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A few weeks ago I posted about my girl scout experience and mentioned that we were on a T.V. show. I just found this newspaper clipping and ...

I know there's something for me in here somewhere.  Aha...Nutri-Dents. That sure was good!  Do my teeth look whiter? A dip aft...

On Nancy's blog, Ladies of the Grove , she has a hilarious post about her childhood diary. I highly recommend it. She asks for other dia...

I feel like I'm cheating when I shoot patio chairs. They make the most beautiful shadows. It's just too easy! These were in the pati...

 My great, great, great grandfather, Bartholomaeus Theiss came from Germany and was one of Napolean's bodyguards. I've written about...

Believe it or not, this is my very pretty ex-tenant who was recently sent to Afghanistan.  She and the donkey are making some very interesti...

If any of you watch the T.V. series "Mad Men" this photo will probably look like part of the show. (That's me, with the big ha...

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My paternal grandmother- Della Mae (Mefford) (Finwall ) Gilbert Some of you have heard about her early hard life in a previous post. The Fi...

If you can't wear 'em ....draw 'em.

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My maternal grandmother, Bessie White and her grandmother Rosa Daehler. Her report card in 1901. 7 years old. She got excellent grades. It...

Whoever guesses correctly gets a prize from one of our etsy shops. (see links in left hand column) Start choosing now-anything up to $15. (...

My mother the club woman. (on the left in the picture, and politically) These were the days when you wore gloves and a hat to pour tea. A...

I just finished a class with Helen Shafer Garcia combining watercolor with pastels.  I loved it. This was my first. She gave us a black and...

I loved Girl Scouts and I loved this meeting room. It was above the gym in our local park in Chicago. It was called Trumble Park. It had eve...