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Aunt Bill Rambles – Easter
When I got up this morning I thought how sad Marthie musta been when she wuz goin’ to visit the tomb. I jest wonder how she felt when she see’d the stone rolled away. Who would believe Peter was the first one to have enough nerve to enter tomb and find it empty. Praise God for the empty…
Read MoreWindy Knoll Gardening
It’s time to put in the vegetable garden, but in the winter time? The wind here is so cold it would make one sick to stay out in it. I don’t see how the plants are surviving all this, but as far as I can tell they are fairing reasonably well. I’ve lived several years…
Read MoreTheCows are Out 1988
John was sleeping in this morning, as he enjoys doing and I was knitting with Sister snuggled at my feet. It was Jill who barked and sounded the alarm that something was amiss. Sister and I both jumped to run see what was going on – cows – and more cows – outside the fence. I…
Read MoreRemembering my First Bridge Partner and More 1989
It’s a good time to quilt on this bright “Hands All Around” quilt, as the day is dark and overcast. It’s the right setting for reflecting. Just recently I lost my bridge partner, and he was a master at the game. One of the things I had always wanted to do was learn to play Bridge. …
Read MoreA Windy Knoll Update
Where do I begin? I’m writing this on Tuesday afternoon. The cool rainy weather has now turned to fair weather and the cold wind is rolling in. As I’ve told you before, the wind always seems colder here atop the Windy Knoll. — even in the hottest of weather there is nearly always a gentle breeze. This…
Read MoreHome remedies 1998
Infested? I should say! Poison ivy has taken over and discomfort is the name of the game. I knew where the ivy was/is, but I didn’t know I was being covered in it. We’ve been weeding in a remote area of the shade garden and putting down extra mulch where the pesky stuff grows, but…
Read MoreA Sweet Quilt Story
This has to be one of he sweetest quilt stories I’ve ever heard. My quilt friend wanted to make a quilt for each of her grandchildren and she had several. Now the oldest one was my friend, too, and he must have been ten or eleven years old when she told him of her plans. …
Read MoreAunt Bill Rambles — Cemeteries
Since the month of May is Decoration Time here on the mountain, I thought I’d tell you’ens how hit used to be. Now fer you folks what don’t know about Decoration Day — hit’s when kinfolks and friends meet at the cemetery, on a certain Sunday, where their folks is buried and decorate the graves.…
Read MoreA Windy Knoll Report
And so the old folks just keep on keeping on. Spring is here and there is at least one million chores that need to be done. Duh! Most will be left undone. John is as tight as the bark on a hickory tree with his money and it’s forbidden that we get a yard man. …
Read MoreAh, April – My Favorite Month 2009
Wildflowers have always been a big part of my life, but the year was 1967 when I was more intimately introduced to them. I can remember as a child the woods in front of our house was full of wild azaleas (what we called Honeysuckle back then) and I would gather them by the wheelbarrow…
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