Eastlake Victorian

A couple weeks ago, my husband and I attended a tea at the local historical society museum, the Clayson House. It was a fundraising event that included eight seatings over two weekends. Whe...

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Spring came a month early for much of the country. It was a very mild winter, and I'm really enjoying all the beauty that has opened around me this past month or so! On my lunchtime walks...

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My favorite teacup, Lady Carlyle! Oh, I've been so bad lately! I only pop onto Blogger sporadically to catch up with you all, and haven't posted anything for months! Truth is, I've been ha...

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Back in September of 2010, I did a post about the Eastland Disaster, a Chicago tragedy that unfolded in 1915. Now, a good friend has written a young adult novel based on this story! Marian Man...

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Meet the latest addition to our family! This is Juniper Berry, aka Junie! This past June, or sweet little Penny cat died, and we spent several months in mourning. Then, finally, my husband a...

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Merry Christmas! I can't believe how time flies. It's been three weeks since my last post! I'm just getting over a nasty cold/sinus infection that's kept me down for the count for severa...

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This weekend, my sweet husband Terry took me out for an early birthday present! We hopped on a train to downtown Chicago... We passed through the Christkindlmarket for a quick glance ...

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This week, I'll give a brief summary of the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893, and set the tone with some photos taken from books and archives. Statue of the Republic Planning for the C...

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****************************************************** Wishing you all a wonderful Thanksgiving! ******************************************************

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World expositions, or world fairs, became a big hit after the famously successful Great Exposition in the Crystal Palace in London in 1851. Every major world city dreamed of hosting one! These fa...

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Last weekend, Terry and I decided to go to the Kane County Flea Market! We haven't gone in a few years, and it's really close by, so we have no excuses. Other than we used to go too often, and ev...

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Last week's visit to Chicago's Graceland Cemetery yielded so many photos, I needed a second post to showcase all the interesting monuments we saw there! This week, I'll focus on the more famo...

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This weekend, my husband Terry and I decided to go into Chicago to visit the famous Graceland Cemetery. Terry had never been there before, and the last time I went was over 20 years ago. Grac...

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Clayson House kitchen table Last February, I blogged about my kitchen and the plans I have for it here . Then in March, I started removing the vinyl floor covering here . Well, the floor is...

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Hello, fellow bloggers! I've been away from blogging for MUCH too long! I'll have a lot of reading to do, catching up with everybody and looking back over these past few months to see what yo...

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I feel as though I've been away from blogging a lot lately. It must be the summer weather! I'm out in the garden every weekend, and have been accomplishing a lot AWAY from the computer! Some...

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Today, we remember the hundreds of thousands of brave men and women who have fought in our wars and died for our country. Take some time today to remember these heros. They gave the...

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It was finally warm enough last weekend to tackle the yearly garden chore I dread most: cleaning the pond! It's an all day chore, but when it's done, it's so worth it! I won't bore you...

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Last evening, after visiting and commenting on all your wonderful blogs, I forgot to log out of my blog account. My dear husband Terry decided to post something, thinking he was in his OWN...

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I so look forward to the weekends! But this weekend has been unseasonably cold and gloomy. So I decided to bring a little bit of spring beauty indoors! I love fragrance in the garden, ...

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Happy Mother's Day to all you wonderful mothers! Don't you think the holiday should include all women? I do! My mom! These beautiful tulips were the first thing we saw while entering the park...

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A couple weeks ago, I entered a Second Blogiversary Giveaway on the one of my favorite blogs, Musings From Harmonie House . And guess what? I didn't win! BUT, Miss Sandra decided...

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Just hopping by to post a few bunny and chick pics, and to wish you all a Happy Easter!

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It was Wednesday, July 29, 1981 when I got up at 3 AM to watch the coverage of the wedding of Charles & Diana. I was enthralled by the pageantry, history and beauty of it all. I was so happy f...

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