Journaling reads: I think I come by my love of learning naturally. Marquis Marcellus Deburger, my 3 times great grandfather and a most elusive RELATIVE to search for, was a schoolteacher of great repute in the late 1800s. He taught in a small town much like this. It is said he was the model for...

My 3X great grandparents

Journaling reads: Born 18 Jan 1857 in Brimfield, Peoria County, Illinois, Sarah was the first of Holland & Ellen Eyre Catton's children born in the United States. In 1857 she married Benjamin Majors in Fairbury, Illinois and the next day, her sister Elsie married Andrew McClanahan in the same...

Uses the tradition purples, golds, yellows, and greens of the autumn palette. Although we have a small to medium state university here, Calloway County is still largely agricultural. MSU reflects that with a top-rated, top-tier internationally recognized College of Agriculture. In the autumn...

I would love to spend a part of each day in a little place like this!

The first time Daddy took us outside at night with his telescope opened a whole new world for me - a world of awe and wonder!

My father worked in the space industry for the first 20 years or so of my life. My imagination has always been out there somewhere. Space is messy and incredibly beautiful!

This is my youngest at 2 1/2 - many moons ago! We had almost lost him 6 months before and he was still fragile so when this butterfly got into the house he was ecstatic, especially when it landed on his shoulder and proceeded to march across his chest then onto his hand. It was magical! The...

This is the full LO for my album. Mary did the beadwork for all the headdresses - 16 in all each year - and we hand made the headdresses during breaks and at night after vespers. We also made all the bone breastplates the guys' costumes, including the "chief's", and moccasins with hard soles...

I used the Tall Dark and Handsome and Learning Curve fonts. I love using multiple fonts and do it often! Journaling reads: I never dreamed that 2006 would be the last time Mary and I had the privilege of teaching the third year Native American Lore badge program at Sunbeam and Girl Guard...

I used the lighter turquoise, orange, and yellow Journaling reads: Tahlequah is the capital of Cherokee Nation and the perfect place to learn first-hand and from people proud to share their culture and heritage. Mary and I insisted on as much reality and realism as we could in our program. We...

What a fun challenge! I immediately thought of this quote by William Shakespeare, it fits. This photo really is from the 1980s - and we really did have big hair! - and Paula's kit just fits too! Journaling reads: Susan Elaine. I hated my name growing up. There was always another Susan in...