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Dixie Dew’s invitation
Dixie Dew and I went
away for the week
end to visit our
friends, Stevie and Darrell
in Nashville. It was actually
Dew’s invitation but I was
allowed to tag along.
Their family loves ani
mals, evidenced by the two
Bassett hounds, one loveable
mutt, two cats and an albino
rabbit that resides in their
house.
This is a down-sizing from
what they normally have,
which usually includes
another rabbit, another dog
and sometimes another cat.
Usually their invitation
arrives by phone and goes
along the lines of, “Could
Dixie Dew come to visit?
She’s so precious. Would you
mind bringing her?”
Dew, for her part, is ecstat
ic to hear me ask, “Do you
want to go to Darrell and
Stevie’s?” She loves them
and their daughters, Jessica
and Sarah, very much. She
picks up her ears, wags her
tail frantically, runs around
in circles then heads to the
door where she plops down
her hefty butt and prepares
to wait until I say, “No, we’re
not going today. We’re going
on Friday.” Disappointed,
she’ll lie down and heave a
heavy sigh.
Once I was planning to visit
the family without Dew in
tow until Sarah, the young
est, called. “Miss Ronda,
could you please bring Dixie
Dew with you? I love her and
I want to see her.”
Dixie Dew rarely gets to
travel with me. Usually,
she goes to her Maw-maw’s
Before Harry Potter there was Laura Ingalls
I was thumbing through
the latest edition of the
Cotton & Quail and was
reminded of a unique lady
that most of you know. Back
before kids discovered the
wizard series by J.K Rowling,
there was another children’s
author that turned on a
whole generation of new
readers with tales that actu
ally were true, and that lady
was Laura
Ingalls
Wilder.
Wilder’s
semi-auto
biographi-
cal pio
neer series
didn’t
become
famous
until she
was 65
years old.
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Antiques
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Although the stories were
based on her own experi
ences as a child from the age
of 3 up until after she was
married and a mother, they
are considered historical fic
tion.
Laura is the subject of
over eight museums and
historical sites as well as a
multi-million dollar empire
of books and related collect
ibles. The first book, Little
House in the Big Wood was
printed in 1932 followed
by seven others that were
printed up until 1953.
Newer editions with pic
tures were printed by a
different publisher shortly
thereafter. In 1974 a televi
sion series based on Laura’s
life and books was televised
and ran until 1983 with a
couple of semi-reunion
shows that followed. Who
doesn’t remember the freck
le-faced girl in braids whose
father lovingly called her
“half-pint”. I sure wish we
still had good family shows
like that today.
Take the time to go online
and read about the “real”
life of Laura Ingalls Wilder
and you will see that her life
story really includes those
characters that were in
the books and on the show.
There really was a mean girl
named Nelly, Mary did have a
stroke and lose her eyesight.
Laura lived in several states
in the late 1800 s. They lived
in Wisconsin, Minnesota,
Kansas, Missouri and the
Dakota territory. Pioneers
were amazing people. They
really lived through lots of
trials and tribulations but
most lived long and full lives.
Laura lived to be 90 and her
husband Almanzo lived to
be 92 despite being crippled
where she is content to eat
non-stop until I return. But
when she does get to go, it’s
as good to her as a big, juicy
pork chop. Not that I give
her pork chops, mind you.
However,
someone I
know well
does.
But
after pack
ing her up
and taking
her away
for the
weekend,
I have a
question:
How do
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Ronda Rich
Columnist
you mamas do this all time?
Honestly, I was exhausted
by the time I got her packed
up and ready to go. There
were clothes to choose,
leashes to pack, bowls to
gather up, food and water
to load, snacks and toys for
the ride and, of course, she
wasn’t leaving home with
out her favorite blanket. Her
travel bag bulging, I placed
it by the door, where it was
quickly joined by Dew in
her favorite hot pink, hood
ed sweatshirt. She plopped
down and waited impatient
ly, whining under her breath
until we finally headed to
the garage.
I sat down in the car and
pulled the seat belt across
and snapped it. “Whew. I’m
tired.” I threw a glance over
at the enthusiastic Dew,
who was sitting up alert and
ready to go. “You’re a lot of
trouble.”
Dew tilted her head and
looked perplexed. “Yes. You.
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Laura Ingalls Wilder
over half of his life.
The popular American
Dolls collection can thank
Little House on the Prairie
for blazing the trail of pub
lic interest in history told
through the eyes of one who
lived it. These lively sto
ries probably helped shape
my interest in history and
antiques as a young girl as
well as the family vacations
out west. One particular epi
sode I remember had to do
with the rich spoiled Nelly
getting a “talking” machine
and Laura or one of the char
acters accidentally recording
some not too kind words!
Do you think that all this
stuff just jumped in the bag
and packed itself? It’s a lot
of work being the mommy.”
She stuck her head over and
licked my hand. At least she
appreciates it.
