My father was a man of many talents, as well as many interests. Recently, his antique bottle collection has found its way to me. What you are looking at here is a very small sampling of the bottles I now have at my house. When I was little, my dad and my uncles used to …
Newspapers From the Past, Part 2 This is Stengrim and Charlotte Detlie, in a photo I can only guess is from the 1920s. You've seen their wedding photo in "Daddy and Some Babies" and "The Rest is History". Charlotte was my Grandma Edla Johnson's mother, and Stengrim was her stepfather. Edla's father Nels Nelson was …
It has occurred to me since I wrote "Just Add Water", Parts 1, 2, and 3, (which mainly focused on my "garden sphere experiments"), that this title would work just as well for a post about the back yard plants. Yes, I have realized that if you want plants to grow properly, you have to …
"So, Panda, do you mind telling me where you've been all afternoon?" I admit I was a little surprised that Foster would even ask that. I hadn't thought he would notice I was gone. "Well," I began calmly, unruffled by this untoward interrogation. "I was at Fig Garden with Mom and Aunt Gail." "Seriously?" Foster …
Nana's Whimsical World 