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childhood, Grandchildren, home school, impressionism, learning to read, Master Painter Deanne Lemley, OPA, Thankful - August 21, 2017

Happy Thanksgiving from our house to yours!

Family time can be stressful when Mom is busy cooking all day. Relatives are coming over. Cousins are so excited to see each other. And Dad has the game on somewhere near. Remind those youngsters they can read for entertainment to a cousin, its a gift. Artlegacyshop.com hopes you take time to be thankful and count your blessings one by one.

The Small Farmer is the Vanishing Species

I have to qualify my Grandparents farming from the era from which they came. The Victory Garden was an important way in which families were self sustaining during World War II by having a garden from which they could depend on to get fresh vegetables, fruit and nuts as well as chicken and beef. Canning and freezing for a force of children and grandchildren resulted. We could depend on getting dried apricots for Christmas, fresh tomatoes all summer, homemade grape juice measured out meekly and Grandma's excellent home made whole wheat bread and jam. How I miss it. All this...

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