by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 24, 2022 | family, home, marriage
History on my favorite “rock”….Bill and I had come through a rough stretch in our marriage 16 years ago. We had worked through it and were studying Ray Vander Laan’s “Faith Lessons from the Holy Land” video Bible study at Sunday...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 24, 2022 | home
3/24/16 My husband is so funny. Last night I got home and found his laundry on the laundry room floor by the washer. I thanked him for bringing it there for me and sorted it and started the first load. He said nothing. This morning we’re getting up and...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 24, 2022 | home, journaling
I have a limited edition print (75/500) called “The Old Woman” painted by Mary Shelton Burson in 1982. The date on the print is 11/20/1990. You can see she is sitting in a wheelbarrow reading something. I bought it, probably in 1990, from a friend who was...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 7, 2022 | grandmother, home
The History of ‘APRONS’ by Robyn Markham I don’t think our kids know what an apron is. The principle use of Grandma’s apron was to protect the dress underneath because she only had a few. It was also because it was easier to wash aprons...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 26, 2022 | home
Everything old is new again….. We have had this trash can for many years. I had it in the laundry area of the garage at Deerpoint Lake. A painter in 2013 got paint on the lid and it looked awful. When I moved I considered trashing it. Instead I cleaned the...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 31, 2021 | grandmother, home, memories
As I sit here this morning enjoying a bowl of fresh cherries with my morning coffee, I realized I am wearing my Granny’s apron (that she sewed.) It was at Granny’s house that I got introduced to “exotic” fresh fruits like cherries, figs, pomegranates, peaches, red...
