On my dad’s birthday, I received a text from my sister thanking me for the remembrance video that I made when he died. It had two of his favorite singers: Frank Sinatra and Elvis. It is up on YouTube as a private video, and she has permission to view it. I came back with: “Do […]
One thing you may not know about me is that I’m an early riser. Usually I am up around 5am. Yes, this is super early, but I have been doing this a long time. When I was working, it was my research time before work. Yes, I was very obsessed with my genealogy. Being an
In my post: Take 2: my dog tail makes a new ancestry tale, I mentioned that my next post would be the results of Dru and Piper’s DNA. With all the holidays getting in the way, it took time to get us all together so we could find out what breeds they were as they are
Recently on Ancestry, I was looking at my mother’s lines when I saw a hint that went to another tree. This intrigued me as on these lines I can only go back to my 2nd great-grandparents, which their information is very sketchy. Looking at his profile, he was from Germany. Inside, I was thinking ‘yes!
In a previous post, I talked about Mocha a Foster/adoption that went totally wrong. At the end, I mentioned we took Mocha to the animal hospital and sadly never saw her again. The rescue group did eventually update her status. I am happy to report Mocha is well and making dog memories with her forever
Jump to Recipe Dried Okra Nancy’s Beef Jerky Yogurt With memories over time some details fade from your mind and when you try to recall it you might not remember the whole story. I just want to remind the family genealogist the importance of recording events. So the jist of this memory is that some
How many of my readers have an abundance of a certain vegetable in their garden? Take okra for example. This is one vegetable that does well in our Pickle Patch and it seems all the gardens in the community garden. Fellow gardeners are trying to give it away as there is too much of it.
On July 16th, I received a message from my sister on our sibling group text: “Happy Heavenly Birthday Mom!!!” with heart emojis all around. Later, my brother texted “89.” At the time, I was finishing up at the pickle patch, but later I thought of this memory and texted “Wow! One cake I remember her
As I sit in my computer lounge chair writing this post, I am without power or, should I say, limited power, because of a generator. On Sunday, a thunderstorm came and knocked out power for a lot of the area and by Tuesday we were still without power, but it is hot. The next morning
If you have read my other articles about the Pickle Patch, you might wonder how this season is doing. And I would say, we are doing better than last year. One thing we learned was that timing is everything. I still struggle with timing. Have you ever gotten caught up in a different planting zone?
