day. Syble is in the pink shirt. Bobby’s on the left rear in both photos. Bonnie and Betty Bernice are standing in front right. Taft is in the middle of the brothers. Taft is the eldest born in 1935. Bobby the youngest born in 1947. This family was a special one indeed.  Granny’s brother was their father. The five not pictured are greatly missed.

I am reading the true account of a black couples escape from slavery. She was the child of her mother’s master and her mother was at least 1/2 white. Her half sister owned her! From the pictures she appears to be Caucasian. They planned their escape around the rouge that she was his white master. She could not write so she carried her arm in a sling using that as an excuse to not sign her name. It’s a true account. I hope they make it out. 

Another book I read this week is Eve Plumb’s memoir. She played Jan Brady. It’s interesting but her life is really very sad. Her mother had her acting at a very young age. She started in commercials. Her childhood was abnormal to say the least. Her parents weren’t abusive or she hid that. Her mother was an alcoholic though. I kept thinking~~what a horrible life.

Ada has a new hairdo for school. She said her teacher would think it was obnoxious. With all her reading Erin has noticed she has a larger vocabulary! 
 

Thursday

 

Ada took a math quiz and scored 29 put of 30! She was really proud of the award. Doesn't take a lot to motivate children.

Greta had a volleyball game and they won. Erin said she played well.

I almost forgot to post today. I’m outside now. I let the chickens out so I am watching for predators. It’s so hot. The grass is brown. This weekend it’s going to be even hotter. We need rain. 

September Two

For Laura’s birthday she wanted to cover her couch and get a rug for the  room.  She ordered the rug from Amazon and probably the couch cover too. She was wanting a new couch, but this is an alternative to make do for a while. She’ll be adding some pillows.

Logan and Astrid are working on the donkey pole barn. It’s split by the fence and will serve two pastures. It’ll look good when it’s finished. Donkeys will be living the high life.

Erin spotted this street at Bull Shoals, AR. I’m sure it’s a nice place.

 

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This is from FB. Top picture is 2nd grade I think. 

Laura was due August 31. My Mother decided that she needed to come and see me that day. She, my Dad, and Debbie Lee came. By the time they arrived down that winding mountain road I was in labor. Daddy drove a little Datsun truck. Really only room for three to ride. Gilbert didn’t come I don’t think. He would have had to ride in the back. He would have done that, but I bet he stayed with Patsy. My Dad was a nervous wreck. He wanted me to go to the hospital right then. Larry worked til noon, and I went to St. Mary’s in the afternoon. Dad went too. He paced the floor. Laura was born after midnight, so it was September 1. Momma said her Dad’s birthday was September 2. They stayed over night and went home the next day. Laura was little, under 7 pounds. I’d waited for her all summer and was glad to have her with us finally. I took off work 6 weeks but had to go back in October. She stayed with Helen Potts. 

The picture if four generations—Ada, Ethel, Larry and Laura I remember I made the shirt Larry has on. 

💚💛Top is what Amy made for Laura and below what Laura made for Amy 💛💚

 Laura’s friend Amy has a birthday tomorrow. Look what they gifted each other. Great minds think alike.

August Over

At Laura’s birthday bash, she surprised me with new quilted placemats. They picture my favorite things~~flowers, birds and honey bees! Perfect for fall! I’m took my spring one’s up and am already using these.

 

Farmers Framing

Logan and Astrid got the new pasture fenced. The back side is woven wire. Astrid said it’d keep the coyotes from sneaking in there.

Today they started framing the pole barn.

She was fired because of an opinion she stated. When you can’t have an opinion, what else can someone take from you! ? You are basically a slave🤍

It’s hot today but my Maple is showing more red. Fall is coming.

 

Celebrate

We celebrated Laura’s birthday today. Her big day is Tuesday. She’ll be 25 turned around. I loved Siggie’s choice of cards. It says “tit’s your birthday”.  Astrid made fixings for tacos. 🌮  Sig and I made the desserts. I fixed triple delight. Lemon version because Laura likes lemon. Siggie made cheese cake cup cakes. Everything was really good. 

