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…

Theora Hamblett – I Remember

Hamblett, Theora. I Remember. Theora Hamblett, 1971. “Why am I willing to write ‘I Remember’? “As a youngster, I enjoyed listening to older persons tell about their experiences, and their experiences became part of my memory.  Though of course I do not remember all that they told me, details of their lives lodge here and there…

Jacki Kellum Watercolor Paintings

The Raven – Jacki Kellum Watercolor Sold Janis Joplin – Jacki Kellum Watercolor Sold Little Napoleon: The Rooster – Jacki Kellum Watercolor Sold The Last Rose of Summer – Jacki Kellum Watercolor Sold Boy with Curls – Jacki Kellum Watercolor Sold Consider the Lilies: How They Grow – Jacki Kellum Watercolor Sold Fiesta – Jacki…

A Daisy A Day – #stradaeasel Challenge 2023

2 Daisies in a Jelly Jar – Jacki Kellum Oil on Panel #stradaeasel Challenge Day 10 2 Daisies in a Jelly Jar – Jacki Kellum Digital Painting Created  on  Wacom Cintiq 16 #stradaeasel Challenge Day 12 Beginning on January 1, 2023, I jumped into the Strada Easel Challenge for 2023. For the previous 2 years,…

Story of the Bible Animals by J. G. Wood

Story OF THE Bible Animals: A Description of the Habits and Uses of every living Creature mentioned in the Scriptures, WITH Explanation of Passages in the Old and New Testament in which reference is made to them. Lions pg.19 Leopards pg. 42 Cats pg. 52 Dogs pg. 55 The Wolf pg. 69 The Fox or…

Sheep in the Bible

The bulk of the following text is from  The Story of the Bible Animals by J. G. Woods. “Story of the Bible Animals by J. G. Wood.” Project Gutenberg, gutenberg.org/ebooks/44685 THE SHEEP. Importance of Sheep in the Bible—The Sheep the chief wealth of the pastoral tribes—Arab shepherds of the present day—Wanderings of the flocks in search of…

October – The Month that Has Inspired Many, Many Books

“First of all, it was October, a rare month for boys.”s ― Ray Bradbury, Something Wicked This Way Comes Very possibly, Ray Bradbury has written more about the month of October than any other writer. Even when he is not specifically writing about October, visions of that month seem to be lurking somewhere within his consciousness. “The…