From The LeBlond Book by C.T. Courtney Lewis: 111. Grandmother’s Snuff-box. Le Blond, No. 100. On the left, seated in the ancestral arm-chair and wearing her grandparent’s cap and spectacles, is grandma junior. The snuff-box is being passed round; the last child to receive it is generously giving his share to the cat, who, willingly …
The northern green frog (Rana clamitans melanota) is a subspecies of the green frog, Rana clamitans. Native to the eastern United States, it is a common aquatic frog that never strays far from the water, except during hibernation. It lives freshwater marshes, swamps, lakes, ponds and the banks of rivers. “They occupy a wide variety …
I’ve decided to join the Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day, sponsored by May Dreams Gardens, and brought to my attention by following the wonderful Hayefield blog. Although I wouldn’t exactly call myself a garden blogger, I do blog and I do garden. Occasionally, I post stuff about my garden. My garden is a dry shade, mostly …
Lonicera ‘Twiggy’ makes a compact 2′ tall x 2′ wide shrub with twiggy growth, lined with tiny yellow leaves that hold their bright yellow color into the winter. Twiggy is a new selection of the well-known Lonicera nitida ‘Baggesen’s Gold’ from the UK garden of Ashwood’s John Massey. Average size is 2-3’ high and wide; …
This little guy has been hopping through and browsing from the garden these past few weeks.
As my friend left our house recently, I noticed this little vole running in circles on the driveway. I don’t know what was wrong with this little guy but he continued his compulsive circling until my husband scooped him up in a bin and took him back into the woods to release him. Voles aren’t …
Berks County Luzerne County Luzerne County was created on September 25, 1786, from part of Northumberland County and name for the Chevalier de la Luzerne, French minister to the United States. Wilkes-Barre, the county seat, was laid out in 1772 and named for two members of Parliament, John Wilkes and Isaac Barre, both advocates of …
In April 2015, the Furst family gathered in Bellefonte, PA, to attend the re-dedication of a plaque honoring Caroline W.C. Furst (1845-1936), founder of the Bellefonte chapter of the DAR in 1895. The plaque is located behind the local library under a fir tree planted in 1935 in memory of Caroline. The ceremony was held …
My interest in Mississippi relates to my Smith genealogy research. States the border Mississippi are Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana and Tennessee. Mississippi’s ten largest cities are Jackson, Gulfport, Hattiesburg, Southhaven, Biloxi, Meridian, Tupelo, Greenville, Olive Branch and Horn Lake. Mississippi Maps
Leflore County was established on March 15, 1871 from Sunflower County, Carroll County and Tallahatchie County. The county was named in honor of Greenwood LeFlore, a Choctaw Indian Chief advocate of citizenship for Native Americans and U.S. Senator from Mississippi. Leflore County is located in in the Delta Region of Mississippi. The first settlement on …