I have a new respect for
motherhood after this last
trip. Usually I just drop her
at her grandmother’s, where
there is a separate supply of
toys, blankets, leashes, tee
shirts and food so nothing
has to be packed. It’s a walk
in the park.
Once we arrived, it was the
issue of the children playing
well together. They didn’t.
Or rather Dixie Dew didn’t.
She was intimidated by the
bigger dogs and wanted to
snap at them.
“Trusty and Olivia won’t
hurt Dew,” Darrell prom
ised.
“It’s not them I’m worried
about.” I tossed my head
toward Dew. “My child is the
troublemaker.”
It was a great deal of stress
all weekend, worrying about
Dew’s manners and behav
ior.
Once the visit ended, I
had to pack up all that stuff
again and load it back in the
car then unload it at home.
I’m used to being completely
self-absorbed on trips, with
out worrying about someone
else. Motherhood isn’t easy.
Maybe next time I’ll travel
alone.
Ronda Rich is the best
selling author of What
Southern Women Know
(That Every Woman Should)
and The Town That Came
A-Courtin
Nowadays not nice remarks
are put on blogs or MySpace.
com!
Log on to your favorite
search engine and teach
your kids about history
along with interesting sto
ries of someone who lived it!
Happy collecting!
Jillinda Falen is the for
mer owner of Carrie Lynn’s
Antiques and is an estate liq
uidation specialist including
real estate. She has been buy
ing and selling antiques for
over23years. You may contact
her at falen(a>windstream.
net or via the Houston Daily
Journal.
LIFESTYLE
August includes cutting, planting
August is finally here
and maybe the mer
cury won’t rise quite
as high in our thermom
eters as it did in July. And
I pray those rain gauges
will still need purging from
time to time during this
month. Every little bit
helps, doesn’t it? And even
though the vegetable har
vest “rush” is over, there
are plenty of other things to
do this month. Allow me to
suggest a few of these.
Cuttings of woody shrubs
can be rooted now. Some
evergreens commonly
rooted by this method are
azaleas, camellias, hollies,
ligustrum and red tip pho
tinias. Deciduous shrubs
that root well from cut
tings include crape myrtle,
hydrangea, viburnum, mock
orange, spirea, buddleia,
and forsythia. Cuttings of
these and other deciduaous
plants can be taken now or
after the leaves fall.
In about six weeks after
sticking, the cuttings should
form callouses on the bot
tom where the cut was
made. Roots should follow
in about a month. After
roots have formed, take the
new plants and transplant
them into small containers.
Grow them until you are
ready to place them out
side.
Roses can be rooted from
cuttings taken this month
also. Using a sharp, clean
knife, take a 6-9 inch cut
ting; remove all but the
top three of four leaves
and insert into well
drained soil in a spot with
bright, indirect sunlight
(not in full sun-too hot!).
Water them well and firm
the soil around each cut
ting. Cover each cutting
with an inverted glass
jar to keep the humidity
high. Water as needed to
keep the soil moist. Next
spring, gradually remove
the jar for longer periods
of time and transplant the
new rose to its permanent
location.
Gladiolus corms should
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be dug as soon as the foli
age starts to die down.
Otherwise, the foliage may
disappear and the corms
may be difficult to locate.
After digging, place them in
a cool, dry, and dark place
until next spring when you
can replant them.
Garden mums should be
getting ready to gloom in
about a
month,
so for
maxi
mum
flower
power,
apply a
complete
fertilizer
at one
pound
per 100
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row now. To produce larg
er flowers on mums, pinch
out all side buds, leaving
only one to three buds to
a stem.
The four o’clocks are in
their prime right now. I
have some covering a large
area that volunteered there
a few years ago. They are
bright and happy late every
afternoon, but do not make
the best cut flowers.
Try growing some pota
toes in your fall garden. It
is a challenge to get a stand
up early enough to produce
a crop before cold weather,
but it can be done. Use
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 2007 ♦
seed potatoes that are thor
oughly mature and that
have been stored under well
ventilated conditions. Cut
the potatoes into one ounce
pieces and plant immedi
ately after cutting. I like to
plant small potatoes whole.
Plant in a 6-inch deep fur
row, covering them with 4-5
inches of soil.
Fertilize and water gen
erously, since potatoes are
heavy feeders. Push them
pretty hard and they will
probably reward you with
a good crop of tasty tubers
just before frost.
There is still time to plant
green bush beans and have
some before Halloween.
Remember-they prefer
cooler temperatures, and if
we continue to get ample
rainfall, they should do very
well.
Okra is still bearing rath
er nicely now as long as it
is well fertilized. Fire ants
can cause trouble as they
migrate up the stems to
the flowers and into the
young pods, causing them
to become malformed and
undesirable. Treat the
ground at the base of the
plants with Orthene pow
der. You’ll be back in the
fried okra-eating business
in just a few days.
As you can see, there’s
plenty to do in the flower
and vegetable garden in
August-so let’s get busy!
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