When we think of Homesteading we think Rural Homesteading but we do not have to live rural to homestead. This picture above is a picture I took of a l ......
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 ....
May 13, 2018 Living Like the Past
One thing in life we can be sure of and that is change. All through our lives, each day, things change. The weather, the time, the sun mov ......
May 4, 2018 Living Like the Past
We can look like the present and live like the past. Living like the past is simply living more simple. We can live more simple and still ......
April 26, 2018 Living Like the Past
My mothers friend Fanny Bell was a soft spoken lady. I loved her small home and simple life. Fanny Bell was especially good at one thing, making egg c ......
April 18, 2018 Living Like the Past
Do you see it? I did and we had to turn around and stop and walk to the gate.For just a little while it felt like going home. When my chil ......
April 16, 2018 Living Like the Past
Charles and I have been two busy bees lately. We have been trying to finish up some projects and repairs. We will always have something to ......
April 10, 2018 Living Like the Past
There has been much to do around the house because it is spring but each season brings on new things and as seasons change so do the things we do.When ......
April 4, 2018 Living Like the Past
This is the early morning view from our kitchen sink window. I like to watch the birds taking baths and getting a drink of water in the birdbath that ......
March 31, 2018 Living Like the Past
As I am doing this post it is the last day of March (1944). We are still tweaking things in the house and moving a few things around but that wi ......
March 25, 2018 Living Like the Past
First I want to share this beautiful flower that we have growing in our yard. We have several different kinds of mums and I do not know all the ......
March 21, 2018 Living Like the Past
The hummers are back! We spotted our first hummingbird a little over a week ago. They leave just before winter and we are always excited t ......
March 16, 2018 Living Like the Past
Have you ever had a light bulb moment? How about many of them at the same time?The kind of light bulb moment I am talking about is when somethin ......
March 10, 2018 Living Like the Past
As many of you know we started off March painting the kitchen. After that I needed to slow down and give my body a rest before going on to anoth ......
March 5, 2018 Living Like the Past
A lot has been going on outside while I have been stuck inside for the last 9 days painting and organizing our kitchen.Everything is getting so pretty ......
February 26, 2018 Old Fashioned Organizing
This will be a short post to let you know that everything is going ok here and I have not forgotten it is time to do a new post but I started a big pr ......
February 19, 2018 Living Like the Past
What is going on with our weather? It is suppose to be winter and here we are mid February in the 80's. Looks like spring, this pear tree is blo ......
February 12, 2018 Living Like the Past
Some people that visit my blog reminisce about the old days, some say it is like visiting a neighbor or a grandmother long ago. Some talk about the me ......
February 9, 2018 Living Like the Past
I took a look at what I was doing this time of year last year and I was mending and patching tablecloths....This is the one that I patched and added f ......
February 6, 2018 Living Like the Past
One thing that was the same in the past and now is there was laundry to wash and dry.There were different ways to wash laundry, today we have these HE ......
February 1, 2018 Living Like the Past
We have arrived to a new month and was time to change the tablecloth and accessories this morning. I chose the white crochet tablecloth and embr ......
January 28, 2018 Living Like the Past
I read through many old articles about how to wash dishes. It turns out that in the past everyone had their own opinion how to wash dishes. ......
January 24, 2018 Living Like the Past
Here is a link to our song for the day, it is because we are getting back in the saddle again. :) (Not fully well but getting there)1941https://www.yo ......
January 21, 2018 Living Like the Past
I feel we are resembling the influenza epidemic of 1917-1918. Here we are 100 years later and we are in the midst of a flu epidemic.If you have ......
January 17, 2018 Living Like the Past
I finished knitting house socks for Charles. The cold weather and the warm fireplace was just too inviting to not sit down to knit.I used the fr ......
January 12, 2018 Living Like the Past
Our winter brings on the desire for warm ginger tea with lemon and wild honey. I want to balance out posting my research and our daily life ......
January 11, 2018 Living Like the Past
Have you ever wondered what people did to stay warm in the winter before electricity? Have you ever wondered how people stayed warm in their car ......
January 7, 2018 Living Like the Past
Living like the past and especially living like 1944 gives a much different perspective of where we have been and where we are going.As some of you kn ......
January 4, 2018 Living Like the Past
While I was doing research getting ready for our year of living like 1944 I kept coming across articles about bandage making. Regular meetings w ......
January 2, 2018 Living Like the Past
To actually live like 1944 and live in 2018 is quite a challenge but since we have already lived like 1943 a few years ago we have an idea of how it g ......
December 29, 2017 Living Like the Past
It is time for another history adventure. Charles and I will be living like 1944 the best we can. We have arrived at the year 1944. ......