This year I am canning. It started with a few pints of tomatoes from my garden. Once I heard the lids "ping" I was hooked. I mov...

About 15 years ago I decided to try my hand at home canning. After 6 hours in the kitchen scalding , peeling and, chopping tomatoes, process...

The Pilgrim Garden I and flowers are doing so well this year- this is not everything in the garden but it was too hot to...

Olde Bunny Needlepunch Olde buuny with water color effect background- edged with fluffy, bumpy yarn-mounted on Rusty candle pan with 4 ...

Spring punchneedle mounted on a painted wood. The piece was coffee dyed and baked and attached to the wood with double faced tape. The ...

This sweet primitive punchneedle has a primitive cabin with uneven logs and a big prim sunflower. It is 5 1/2" x 5 1/2" and has...

Christmas Sampler 2 2- Cookies for Santa ( shortbread, caramel and, chocolate) 2- Prairie Cabin Christmas ( Pine, cedar, cinnamon. clov...

Life in New England:  Edward Bumpas arrived in Plymouth as a single man. He lived in Duxbury by 1639 and Marshfield by 1643. The bounds ...

This is the menu this year ( there is also a buffet menu) Menu Menu Accompaniments: Fall Harvest Fruits and Assorted Nuts Relish T...

I had so much fun making the faux tobacco- I am sure my 8th great grandmother Mourning had some real tobacco hanging on her plantation! Fau...

My 3rd great grandmother and her descendents has been the subject of many hours of research many times coming up empty handed- but last nig...

Kate Appleby Lane was the wife of my first cousin 3x's removed Charles Otto Lane. She was born In Texas in 1885. Charles died in 1921 a...

I recently learned of the passing away of my cousin- he was a good man and will be missed.

Grace Pearl Ingalls shown with husband Nathan Dow. Nathan's father Thomas was a brother to my third great grandfather Whitcher Dow- th...

These are some antique photos of my family. I thought some of you might enjoy seeing them. Please do not copy them.