Our attic is a place to explore and to hang out. It’s a magical place for our grandchildren filled with memorabilia, books, toys, vases and stuffed animals. The floors creak and echo. There is a rug for sitting cross legged and to play marbles. You know the kind that is nostalgic in favorite books like Little Women. How many girls…
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Eisenhower Gettysburg Home Part 1
It is elegant, livable and retro! It is the Gettysburg retirement home and farm of our 34th President ‘Ike’ Eisenhower and First Lady Mamie. LOcal Day Trip A little more than an hour away from our house is the Gettysburg National Military Park and The Eisenhower Home and Farm. It was a fine morning so Jim said. ‘Let”s go!’ One…
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Sabbath Words No.1 Refuge & Hope
What more can I say? These are our younger girls when we lived in a foreign place surrounded by chanting monks, prayer wheels and burning incense each day in our apartment courtyard where we lived. He was and is our refuge. We need that hope and shield even more as we live in a place where those thiings of the…
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Chinese New Year Tablescape for the Year of the Dragon
Chinese New Year is February 10th this year. You still have time to plan fun table! The date is based on the lunar calendar which means the date changes every year. Other Asian counties often have different calulations for that day. Surrounding the lunar new year which is the big holiday off the year means schools are out, stores close…
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Table for Two…It’s Valentine’s Day
Create a beautiful romatic setting at home! Candle light with touches of the traditional red for creating a soft romantic atmosphere. Table for Two! You don’t need to go out for Valentine’s. My table is simple and inexpensive to set! Yes, I used china and crystal. You do not have to do that! This table can inspire you with its…
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