Independence Day!

 

I'm on schedule for 4th of July at my home.  If the weather isn't too warm, we'll be outside on the patio.  I'm planning on 16 people and we'll grill and have Americana food and fun.  We'll be able to see a little of the fireworks from my patio, and the kids will bring some sparklers.  Will be fun to have my home full of friends, food and fun!

EIGHTH Wonder of the World

And the 8th Wonder of the World is . . . 

My son is 53 today when I am only 29.  

 

Dates change for Devil Pups 2022

Wow!  A big change just came down from Devil Pup headquarters.  Both increments have been changed to one week each (as opposed to the usual 10 day camp), one right behind the other and for different dates than originally published.  So all my travel arrangements are useless.

Missing Persons!

Two new genealogy puzzles.  These are not from my tree but a fun tree I’m working for two friends.  We are looking for Ana Elizabeth Adkins Bartley (Feb. 1876 to Unknown).  She was the first wife of William Monroe Bartley, born 04 Sep 1870 in Ashcamp, Pike county, Kentucky.  We have no source for her death or burial.  In 1901 William married his second wife, Rachel Elizabeth Keel (1883-1959).  So either Ana Elizabeth (called Elizabeth in the 1900 census) died prior to 1901 or there was a divorce.  If you find this grave, please let me know!!

Next, we have a fugitive from justice in the Kentucky area in the 1902 time frame.  Tempers ran high and John Henry Bartley ended up shooting and killing the sheriff.  He went into hiding and we have not been able to find his death and burial information.  It is likely he changed his name.  There are hints of a 1935 California death and a mid-40’s Washington state death.  It’s a long-standing mystery.  At the time of the mishap, John Henry was married to his third wife, Emma Clevenger.

2022 Home Decorating Project

After the re-do of my master bedroom last year, the one remaining project in the room was my makeup desk.  It is old - it is a good old friend - and it is a mess from various makeup projects.  My daughter has arrived for a week's visit from California to help restore this old friend into something new and exciting that will add a pop to my neutral bedroom.  It'll be a chalk paint project.  It'll be a surprise.  I'll post after it's done.  Here is the "before."  

Makeup Desk 9 Feb 2022

And here is the "after."

Cards

 Some cards made in 2021:

Here's to 2022