Ah, the pleasure of Bird Watching…from Mrs. Crumly’s unpubished writings.
As the old saying goes, “We could lose a crop sitting here watching the birds” and we really could as one forgets about time. There is always so much activity at the feeders and we have seven. One large feeder we inherited from a quilting friend who died in Georgia and when the squirrel gets…
Read MoreSome Things I’ve Learned Along Life’s Journey…from Mrs. Crumly’s file of unplublished writings.
About the hatching of eggs: Eggs of a potato bug hatch in 7 days, whereas the eggs of a canary hatch in 14 days. Eggs of a common hen hatch in 21 days, but eggs of ducks and geese take 28 days to hatch. Mallard eggs hatch in 35 days, but the eggs of parrots…
Read MoreI Miss My Mother
As I sit here on the final night of my current stay with Daddy, I am missing my mother more than I have in past days. Perhaps it is the idea that Daddy will be alone for a few days. Donna and I have left his for short periods of time. I think I am…
Read MoreGardening Time
It is that time of year again. I can just hear Mother asking Daddy what they would do with all the vegetables that were coming out of the garden. Well, Daddy’s garden is much smaller than it used to be and Mother is not with us to do the vegetable preparation for the winter. Thank…
Read MoreBuilding a Bookcase
As many of you know I am a school teacher and a student. I also love to read; my house is full of books of all kinds: animals, gardening, education, research, and fiction to name a just a few. There is always a need for one more bookcase. My husband is thrifty, and that is…
Read MoreBeware of Poison Ivy — Cure: Jewelweed
Posted on October 4, 2013 by Billie Crumly. According to Wikipedia, Taxicodencron radicans — commonly known as poison ivy — is a poisonous North American plant that is well known for its production of urushiol, a clean liquid compound found in the sap of the plant. Urushiol causes an itching, irration and sometimes painful rash…
Read MoreA Dulcimer for Barter 2000….August 21, 2013
Posted on August 21, 2013 by Billie Crumly — Some twenty-five years ago, when I was big into making quilts, a friend brought some quilts blocks to me and asked what she had to do to put the blocks together. Jane and Chet belonged to an Air Stream Trailer Club and ladies in the club…
Read MoreKitchen Activities…..with Donna Harvey.
Have you ever worked in someone elses kitchen without them? That is exactly what is happening with me today. As you can see from the picture the garden tomatoes are coming in nicely. These tomatoes were started from seed back in February, I think by Billie Crumly. They were nurtured carefully and planted just a…
Read MoreThings No Longer Heard
Today’s post is a post that Mrs. Crumly had ready to post, but for some reason she did not. So I would like to share it with everyone today. We are just getting in the grove again with this blog that Mrs. Crumly loved so much. So please hang in there with us for many…
Read MorePepper Relish 1995/July 31, 2013
Talk about good — this is heavenly to serve in the cold winter time (or any time for that matter) with dried beans or meat. Some of our extended family enjoys it atop a hamburger, too. Allow plenty of time for this one as the relish has to simmer quite a while, but believe me…
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