Snow and Birds. Birds and Snow. (Updated)

  UPDATED 3-2-2015. Forgot to add my little poem) The snow is falling, The feeders are full. All the birds have gone to rest. And the best is yet to come. It’s not Christmas in Dixie But it sure feels like fun. Eight inches of snow, And the heaters full of coal. With the snow…

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A New Language 1999

Posted on February 5, 2014 by Billie Crumly — 1 Comment ? Computer language — it’s a whole new ball game for me.  Somebody sent me a list of country computer terms and I’ve rearranged some of the terms to fit my way of thinking.  I’m having about the same luck learning that I had…

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Midnight, the Cat 1994

Posted on February 28, 2014 by Billie Crumly — No Comments ? Spud – One of today’s cats It was early morning and we were in our usual places on the sun porch, when the show began and what a spectacular show of nature we witnessed. The 15-foot-tall stump, just outside the window, was the…

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Bird Watching

NOTE: Click on each photo to enlarge. On a scale of 1 to 10 I would have to say this week has been a 1. One Lord. One Savior. One way to get through a hard week, ONE day at a time with the Lord.  I am so glad the birds are back full force…

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The Puzzle — Tools and Life

Posted on February 8, 2014 by Billie Crumly — No Comments ? Tool Puzzle We dragged out a puzzle John got for Christmas 2012 and put it out on the table that stays on the sun porch just for puzzles.  The puzzle was of tools hanging on the wall and was only 275 pieces.  The…

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Another Way to Use A Quilt.

NOTE: Please click on each photo to enlarge. Mrs. Crumly loved to quilt and talk about quilting more than anyone I know. I think she would really love this way to get those great looking quilts out of the closet or chest and be able to enjoy them everyday. I want to introduce my good…

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Neighbors Visiting Neighbors 1992

Posted on January 31, 2014 by Billie Crumly — No Comments ? Reflecting seems just the right thing to do as I bake cookies on a drizzly morning.  As I roll out the tiny dough balls and place them on the baking sheet, I remember that morning during the week past.  It could have been…

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Aunt Rambles — vegetable soup

NOTE: Wow! This soup was for my family. It was for my mother’s 82nd birthday that just happens to be on February 8th. and we are about to have the family over once again. Mrs. Crumly’s soup was the first thing to be eaten (except for the part I had hid). I sure wish we…

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Baby Clothes of Days Gone By 1991

Posted on February 6, 2014 by Billie Crumly — 1 Comment ?   Recently a friend told of a visit from a relative and how the four-month baby was dressed. It seems the father was a recent graduate of Yale and a New York native, so this may explain it all.  After all, what does…

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A Windy Knoll Report

Posted on February 1, 2014 by Billie Crumly — No Comments ? What a beautiful day and what a change from what we’ve been having.  John and I survived the cold, snowy weather, but it wasn’t easy.  As I’ve told you before, our house is like trying to heat a barn.  We’re warmer in bed…

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