Barefoot Tootsies

 This is my dresser and this is a closer picture of the handle. Mama strung buttons on wire to put on it for handles. It looks nice. I use this mannequin to hold the closet doors shut and to model next Sundays outfit.    Papa made this table for me when I was little, it has been through a lot of tent making ( in the house)and jumping off of. Here is a side view of what it looks like Papa made this canopy for me as a surprise one day while I was on a walk with Mama. Pepaw and Memaw made this chair for me. This is a cozy picture of my room......z z z z z z z z.

this is a close up picture of my knitting. In Grandmas Attic. I enjoyed reading Beverly Cleary to.  I also enjoyed this series of books, mama read these aloud to us when we where little, I loved them a lot, these books are full of adventure that girls of all ages will love. this is a series of books every girl or boy should read. this is what I have been working on for quite a long time, it's a scarf for one of my best friends (Melinda).  This is my knitting bag, it is supposed to be a purse but I don't like soft purses.     My great aunt made this monkey doll for me, and I made the apron. I got this in a kit, it came with paint, it was hard to put together, and fun to  paint.

I was running down to the goat barn this morning and I almost stepped on four ducklings, I ran back up to the house and told mama we all ran down to the barn Nathanial picked them up thy where so cute I wanted to squeeze them, but there is a very slim chance that they will make it through the winter.And I hope that Bluey there professional mother will protect them from the cold. 

   West Virgina is very pretty, it is very hilly and there aren't any corn or bean fields, just forest and meadow.     It was hard getting used to no electricity. We had to save water until the next time it rained. I had to get used to battery powered MP3 player, phone and DVD player.   But it was lots of fun. And since where Memaw lived there is a back road that only four wheelers drive on, she let me drive the Subaru three miles three different times.      I also learned how to sew on the treadle sewing machine (the very same one that mama learned to sew on) and made two pillow cases.      I learned how to play the guitar better, and had a lesson on how to play the fiddle.     I spent a month at Memaw's. I learned a lot of new things, but I am glad to be home.                                          

Clara Barton                  Cara Barton was a Civil War nurse, she founded The Red Cross, and since lots of my friends don't know who she is, I decided to write an article on her.                  Clara Barton was born December 25 1821 in Oxford, Massachusetts, she was the youngest of five children born of Sarah and Stephen Stone .                  Clara's childhood was hard because kids teased her about her looks and because she acted like a tomboy. She was also very shy.                 When Clara was 11 years old, her brother fell off a building under construction. For the next few years Clara nursed him back to health.                When Clara grew up she felt pity for the soldiers on the battle field and was the first woman nurse on the battle  field. She died April 12 1912. By Abigail Leilani Chipps    

this is before the frost before...well before fall came.In my previous post it showed the beauty of the fall but now that is only a memory. Now it looks empty, lonely and to big, I cant wait for winter with this excuse. Every one of the leaves are yellow or brown.One thing I do like about this time of year is the harvest party (this Friday) It is also very cold I miss spring!! I am done talking about weather until spring.

This is the family dog Honeybear, he is a very good dog that has recently been bad. It all began when a stray dog (black)comes wandering around our house and Honeybear fell in love with her, one day we came home, Mama comes running out to tell us that Honeybear was missing!!!!!  for three days he was gone (three days of crying.) Finely papa decides to build a trap onto the doghouse.  Hours later the dogs fall into the trap mama and papa get the cage but Honeybear wont come out papa bangs on the back of the doghouse the black dog and H.B. leap out and into the cage... later the dog warden came took the black dog away "good riddance."

Our leaf covered driveway. Up Sargents road (were we live.) Timothy the grouch. Get out of the way Nathanial !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hay bales in a circle. I love this picture (especially in the fall.) The asters where in full bloom.   Between those trees there used to be an old schoolhouse. In our neighbors woods there is lots of color.  We worked very hard to build this barn.

Timothy found his pockets. My chicken named speckles. mamas clematis just bloomed. a pretty flower in mamas garden. this is my baby goat Daisy. this duck made a funny move. a funny picture of me. Me and Timothy. ''cheese"

Canning tomatoes is lots of fun to do (that is, if it is not boiling hot outside.)         First mama boiled them so that the skin would just peel off.         Then I would cut them so that they would fit in the jar (some of them are really hard to cut.)         I would get two courts of water and pour them into the caner and its my job to put lids and rings on all         the jars. We put them in the caner for a long, long time (plus we have to listen to the noisy caner for         the rest of the day!) I love canning tomatoes.        

   I was hanging out cloths this morning when I heard this awful noise down at the chicken house... I ran with mama down to the chicken house THE CHICKENS WERE GOING CRAZY [the mother hens were anyway] chicks were everywhere honybear [our dog]was trying to pick up the sent [he gave up] we almost lost our mother of 13 chicks ...THIS FOX IS DRIVING US CRAZY.     Well beautiful day today, we are picking NICE JUICY TOMATOES.mama is tacking pictures of Timothy in the bucket of warm water meanwhile she used up all the batteries in the camera.

The beginning of an exhausting day. 1.I have been sick all week long. 2.I felt better this morning. mama needed to go to the garden, soooooo, I got to watch my brothers. 3.uh,hum,I ran around the house screaming at everybody. one of my brothers eats everything in sight,other people were making there own sandwich. 4.by now I am ready  to go to bed .z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z z .

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