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true gold

Posted on February 2nd, 2009 by mountain girl  |  2 Comments »

Can you believe it? Yesterday, February 1st, was our 50th anniversary. Yep, we’ve been hitched for 50 golden months! I got an extra sweet 50-month-iversary kiss while out doing some shopping: I turned on the car radio only to hear Sting’s “Fields of Gold” come wafting across the airwaves. That haunting tune, those lovely words. They had struck a […]



big bad wolf

Posted on January 29th, 2009 by mountain girl  |  1 Comment »

         A new hat from Grandma Cindy. Can you tell the girl loves it?



fishy tales

Posted on January 25th, 2009 by mountain girl  |  1 Comment »

  Here is a little speciman of marine life I found in a box by my pillow the morning after we visited Boston Harbor.  It must have been left for me by some rowdy seaman who wanted to get my attention. Well, he certainly succeeded at that. As you can see, she’s simply charming.     If the truth be told, […]



peanut butter and jelly: america’s favorite

Posted on January 21st, 2009 by mountain girl  |  1 Comment »

Do you remember Bama jelly? I don’t even know if it’s still around, it’s been so long since I’ve bought jelly. But even now, after all these years, I can’t help but think of that jelly when I see Obama’s name. I think, “Ohhh…Bama! and smack my lips. Yeah, that’s corny. But true. So we […]



ragamuffin kid

Posted on January 18th, 2009 by mountain girl  |  2 Comments »

    New clothes for a certain ragamuffin girl. I finally finished the top! It was started weeks ago, and left half finished on my machine.     It’s made of bright scraps of soft interlock knit I found in my fabric closet. You never know WHAT you’ll find in there…      …like this happy stripey flannel, which was perfect […]