More fun than galoshes in the rain.
Yesterday the post I wrote for the 1940 Census blog went live. You swingin’? The blog is all about generating interest for when the 1940 census is made public on April 2nd. More about that on this post here. 🙂 Have you indexed? It is basically transcribing handwritten or typed images into digital images so […]
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March 1st: When I put peanut butter and raisins on my three-year-olds celery this morning she proclaimed that I was clever. #whythankyou AND she just declared the celery yummier than fruit snacks. #forthemommywin I’ll tell you what’s clever… wearing a very fluffy lacey slip as a skirt and a sweater on top. Adorable Katey.
[Continue reading...]Daddy: I love that Katey is always dancing – flitting around on her tippy toes, leaping around and twirling… she is our little ballerina princess. Mommy: Katey adores her little sister Meri. She is always watching out for her and making sure she is happy. Katey shares her special pink blankie and favorite doll with […]
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February 7th was Charles Dickens birthday. He would have been 200 this year! Even Google celebrated: Isn’t the doodle beautiful? Here’s another of my favorite Dickens’ pieces of art: {Dickens’s Dream by Robert William Buss, painted 1875. Donated by the artist’s grandson – 1931.”, PD-OLD-100} I love all the characters surrounding him, with some in color. I […]
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What is life all about? Spit bubbles? Peek-a-boo smiles? Perfecting the art of coo? Or something else entirely? Back to contemplating… p.s. For me right now life is about spit bubbles, peek-a-boo smiles and cooing. So thankful. p.p.s. All photos of Meri taken by Jim Bob yesterday (February 24th) and appear in chronological order. […]
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Today it is only 40 days until the 1940 census will be available online. The 40s have always been one of my favorite time periods. I think it’s mostly about the music. A little about the hair and fashion, but mostly about the music. And the stories. I love the stories. On April 2nd the […]
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Remember this post? It’s {past} time for the continuation… John Tanner’s sons were described as “generous, plain-speaking and long-lived”. All good qualities in my eyes. 🙂 Leonard J. Arrington, a Church Historian, studied the history of the Tanner family. He says “Each has a separate story to tell, but in the activities of the family as […]
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During a lesson a few weeks ago at church we were challenged to show love everyday for the whole month leading up to Valentine’s Day. Simple or grand, well thought out or spontaneous – show love. The sweet sister teaching the lesson talked about how “all people are our brothers and sisters, children of our Heavenly […]
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