Have you ever wondered what it must have been like for the early settlers?

Do you think you are made of the stuff that could have survived and made a living off the land for yourself and your family?

How would we have fared if we had to be totally self sufficient. Please share some of your experiences and family memories with me.

Do you know why I am called old one? Well, I still say, "ice box" and "davenport" and I know what an out house was.

Recipes, and the Old Wood Stove
Hominy
Homemade Bread
Bath Tub Gin
Home Made Sausage
What's in Season?
The old School House
Laundry
A Taffy Pull
Marshmallows
Making Catsup
Home Made Ice Cream
Fried Chicken Dinner
Crocks of Dill Pickles
Those Personal Things
Homemade Salad Dressings
Cottage Cheese
Homemade Mustard
Thomas Jefferson's Chicken Fricassee and Peach Tart
Bryce Art: The Fisherman by my friend, Moon. I love this, Moon.
The Last Taste of Summer:
Vinegar Cake
Home made Beef Broth
Old Fashioned Chicken Broth
Roasted Potato Soup
The Perfect Omelet
Chestnuts Roasting
Pickled Eggs and Beets
Jiggly Joy
Christmas Treats-Sugar Cookies
Christmas Treats 2-Lace Cookies
Christmas Treats 3-Harvest Helpers
1840's Thanksgiving--Blackberry Jelly Roll
Old Fashioned Penuche
Interesting and Unusual Cookies
The Womans Role
Roast Goose with Current Stuffing
Winter Vegetable Soup; Fruit Punch
Wild Game
Elegant Rice Pudding, Chocolate Bread Pudding
Cinnamon: Doughnuts, and Snickerdoodles
Crackers
A Visit to the fort
Buffalo Stew
Homemade Candies
Early White Settlers
Country Ham and Biscuits
The First Snowfall... a poem
The Olde Fashioned Birthday Cake
Roasting Recipes
Roast Beaver
Two Ton Cake
Etiquette Rules
Home Made Candy
My Oldest Recipes (circa 1890)
Life in 1805
Glass Windows
Angel Food Cake
The Cellar
Desserts
1 2 3 4 Cake
Apricot Jam
Brown Sugar Cake
Valentine Banana Cake
Christmas Tradition


Corn Husk Dolls
AWARDS

PSP Tubes

Camping Tubes

Leaf Tubes

Tubes IV-VII
PSP Brushes
Tubes VIII-XI (March 26, 1999)
Tubes Shoes & Fairies
Tubes~ Egyptian (May, 1999)
PSP6 Tubes~ Bubbles (October, 1999) To use as ornaments, globes, bubbles
PSP 6 Tubes~ Vase, frame, magnolia, fox (Feb 2000)
PSP 6 Tubes~ Color Fill Tubes (March 2000)
PSP 6 Tubes~ Country Tubes (September 2000)
PSP7 Tubes December 2000

Updated June, 2005

Always have a dream... Forget about the days but don't forget your hours in the sun Forget about the times you've been defeated but don't forget the victories you've won. Forget about mistakes that you can't change now but dont forget the lessons that you've learned. Forget about misfortunes you encounter but don't forget the about the Blessings you have received. Forget about the days when you've been lonely but don't forget the friendly smiles you've seen. Forget about the plans that didnt seem to work out right, but don't forget to always have a dream...