TRAVELING THROUGH THE FAMMILIES PAST

  To do this right I would need to visit the cemetery of where my great grandmothers brother's wife's great great grandmother is, the smell of old silk lingers, as I dig up some old papers, confirming the names from the place cards which match his wifes sir name. Yes, the family rests there near an orchard of trees at the top of the hill. Wallace is his name and a marker is there for his wife Mary but this is not her grave, this is not where his wife's great great grandmother is laid to rest. Keepsakes are rare, the true rarity this story brings  to me brings a smile to my face. I find it difficult to talk about, the letters are not there, I only have the antiques that were in my Mothers home.
 As I know this story, an old one, now three hundred years old to the year, I now have help by a research writer, to help me to the old grave yard near town hall. After a good couple days wondering the hill sides and driving from one small town to the next, meeting young and old that live here in this rolling hills, Eastern state of New England to find the grave just a stones throw from the Heineker College. Yes my great grandmother's brother's wife's great, great grandmother rests there. The years now about fifty  I recall the pirate story my mother shared with us and friends, the story of the silk dress, a gift from the man with the red feather in his hat, hated by many and now a legend of history in our family. Not many would know him after the birth of Mary, he was a ruthless criminal that had his relentless spirit stripped when he saw the mother and her new born baby. To this day her memories will stay in this part of New England, and the dress, now in many parts, hold her family together as we all have a small part of it, the silk with the flower bouquet.

A Home On Ave D Close To Everything

With the most recent event at the house in Scottsbluff NE, we have got curb appeal and most of the work behind us. The last hail storm didn't do much damage, thank goodness we didn't have to file any claims with the insurance company. The last storm took quite a beating on the place,,, after replacing the roof, the siding and the gutters as well as staining the fence the place is looking ready to sale. Sad we didn't get the apples we had in 2011, I had such a good time making pies and sharing with everyone. The two small apple trees have a good mixture, with red from one and green from the other. The only plants left are the roses and the iris. With a few blooms in the spring from flowers in the back. The drought was damaging, we really need the rain, we have spared the front but the dirt is kicking up in the back and some repair will need to be done. All in all the yard looks good and we should just have minimal up keep for the time remaining. As for the trellace and the porches well the trellace came down in the wind. We gathered up the wood and hardware we should be able to give that away, its being stored for now in the somewhat empty garage. Now that it is all cleaned up and painted we can store things for moving. The two garage sales brought over one thousand dollars and things were priced reasonably. The porch out from looks good with the new addition of the trellace place at the bottom, and the landscape rock is all in place around the foundation and out front. Keeping the green trimmed and the house clean and fresh paint in the entry. After all the trim was completed inside we decided to buy a five gallon bucket of white and just clean up everything in white. Well the lawyer sent the final paper work last month and the Estate is officially closed. We have just a couple projects and we will be putting the house up for sale. I spoke to some shop owners and the town is recovering from any financial down times. There are new shops on main street, the mall isn't fairing that well yet. They are repaving 27th which is just down the road. And the old car wash across the street was closed down and they opened a new Chinese Buffet restaurant which is walking distance from the house. And Walmart and Home Depot are just a short distance too. Good location,, College town with a hospital near by. This is a good place to start a family and close to the big city.