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Grand Opening

You can’t enlarge the door of a barn without making a new barn door. Randy made the doors in no time. I gave rides to various parts to and from Hills Flat Lumber and Hardware. Then everyone except Margie got the stomach flu. Bracing and...

The Barn Door is Open at Graestone

One of the two barns has the chicken pen, a tack room, a storage room, and a place for a pony. There are feeders, dutch doors and two places for a pony to poke his head out into the main room of the barn. My father used to love to imitate...

The Hubley List

I tend to repeat myself in my references to movies and books. The good part is that most of the time I know it. When I no longer know that I am repeating myself, you may want to remove yourself from this list. Or you may just want to...

Christmas Preparations

What a season. What a time of the year. Matthew wanted stockings hung on the chimney and lights on the house. BobbyDodge wanted the horseshoe pit ready for horseshoes. Apparently he didn’t think I was making the proper progress, so...

Stocking Were Hung By The Chimney W...

I have an ancient “Linenette” book The Night Before Christmas with wonderful A.E.K. art. One of the plates shows Santa, “laying his finger aside of his his nose” by the chimney complete with stockings and...