Happy Birthday, Laura. Poem by Aunt Fleta from long ago.

Warm hearted lady

Tender, considerate

Always thinking of others

Caring, loving

Sweetness and light

A friend dependable and true

Standing for her beliefs

In a quietly stalwart manner

Sunshine on a cloudy day!

 

Just in case

Astrid is still getting garden vegetables. Lots of peppers!

I got to watch Greta’s volleyball came.  They lost but I was happy to see her play. It was against Branson and that school filmed the game and it was on YouTube. 

I saw these coffee can on market place. I save coffee cans, plastic bowls and use themagain.I reuse plastic bags, Walmart bags, etc. All those years of doing without makes me keep lots of junk. Always thinking…just in case I need this.

 

Thursday

 

Sigrid chose this dress for graduation pictures. She’ll graduate in December with a bachelor’s degree in …well I can’t recall what she picked. She had a choice between several degrees. One was chemistry but she didn’t choose that. Her degree may be in bio-medicine. Anyway, she isn’t going to walk but wanted a remembrance of the accomplishment so she doing pictures. She came last week and had them taken. 

Erin spotted Ada before church last evening getting her lipstick just right. She is a toot. Second grade is a little young for makeup, but that is her interest. She wants a wheelchair Barbie for Christmas.  Erin said we can just remove the legs from one you have already. I think it’s funny but most wouldn’t see the humor and Ada didn’t either. Her other grandmother will get it for her, I’m sure. 

I went to lift weights and I road the bike there. It takes and hour an half. Then I went to the library. It was closed for in service. I returned my books in the book drop.

Wednesday

My friend Kay treated me to lunch today. I had sirloin steak, bake potato, and salad. All very good. Kay tried to hide behind the cars but I got her picture.

Erin is going to buy a trunk and dress up clothes for Ada for Christmas. She found this hat at a second hand store today. She’s going to buy the clothes from goodwill like places. Ada will love his hat.

What I admired about Dolly! 

She saw the good in people!

She did not judge others. That was God’s job.

She tried to help the less fortunate.

She contributed books to children.

She loved her family.

She remembered her roots!

She kept her private life private.

She sat an example for others.

 

Tuesday

 

When Astrid walked over to tend the horses. Piper got in the donkey water and cleaned it, ha! It was hot and she needed to cool off.

A friend on FB wanted a baby blanket for a nephew in LA. I said I’d make it but she’d have to drive here to get it.well they had a wreck so I ended up mailing it. It costs $35 to send it to MT. View, AR. Then the little boy came early….way early. She sent me this photo of him but you can see the hat is still way too big.

My purple Heart is blooming. Some folks call it wandering dude. 

I finished my first granny stitch heart baby blanket. I think it’ll look better with regular size yard. I’ve started a pink one with 4 ply yarn. I didn’t make it very big.  I had to watch what I was doing as every row is different.

Monday

Logan and Astrid are half way there on the fence. They lack the back side (Logan has cut the limbs out already), the gates and the water line. 

Ingrid made a key lime pie over the weekend. I really love them.

Fleta’s bunch got chickens around Easter and they finally started laying. But they started losing a chicken each night. They set up night watch and this guy came in to eat supper about 2:00 AM.  I hope they found the entry hole as it will not be long til another comes to feast.

Logan E and Sig finally got their tv on the wall. There are sprinkler lines in the wall and ceiling of their apartment and those had to be avoided. I know they’re happy to finally have it visible.

Clayton won another scholarship. It’s for stem majoring students. It’s another $4,000 a semester. To keep it, he’ll have to maintain a certain grade average. He’s finished one week of school. He’s still loading groceries at Walmart but he won’t be able to work as many hours.

It’s cooler and I have worked removing limbs that hit me in the face when I mow. My knee hurt so bad in the spring I let the overgrowth get away from me. I took out some of the 50 year old fence too. I had to climb a ladder to get to some of the limbs.

Laura returned to work today. I’m praying she has no more bad episodes with the student.