tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26581586.post2348608808717284504..comments2023-09-05T23:54:36.627+10:00Comments on PEAR TREE COTTAGE!: Pear tree cottage!http://www.blogger.com/profile/10056634124523395270noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26581586.post-16320104324082531632012-11-21T08:21:48.944+11:002012-11-21T08:21:48.944+11:00What a kind thing for you to do. I don't have ...What a kind thing for you to do. I don't have any family there that I know of but I sure wish someone would do this in areas where i do have family buried.Mountain Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05484592294033354129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26581586.post-56624441738738329102012-11-01T01:08:28.917+11:002012-11-01T01:08:28.917+11:00It's me again:-)
Here's a little poem I&#...It's me again:-)<br /><br />Here's a little poem I'm sharing with everyone today...<br /><br />This is Halloween<br /><br />Goblins on the doorstep,<br />Phantoms in the air,<br />Owls on witches' gate posts,<br />Giving stare for stare.<br /><br />Cats on flying broomsticks,<br />Bats against the moon,<br />Stirring round of fate-cakes,<br />With a solemn spoon.<br /><br />Whirling apple parings,<br />Figures draped in sheets,<br />Dodging, disappearing,<br />Up and down the streets.<br /><br />Jack-o'-lanterns grinning,<br />Shadows on a screen,<br />Shrieks and starts and laughter--<br />This is Halloween!<br /><br />Happy Halloween, dear LeeAnn, make sure you come by my blog today for my Halloween Bash and see what costume I dressed you up in! hehe xoxoCarole Buranthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05497329055251626140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26581586.post-7340064629615935242012-10-31T07:15:38.579+11:002012-10-31T07:15:38.579+11:00P.S. I hope you WILL try the S'mores---they&...P.S. I hope you WILL try the S'mores---they're a decades-old treat at childhood campfires, "weenie roasts" and any outdoor cookout, but a grill, either gas or charcoal, is a bit hot for such quick-seared items as marshmallows.<br /><br />I even looked up YOUR equivalent of Graham Crackers, and almost everyone said, "Digestive Biscuits." The ones we have were, I think, a therapeutic item way back when Mr. Graham invented the things---LOADS of fiber, etc.<br /><br />Nowadays, they're still the same rectangles of slightly-sweet compressed-together sawdust, but so familiar as to be necessary to such a dish. They're like little rectangular planks with a center perforation (or perhaps three, for snapping into four parts). You use a half for each side of the sandwich.<br /><br />Lay down a half (or a think single biscuit, if they're square or round), spread it with peanut butter if you like (I don't), and then lay on a couple of whatever chocolate squares you like best. Tradition calls for Hershey bars, clicked into single squares or twosies.<br /><br />The original tools were sticks, I'm sure, and then came the long-time custom of straightening out those wire coat-hangers into a long stick. Even the hook makes a likely handhold on one end.<br /><br />Toast your marshmallow to your liking (we've often done them on little wooden skewers over the candles after dinner). Lay it down upon the chocolate, give it a moment to soften, then lay on the top cracker and press gently.<br /><br />And lean forward to eat, for they'll ooze over hands, face and shirtfront. <br /><br />I hope you try these---Summer is coming.RachelDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11204947567574886675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26581586.post-81373703831588626942012-10-23T06:59:41.225+11:002012-10-23T06:59:41.225+11:00Bless your heart for taking pictures of these grav...Bless your heart for taking pictures of these graves and posting them because as you say, they could be members of a family tree that someone is searching for. I love walking through old cemeteries and can spend hours admiring and reading all the stones:-) xoxoCarole Buranthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05497329055251626140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26581586.post-63245107004917702522012-10-23T02:37:00.420+11:002012-10-23T02:37:00.420+11:00None of these names show up even in the far-reachi...None of these names show up even in the far-reaching branches of our family, but I appreciate so much that you took the time to publish these. There's no telling whose heart will be lightened and aided to remember these long-ago relatives.<br /><br />What a lovely thing to do!<br /><br />Hope you and Rob are just doing splendidly, and that the Spring sunshine continues to smile on you.<br /><br />rachelRachelDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11204947567574886675noreply@blogger.com