Coincidence?
Not that anyone at all will care about this, but some things are so strange that I just have to tell you about them. Mark’s and my anniversary is August 26. We share this anniversary date with a McDaniel cousin and his wife and our CPA and his wife, who was a student teacher of…
Read MoreA Shopping Trip to the Mall
As Saturdays go, mine are usually cleaning and studying. Now that fall is here I have to fit in football. As many of you know, I am a UGA fan. GO DAWGS! Well, Saturday was not a highlight, but they are my team none the less! I like to get my errands out of the…
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UPDATE SUNDAY SEPT. 14, 2014 4:50 PM EASTERN TIME. NOTE: I have just had a conversation with Donna and I just assumed that the “sweetheart” photo at the top of the blog was Mr. John and Mrs. Crumly. Well it is NOT the Crumly’s. I was wrong. The photo is of Donna and HER high…
Read MoreThe Proposed Hydrangea Bed
After Mother died, I was walking down the driveway at the Windy Knoll and wondered what would happen to all of her beautiful hydrangeas that line that walk. Many were “strutting their stuff” (Mother’s saying). I thought of the shady side bed at my house. The shade is provided by one of the biggest river…
Read MoreMaking Aunt Joyce’s Cheese Straws
This weekend was a hoot! I got to the Windy Knoll early. There was a funeral on my husband’s side of the family, in Sandy Springs, which I felt that I must attend. As Sandy Springs is at least an hour from me, the funeral was at 10:00 A.M. and then return to school, I…
Read MoreCandy Making
Posted on December 17, 2013 by Billie Crumly And so now is the time for making Christmas candy — it’s not that we need it — it’s just the way it is. It would make a nice gift, but John says its too good to give away. Anyway we got our ingredients together and company…
Read MoreOld Pictures Tell Tales ….
Writer: Donna Harvey. Having been with Daddy, we had wandered out to the sun porch where your favorite author loved to spend hours and hours. The view is very pleasant to look at the beautiful hydrangea garden that has been developing over the past few years. I have sent a number of special hydrangeas and…
Read MoreNeedlework Projects 1995
Posted on January 22, 2014 by Billie Crumly — Tedious – according to two dictionaries I have means wearisome and/or boring. I don’t necessarily agree. Some of the needlework I do is ‘close’ work requiring patience and it’s challenging, to say the least, but certainly not boring. One day this week, it fell my lot…
Read MoreALS Ice Bucket Challenge Visits Hightower Trail
Perhaps you have heard of the fund raising event, the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. This event is to raise money for ALS. Many have done it.. TV celebrities, sports heroes and coaches, movie stars.. you name it.. they have done it. What is it you might ask? Well, it is really pretty simple. Collect money…
Read MoreA Slow Day
It has been a very slow day today, Saturday, at the Windy Knoll. Early this morning Daddy and I made a dog food run to Walmart in Boaz and stopped by the Crossville First Methodist Church to pick up our Boston butts, cooked and ready to eat! When we got home Mike stopped by and…
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