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Family, Family Photos

Question on Preserving the small 4×4 photo albums

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While I sit here working on scanning photo’s (the correct way mind you!)  I have come across a dilemma and I am sure I am not the first one to have this issue.

I have several, at least a dozen, of those small 4×4 photo albums that the pictures companies used to put the photos in. These are in great shape, with only a few loose photos that I will put into another place safe keeping. My thought is, do I remove the rest of the photos and place them in better surroundings or is the little album a good home for these picture?

I have some photos, that I have used archival corners on and I put them on acid free cardboard (actually for comic books) and placed them in archival plastic sleeves. I was thinking of doing this with these photos, makes for easy identification and they actually store nicely in a filing system, although they are kind of bulky but not a bulky as trying to store them in large photo albums.

Very big sigh, I guess I will order some more sleeves and in the meantime, I would love to hear what others have done with these little albums!

Happy Hunting!

Ramblings

Whispers In The Wind

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Whispers In The Wind

 

The day is warm, the sun shining,
a soft breeze is blowing, the fall colors are in their glory.
Yet on this Georgian hillside, a heaviness is in the air,
and an unseen stirring leaves ones very being wounded and torn.
The sorrow of thousands of souls are calling to the living.

Suffering is felt on the whispers of the breeze.
It is told by tall oak trees standing sentinel over long abandoned wells,
dug to escape, bone chilling cold, starvation,
the blazing Georgia sun, disease
and above all the burning desire for freedom.
It is spoken in earthworks
built to keep others at bay with the weapons of war.
Had I not been told the story of this place,
. . . all is not well
would still have been whispered in my ears

White carved stones stand is perfect rows,
dedicated to the men who died at this beautiful place,
now tarnished by cruelty and suffering.
The feeling in my heart and in my soul is this…
It is their bodies that now rest in the red Georgia clay
but their souls still linger
within the stockade walls,
and this is what they wish to tell us,
if we will but listen.

make sure this happens Never Again!
allow not yourselves to war against one another again,
stand united and strong against that which ails your
country and fight together as brothers should,
not divided, desolate and alone.

Andersonville, Douglas, Belle Isle or Elmira.
Let no man hold a brother captive again.
So as you leave this place,
May you leave in peace and may you Never let us be forgotten .

Julia K. Hogston
November 5, 2000

 

Family, Family Recipe Friday, Genealogy

Family Recipe Friday-Aunt Carra’s Baking Powder Biscuits

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“The best laid plans of mice and men”, and so went the idea of getting this posted by the end of Friday evening. Hum this seems like a trend as of late, although there was a post earlier on Friday so at least I can say I did write something on Friday. 😀

With Aunt Carra’s recipe ingredients all typed out,  I came to the assembling part of the recipe, the recipe called for  the biscuits to be nuked! Now that does not sound like an old family recipe to me. How about you? So I put a call into Mom, after all it was her Aunts recipe, to ask if she had given me the correct recipe. Now mind you Mom is usually home in the evening, but you know when you go out for the night every one has left you a message on the phone. I received a call from her around 11 ish last night and to say the least she was perplexed!  When did you get your first microwave she asked, I said,” well about 1979 or 1980″, next question was when did Aunt Carra pass away? In my records it says March 3, 1988, so if that is the correct date, she could well have transferred it to a microwave recipe.

One memory that my Mom did mention about these biscuits was that Grandma always removed things such as soda and backing powder from boxes and put them in jars with tape on them to name the contents. Aunt Carra made these biscuits once at Grandma’s home and accidentally put baking soda in the mix instead of baking powder, guess they were pretty yucky they laugh about it now, not sure if the did then.

Hoping I translated it correctly here is Aunt Carra’s Baking Powder Biscuits
1/3 c. shortening
1/4 c. all-purpose flour
2 1/2 tsp baking powder
3/4 t. salt
+ – cup milk
paprika topping =1 tablespoon butter + 1/8 teaspoon paprika

Cut shortening into flour, baking powder, and salt with a pastry blender until crumbly (fine) Stir in milk so dough leaves the side of the bowl and rounds into a ball. To much = stick not enough to dry.

Turn dough into “lightly floured board” knead 10x , roll to 1/2″ cut with 2″ biscuit cutter. Arrange with sides almost touching in a circle on a 10″ microwave plate, brush top with paprika topping. Microwave uncovered on 100% heat 1 minute turn repeat till not doughy.

Note: after microwaved biscuits can be broiled if desired, brush top with margarine or butter. Broil 2″ from heat 2-4 minutes.

Bon Appétit!