This is our backyard from what we call the bottom end. Our yard is like a triangle. It is not a big yard. Each year we change and ad ......
About gDonna The photo is my son and myself. Now days you can get a photo made to look old like this one. This photo was taken when this was the new look.
Harry S Truman was president when I was born and world war II had ended. I grew up in a time when lunch was put in a brown paper bag and a sandwich was wrapped with wax paper. There was no such thing as pantyhose, we wore stockings that attached to the rubbery clippy things that attached to the girdle. Convenience stores were not common and when we took a trip we packed a picnic basket because many places did not have fast food. Highways had places to pull over and stop, some with picnic tables. Read more ....
April 28, 2021 Living Like the Past
We each can change the things in our lives that need improvement. We should never just settle with something that is making our life stressful. If eac ......
April 23, 2021 Living Like the Past
Many things have been going on at our house in between posts. We are in the practice stage of Charles retiring. We want to know what we are doin ......
April 15, 2021 Living Like the Past
As keeper of our home, I take my role with utmost importance. I was born before computers, cell phones and television. I remember a t ......
April 7, 2021 Living Like the Past
The morning sun is shining in through the windows. Another day to do the best we can. Another day to continue on with the things left from ......
March 30, 2021 Living Like the Past
Before I get started with this post, I would like to say that our kitchen walls are not this color of yellow. I have noticed that in most all of ......
March 23, 2021 Living Like the Past
Long ago I lived in a little white wooden house. This was in the 1960s and I had only been married for a few years. I was new a being a keeper o ......
March 16, 2021 Living Like the Past
Sometimes we get stuck where we are. Some people can move on, pack up and start over but some people, at least for now must stay where they are. ......
March 10, 2021 Living Like the Past
In this photo it is early dawn. Just as we adjust to the days with less daylight it starts to change again. Many people do not consider when day ......
March 4, 2021 Living Like the Past
As we moved into March, I thought and looked back at where we were in March of 2020 and as the old saying goes, a lot of water has flowed under that b ......
February 23, 2021 Living Like the Past
Long ago families were much closer than we are today. They often lived close enough to visit. and If they did not they visited with neighbors an ......
February 10, 2021 Living Like the Past
It is up to us how we choose to live. Life is full of choices.I enjoy living more like the past and I cannot remember one single home that was m ......
February 6, 2021 Living Like the Past
This week Charles has been busy with his work and I have been at home doing some research, laundry, housework and cooking. Charles and I have put ......
January 26, 2021 Living Like the Past
I want to share a bit more about how we do things with our history projects. My intentions with these studies is to learn about the strengths of our g ......
January 24, 2021 Old Fashioned Organizing
For those of you that are new to this blog, my husband Charles and I study history and we pick a particular year and try to live like that year for on ......
January 18, 2021 Living Like the Past
Through our studies of the past I have learned that many women were very routine with when they did their wash, when they did their ironing. Man ......
January 7, 2021 Living Like the Past
Who doesn't want to curl up in a soft fluffy bed and a favorite wooby blankie? I thought this was a good time to post a soft puppy picture. This ......
January 1, 2021 Living Like the Past
Happy New Year! It is 1932 again at our house!Charles and I have decided for our history project this year we have returned to 1932. Our p ......
December 24, 2020 Living Like the Past
In the middle of the night our clocks strike twelve times and we call it midnight but it is the beginning of a new day. Many of us are sleeping.But th ......
December 15, 2020 Living Like the Past
When I do not feel like cooking, I bake a one pot meal. It is a very simple meal, one whole chicken, potatoes, carrots, onion and celery. I some ......
December 8, 2020 Living Like the Past
My last post I ended with saying that moving Windsor (our 1920's icebox) back in the house caused more shifting of furniture and such and how it taugh ......
December 1, 2020 Living Like the Past
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Today is the first day of December. This cactus is a Thanksgiving cactus that blooms out during Thanksgiving week and continues to bloom for a g ......
November 22, 2020 Living Like the Past
This is a satsuma and to me it is a cross between an orange and a tangerine. It is harvest time for our little tree. It did not make as many thi ......
November 8, 2020 Living Like the Past
There is so much to learn while we are here on this earth. I like to live my life so that I always have something to look forward to. ......
October 31, 2020 Living Like the Past
Sometimes life can be very confusing and as we travel from here to eternity we will experience many very different things.What is important is that we ......
October 16, 2020 Living Like the Past
As I have been once again decluttering I have been questioning if I still needed to discard more than I already have. Living a more old fashioned life ......
October 7, 2020 Living Like the Past
We are working toward a more simple life. It is early morning pictured above, the sun has not made its way to lighting our day.Charles is still ......
September 29, 2020 Living Like the Past
The season of summer has ended and I am most happy to know that cooler weather is coming. It was time to remove the lightweight, soft chenille spread. ......
September 21, 2020 Old Fashioned Organizing
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My last post we were getting ready for Hurricane Sally. Sally has come and gone and we did okay here other than much more rain than we need ......
September 15, 2020 Living Like the Past
As I am writing this post, we are experiencing the beginning of Hurricane Sally. Yesterday I did a good bit of washing because I needed to get a ......