FROM ST. LOUIS, MO IN 10 Days During pandemic year 2020 we decided to plan our 2021 family vacation. We settled on a driving vacation out west that would get us a lot of bang for our buck. We soon decided to see a few national parks with Yellowstone National Park as our main destination. Our itinerary quickly took shape….
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Simple Snow Ice Cream
Simple Snow Ice Cream is a fun and spontaneous dessert! We can never plan on having enough snowfall at any given moment here in Missouri which makes this old-fashioned recipe a special treat. It is not unusual to have a 70 degree day and snow in the same week! More times that not the weather forecast shifts directions and changes…
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Decorating with Vintage Valentines Day Cards
Each holiday I decorate throughout my house leaving the dining room as the place I display vintage post cards and decor. I enjoy rummaging through antique stores for vintage holiday post cards and ornamentation to add to my collection. The way they made Valentine cards a hundred years ago are intricate, detailed, and beautiful. Valentine’s Day cards bring about a…
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A Favorite Family Picture
Recently I became inspired to post a favorite picture that I have come across during my genealogy research. Jen, with Auntie Jen’s Family Trees, blogged about her favorite picture here. When I saw her post my mind immediately went to one historical family photo in particular that is a personal favorite of mine. I was researching my fathers line many…
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An Envelope Discovery
My grandmother Jeannette was the oldest child in her family and had the majority of the family mementoes and pictures to hold onto. After she died, my grandfather moved in with us and he brought along all the boxes, pictures and envelopes containing all the family history. I was lucky to have generations of documents at my fingertips. You can…
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