Turkey Time Tiny Chalkboards

  journal entry: Best to get these gobbling turkeys into my journal before Thanksgiving. They won’t do much gobbling after that. Using the wood from our recently thinned poplar trees, Grandpa cut some “little name holders” out of one long branch followed by a slit in the top of each one to hold …

Globe Decor: You Are Divine

  journal entry: “You Are Divine” is used here to mean that we are children of Heavenly Parents. Our attributes are Heavenly gifts. We are divine.  This is a fairly large globe which had several damaged surfaces. I used a “one-coat metallic spray paint” which covered quickly and perfectly in …

Pumpkin Harvest: Storytelling Photographs

  journal entry: Grandpa likes to leave the pumpkins on their vines until the last possible moment. This year, the weather stayed warm well into November but the pumpkins were ready in late September. The Grandchildren keep track of the pumpkins and pick out their favorites. When it is time, …

Potato Harvest: Storytelling Photographs

  journal entry: So many stories can be told through the observation of work. Our grandchildren who live nearby have come to love Grandpa’s garden and the many things that grow in it. The summer is gone and so are the peas and the peaches and the apples and the …

Flea Market Style: More Playroom

  journal entry: More playroom. Somewhere in the tangle of Barbie legs and hair, I saw a dainty foot without the crippling and familiar “Barbie arch”. The arch I am referring to is the one where Barbie’s heel is lined up vertically in a perfect line with her toes. I …

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