Curles Plantation 1670

This is Curles Plantation also known as Curles Neck Farm. It was the birth place of my 9th great grandmother Elizabeth Ferris Woodson. She was the mother of Mourning Lewis Adams.

It has remained a working farm for 400 years and is currently privately owned.

I Found an Indian Territory Treasure!!

As Many of you know my ggg grandmother Anna Dickerson lived the last years of her life in Indian Territory, Ok.
Her son John W. Aber had children there- tonight I found a headstone photo of his daughter Mayme Aber Henderson.

She is Buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Minco, OK
 I can not tell you how thrilled I am to have found this!
And then.... I found her daughter's photo  and obit!

Jaunita Henderson Schwarberg- she passed away in 1976.
It is so rewarding to find this info after many years of researching!!

Mother Nature was Naughty!

Yesterday the garden was looking so good!
 I picked a lot of green beans and was happy the potatoes and cantaloupe were doing so well and then......
a storm with high winds came through this morning and  this is what it looked like at 7 AM

The tomatoes cages were bent over laying the plants on the ground and both the sweet corn and Indian corn was laid flat along with some bell peppers and green beans.
So we drove fence post through the tomato cages and into the rows of corn and I tied everything back up- it was lucky than no plants broke off.
 I am actually amazed since we garden chemicaal free that the plants have gotten so big!

Fourth of July ca. 1900

This photo did not scan real well bit I am sure it was taken at the 4th of July picnic in Yorktown, Il in 1900. My grandmother is the little girl standing in front with her half sister Nellie standing behind her.
 My grandma has a fan ? or shaker ?in her hand with a man's photo on it- my guess the man is President Wiiliam McKinley
 See the little girl behind them sticking out her tongue?

Happy Independrnce Day America!

I hope you all have a wonderful holiday weekend!
Ancestry .com has free access to some Military Records this weekend. Of course I have used it to do some research- this led me to research some other sites and I just realized that my 10 great grandparents that lived at Plimoth Colony had 49 grandchildren! No wonder there are so many descendents!!

Green Tomatoes! Yahoo!

I am so happy- today I found some little green tomatoes on some of the plants! Of course I am happy when any plant starts producing but the tomatoes are what we wait for with eager anticipation for almost a year. They should be ripe in about a month.
Getting closer!!

Desperate Times Call for Desperate Measures

A few minutes ago  I heard this true story on the news.
A man went into a bank and handed the teller a noet that said I want one dollar and medical care.
Now since he tried to rob the bank of 1.00 he was charged with larceny and went to jail.
But once in jail he now has an appointment to see a doctor and will most likely will be having surgery soon.
 He said that going to jail was the only way to get the medical care he needed.
All I can say is: Shame on you America! Letting the economy get to this state is simply unexcuseable!!

A Radish Grower I Am Not!

For some reasom I can not successfully grow radishes. Last year all I got were roots.
 This year they seemed to grow so slow that I left them in the ground a lot longer- well again some were just roots and some got very large tops- these did produce radishes- unedible radishes very woody an unpleasant tasting!
 But the rest of the garden is doing very well!
 I am thinking that there will be zuchini in a few weeks!

Happy Father's Day ca. 1924

I am sure this photo was not taken on Father's Day but it is the only photo I have of my dad and paternal grandfather together. My grandfather passed away not long after this photo was taken. Four years later my grandmother married his brother- the man I always knew as grandpa.
My dad also passed away a few weeks before his 55th birthday. So for many years my husband has been the only family I had to spend Father's Day with- and hope fully we will spend many more together. I am greatful to   my dad and grandpa's for the love the gave me and for making me who I am!

Did the Pilgrims Get This Excited...

over their vegetable gardens? Probably not since they had to have a garden for survival. No McDonald's or Di Giorno pizza's for them. I on the other hand am excited- I am looking forward to fresh vegetables and hope fully being able to preserve some of the harvest for winter use.
 I am amazed at how fast things are growing.

                                           The basil is doing very well- I will be drying more of this this year.

                                           The cantaloupe is bloomnig well- I hope I get at least one good melon this year!

                                             The Scarlett Runner Beans are getting ready to set their scarlett flowers- they are growing amazingly fast- I have never grown them before- I can't wait to see the foot long beans!

I am not over religious but tonight I am sure there is a God.

About 6:30 tonight my son called me from work  and said he wasn't feeling well and was leaving work. He was not sure whether to just go home or go to the ER. He told me what was happening and I told him to go to the ER and I would meet him there. I did not know what was wrong but new that  what he described was abnormal.
My son is 38 years old so I was in shock when I arrived  at the ER and they told me he was having a heart attack.
 The on call cardiologist arrived and he was taken to the cath lab where a very large clot was removed and a stent put in.
 He is now resting comfortably but has another artery they will need to be inclogged in the very near fiuture.
 As I said before I was raised to believe in God but have not been to church in a very long time- tonight I prayed almost continuosly that my son would live and my prayers were answered. So for me there is no longer any question. Yes there is a God.

Progress Made Today!

 I made some good progress in the garden today!
                                                       
Rainy Midwest weather is good for making grass long enough to mulch with!

 This will be raked and spread in the garden after supper tonight.

As the garden is starting to get a little weedy!

Beets and Onions

Basil, Radishes and Onions

Cantaloupe

Green Beans are a little spotty so I will be filling in with more seed soon.

The peas are spotty too so I added some seed to the rows today.

The zuchini is growing quickly!

The sweet coen is sparse so will add seed to that too!

My clematis is blooming nicely!

And so are the peonies!

Memorial Day

My family has a long list of service men- HH "Tip" Dow

Ladowick Underhill

Emmet Underhill

Capt. Edward Bump

and probably many I have not yet found in my genealogical research.

The two most recent are my husband and my brother. My husband is not well documented in photos but I did find one of my brother that my Mom had put in the local paper. It was taken in 1966.

To all men and women who have served I thank you.

I Made Soap Today!

Today I tried my hand at making handmade soap!
I am not sure how well it turned out at it is still in the mold.
Hope fully I did things right!
I will keep you updated and take pics if it turns out!

Free Mulch and the first green onions

My neighrbor brought over his grass clippings today- I was delighted! Very kind of him!
I spread one batch this morning and will spread the rest after supper tonight.
Hubby had the first green onions from the garden at lunch today- 35 days after planting! Amazing!