tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post299118869222692375..comments2024-03-28T15:00:12.581-04:00Comments on Letters from a Hill Farm: Today's pictures/GenerationsNanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-16785892362479771652020-05-27T20:33:44.064-04:002020-05-27T20:33:44.064-04:00Thanks, it is pretty great!Thanks, it is pretty great!Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-53275639648756084602020-05-27T20:33:07.275-04:002020-05-27T20:33:07.275-04:00Thanks. Made me so happy.Thanks. Made me so happy.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-51531766882000400172020-05-27T20:32:49.626-04:002020-05-27T20:32:49.626-04:00They sure are my sweeties!They sure are my sweeties!Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-41441473624338975212020-05-27T01:52:55.111-04:002020-05-27T01:52:55.111-04:00A lovely post/photo/book ....isn't it nice whe...A lovely post/photo/book ....isn't it nice when generations reach out and touch<br />and gosh I love your verandah!Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03003915263556622215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-64949969661461261462020-05-26T21:03:24.892-04:002020-05-26T21:03:24.892-04:00Perfect. Five generations of joy represented here...Perfect. Five generations of joy represented here. Love this.Sallie (FullTime-Life)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14270588850092355358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-54400792710160408182020-05-25T16:18:07.968-04:002020-05-25T16:18:07.968-04:00What a beautiful photo of Mother and Daughter. So ...What a beautiful photo of Mother and Daughter. So Sweet.Lisa at Greenbowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07743973292900758183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-3088939961983326902020-05-25T01:27:18.850-04:002020-05-25T01:27:18.850-04:00That was a lovely thing for your mother to "e...That was a lovely thing for your mother to "encourage"!Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-77689416232802759442020-05-25T01:26:35.317-04:002020-05-25T01:26:35.317-04:00May you and your Rod sit on it one day!May you and your Rod sit on it one day!Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-45940889319768904672020-05-24T15:53:32.207-04:002020-05-24T15:53:32.207-04:00This is such a lovely picture of the two of them, ...This is such a lovely picture of the two of them, Nan! And your header is wonderful. That porch always looks so inviting!Les in Oregonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15053880852764886416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-67763938677167127252020-05-24T14:59:24.025-04:002020-05-24T14:59:24.025-04:00I've always loved reading to children or, bett...I've always loved reading to children or, better still, having them read to me. I sometimes wish I had some of my childhood books still, but my mother always encouraged us to pass them on to other children once we'd grown too old for them - I always wondered how many pairs of little sticky hands some of them may have passed through.John "By Stargoose And Hanglands"https://www.blogger.com/profile/00832873074550725579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-42877837456760392632020-05-23T17:34:57.003-04:002020-05-23T17:34:57.003-04:00I feel so fortunate to have them, and that I have ...I feel so fortunate to have them, and that I have grandchildren to love them afresh. It is fun to see Margaret and Michael looking around and seeing books they remember.<br />And what an incredible thing to say!! Thank you so very much. Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-21179492543689904232020-05-23T17:33:07.775-04:002020-05-23T17:33:07.775-04:00We feel incredibly, incredibly lucky and thankful....We feel incredibly, incredibly lucky and thankful. I do have quite a few of my childhood books. Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-92056245851874811662020-05-23T17:32:05.122-04:002020-05-23T17:32:05.122-04:00I was an only child! Hazel loves her "things&...I was an only child! Hazel loves her "things" as I did mine. And my mother kept a lot.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-27709426783912286552020-05-23T17:29:58.985-04:002020-05-23T17:29:58.985-04:00It sure is!! I would know Grammy's handwriting...It sure is!! I would know Grammy's handwriting anywhere. <br />The porch goes the whole west side of the house. It is a great one, faces down the hill. Will be nice and shady soon when the locust trees come out.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-39685215526202639172020-05-23T17:27:36.924-04:002020-05-23T17:27:36.924-04:00I don't know if my mother read to me. I can...I don't know if my mother read to me. I can't recall her doing so, but maybe she stopped when I was still young enough that I can't remember. But she certainly gave me books as I got older, and she had lots of her own. <br />Maybe we could compare our Golden Books in an email sometime.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-7750492130914838242020-05-23T17:25:43.601-04:002020-05-23T17:25:43.601-04:00Thanks, Cath. It just makes me so happy.Thanks, Cath. It just makes me so happy.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-38173893163466222452020-05-23T17:25:19.612-04:002020-05-23T17:25:19.612-04:00Oh, go look! And tell me which ones you find!!Oh, go look! And tell me which ones you find!!Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-52817185655084637392020-05-23T17:24:49.498-04:002020-05-23T17:24:49.498-04:00I was so very touched. I've given a lot of the...I was so very touched. I've given a lot of their childhood books to my kids, and I kept quite a few. I store them in beautiful African baskets in the study and living room.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-847366580265643842020-05-23T17:23:11.208-04:002020-05-23T17:23:11.208-04:00It really is special. And yes, she is! Almost 6 1/...It really is special. And yes, she is! Almost 6 1/2.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-35723220286474613202020-05-23T17:22:35.617-04:002020-05-23T17:22:35.617-04:00Thank you, and so good to "see" you!Thank you, and so good to "see" you!Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-33291497181590698472020-05-23T16:13:56.052-04:002020-05-23T16:13:56.052-04:00It's really wonderful that you still have some...It's really wonderful that you still have something like this from your grandmother to pass on to your own grandchild. I have fond memories of those old Golden Books but don't own a one of them anymore. <br /><br />By the way, you have the best blog header photos of any blog that I read - or even stumble across. Real eye-catchers that I love to study for the detail in them. Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-11345048110508332412020-05-23T05:34:36.142-04:002020-05-23T05:34:36.142-04:00That is a wonderful picture, and even more wonderf...That is a wonderful picture, and even more wonderful to know that Hazel grows up with people who love her and read to her, just like her mother grew up with you, loving her and reading to her, and you grew up that way, too! So nice that you still have books from your own childhood.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-21976306822794374262020-05-22T22:08:30.613-04:002020-05-22T22:08:30.613-04:00That is lovely and isn't it nice to be able to...That is lovely and isn't it nice to be able to read outside after this long winter! You took good care of your books.CLMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03595294217111602231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-91918043953469983152020-05-22T20:03:41.376-04:002020-05-22T20:03:41.376-04:00OMG, how special is that book; love the picture an...OMG, how special is that book; love the picture and your header is so pretty too - nice big porch.(Diane) Bibliophile By the Seahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10519875632878992728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-13021320048452251442020-05-22T19:30:09.487-04:002020-05-22T19:30:09.487-04:00Five generations!?! How wonderful! A beautiful pho...Five generations!?! How wonderful! A beautiful photo too.Debbie Rodgers @Exurbanishttp://www.exurbanis.comnoreply@blogger.com