Once again, I am fighting my nemesis Procrastination. In a way, my journal entry for today alluded to the way that my procrastination has pervaded my life: The sun is peeking from behind the clouds, casting shadows across the icy snow. The light behind–shadows ahead. My world has been paralyzed by ice and cold. –…
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Asters for Your Garden
Aster Wood’s Blue (Symphyotrichum ‘Wood’s Blue’ Image Credit Woodie’s Garden: Woodie’s Garden Goods “Low growing Aster Wood’s Blue is a favorite among asters. Wonderful for edges or in front of the borders with elegant textured foliage to contrast with the densely bloomed flowers. With long blooming flowers and disease-free foliage, it’s no wonder this Aster…
How to Add Privacy and Intimacy to Your Garden Rooms
Jacki Kellum Garden Wall – 2022 Garden walls serve two purposes in my garden. Privacy Intimacy Privacy in my garden is of utmost importance. But I also create walls or screens to subdivide my large lawn into smaller intimate spaces. Jacki Kellum Garden August 2022 Jacki Kellum Garden Wall – 2022 Jacki Kellum Garden Wall…
Advent Day 6 – Abraham – Can You Count the Stars? – A Bible Story and Some Activities for the Family
After the time of Noah and the Tower of Babel, The people in God’s world became more and more wicked. “But God was going to make all wrong things right. And He was going to do it through a family.” “‘Abraham,’ God said, ‘How many stars are there?” God was about to tell His friend…
Mark Kistler You Can Draw in 30 Days
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Advent Is A Season of Light -Disney’s I See the Light Is My Anthem of Advent
For me, Advent is also a time of music, and nothing says Christmas better than music. I’m not only talking about Christmas music. Advent is a time for the family to come and wait together for Christmas when Christians celebrate–yet again– the birth of Jesus. While it would be lovely to share some gorgeous adult…
Comp II Curriculum
I. Home Page Hello Everyone! Comp II: ENGL 1023 – English Composition II Credits: 3 Instruction continues (from ENGL 1013Links to an external site.) to emphasize developing students’ writing skills. Students write a minimum of five essays in response to readings in the literary genres of prose fiction, drama, and poetry. Students prepare and write a…
Autumn Magic in My Garden
In May of 2023, I moved to a house in Water Valley, MS. Unfortunately, the house had absolutely zero landscaping. My house in Water Valley, MS, in May of 2023 If you look carefully at the photo above, you will be able to see that the issue was made even worse by an ugly air…
Rue – A Host Plant for Gorgeous Butterflies
Rue Growing in Jacki Kellum’s Garden – 2023 Apparently, rue is the only plant that the former occupants of my house planted. Rue is a an old, Biblical-times plant that was essential at that time. In the USA, it has lost favor among most gardeners, but the former occupants of this house moved here from…
My Family’s Duvall Connection from France to Virginia to Southeast Missouri
I. Marc Duval de la Semee Born 1550 Died 1628 II. Jean Duval du Coudray Born 1590 Died Married Marguerite Fouqueron III. Jean Duval Born 1600 Married Novembre 27, 1617 Married to Jeanne Petit IV. Antoine Romine Duval Chambéry, Savoie, Rhone-Alpes, France Born 1620 Died 1665 Married 1645 Married to Marie Chanlier Born 1620 V….