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 stage.  Enter Midnight —  our beautiful black mama cat – with her long bushy tail. The cats often…

The quilt in the picture has to be one of the favorites I’ve made and there’ve been a few.  I call the quilt A Country Living Quilt because it’s setting is farm scenes and items.  Then my memory goes back to when I really got into quilting. I had worked all those years and quilting…

Last Sunday we visited a church we belonged to some 20 years ago and we got the most pleasant hand shakes, smiles and hugs.  It was a pleasure to see all those old friends, but they looked so old!  Surely John have not aged like that. The preacher brought a good message encouraging us to…

Usually our days are slow, quiet days; however, the week end gave us a change.  On Friday our youngest came and I had a myriad of electronic chores to do.  I think I wore her out.  Old folks are not as astute as her younger students and even though she teaches every day — this…

Ain’t this purty weather?  I think I’ve told you’uns about this before, but I jist have to remind you.  I used to know a woman what lived in Habersham County, Georgie — now that’s way up there in them purty north Georgie mountains — and she said they always went to see Grandma that purty…

There’s a first time for everything and this is the first time I’ve forgotten to get something ready to post.  I’ve told you this before, but of all the things I’ve lost I miss my mind the most of all. Company is on the way and I’ve told them I can no longer cook, but…

My best friend recently had a birthday, but without a party.  As I remember it, she is ten years old and her name is Sister.  Sister is a mixed breed – a clean dog with short hair.  She has many characteristics of a German Shepherd; however, her head is too small.  Somebody put her mother…

nSometimes people ask me how I come up with subjects for these Country Living articles and I’m not really sure.  Things I hear and see just have a way of evoking old memories and just how this subject came up, I’m not sure. As John and I sat on the sun porch early one morning…