Author Archives: anniedm778

Water Garden Memories

Posted on May 7, 2013 by anniedm778

What is it about a water garden that draws us to it?  The dewy dripping of a fountain or the texture of the plantings?  Perhaps it’s when we see fish in it and we hover over the water to watch … Continue reading →

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Gardening Genes Part I

Posted on May 2, 2013 by anniedm778

When I was born, I went to live with my grandparents Jasper & Bertha Ward on their farm/tree nursery with my other siblings, after they had raised 12 children of their own.  This was not their first farm, they originally … Continue reading →

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Think of Indiana and what do you think of?  Flat green farmland extending for miles across the state and gentle rolling hills in the south?  Think again, Indiana has some surprising landscapes and areas to share that the outsider might … Continue reading →

Posted on April 7, 2013 by anniedm778 | 5 Comments

How Not to Bake a Baguette!

Posted on March 30, 2013 by anniedm778

Do you assemble things, recipes, bookcases, etc. without reading the instructions?  Yes, that’s me, sometimes.  I’m not known to be an impulsive person, but I do know how to cook and I consider myself a good cook.  But, when learning … Continue reading →

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Galette des Rois

Posted on January 25, 2013 by anniedm778

Galette des Rois (or “King Cake”) is a cake well known in France and Canada, baked during the Christmas Epiphany season.  I don’t know how I missed this recipe growing up even though I have French roots in my DNA, … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge – “Inside” The Rouge Box

Posted on July 27, 2012 by anniedm778

I decided that my contribution to the Weekly Photo Challenge would be “Inside The Rouge Box”. When I was a little girl, having been raised by my grandparents, I would sometimes tip-toe into their bedroom on a quiet afternoon and … Continue reading →

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Long Island Where?

Posted on January 1, 2012 by anniedm778

Continuing with my thoughts on Tennessee, in 1986, after my son was born, I visited with my Great Aunt Molly.  She was Jasper’s sister.  She, like my grandfather, was a keeper of family memories and stories.  She told me several … Continue reading →

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Where it all starts . . .

Posted on June 26, 2011 by anniedm778

My Grandfather Jasper was a man full of character gleaned from devoting a long life to farming with his wife, family & his God.  On a misty early morning sometime around 1915, his parents put this energetic red-headed teenager on … Continue reading →

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