Wordless Wednesday - Bahama Winds



Bahama Winds

 Just a lovely picture to share with you, taken by Cousin Carl, makes me want to get out there after the long hot days we've been having here in Arizona (110-115F).

Mary Post Warren

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Family Recipe Friday - Mom's Home Cookin'



Recipe from the collection of Margaret Troyer Post



Mom's Home Cookin'

Carl Stanislaus

O, it sets my heart-a-clickin'

Like the tickin' of a clock

when the first frost is on the pumpkin

and the fodder's in the shock

James Whitcomb Riley

Nothin' sets my mouth-a-waterin',

like the smell of mom's home-cookin'

and nothing satisfies my hunger

like a piece of her punk'in pie!

You're not goin' to find much better

than her fresh bread from the oven,

and if there's one thing close to heaven,

it's her stuffin' made from scratch.

When it comes time for dinner,

with all the kinfolks roun' the table,

we ask God for all His blessin',

and thank Mom for all her grace.

Oh, the years come and go,

relatives are born, and passing,

but when the frost is on the pumpkin,

we'll head home for Mom's home cookin'.

(Poem written by hubs'

cousin, used with permission)

This is perfect for making this casserole in, and it looks pretty on the table also!



Mary Post Warren

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Wordless Wedneday



Geese On The Green



Mary Post Warren

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Super Sister Sunday: The Engel Sisters

Helen, Kathryn, Alice, and Myrtle Engel

Christian Engel and Edith Gibson Engel had 5 children. - 4 girls and 1 baby brother.  These 4 girls and the little brother Johnny, although born in Ness Kansas, grew up in the early part of the 20th century in Long Beach California....each went on to marry and have between 2 and 3 children. Johnny, the baby brother, maried but he and his Mary did not have any children.  He was the ultimate Uncle Johnny to all the nieces and nephews.  We honor this great family who stayed close until the end. I've always felt so proud to be a part of this extended family.  What a loving family they are. 

Mary Post Warren

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Treasure Chest Thursday: Johnny and Mary Engel



1920ish Johnny Engel



1920ish Mary Engel

 Johnny was the only boy of the five children born to Christian and Edith (Burgess) Engel.  Mary, his wife, was born in 1913 and is 98 years old.  I do not have full information on them....as in birth dates, wedding date, Johnny's death date.  I do know they lived their married life in Long Beach CA.  Johnny was the brother of my mother-in-law, Myrtle Engel Warren.  The poem below fits the time-frame of the pictures posted.  it was written by my hub's cousin, whose mother was also Johnny and Myrtle's sister.

One of my fondest memories of Uncle Johnny was how he called me everyday towards the end of my pregnancies asking "are you still around?".....I laugh at that now but I probably didn't think so much of it when I was pregnant and just wanting to get it over.



Mary Post Warren

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Wordless Wedneday (Almost)

Engel, Christian and daughter Alice (about 1909)

Christian Engel was the hubs grandfather and my mother-in-law's father.  Alice was one of 4 daughters and 1 son born to Christian and Edith (Gibson) Engel.  Alice Clare Engel born January 25, 1906, died September 11, 2000; Christian Engel born May 28, 1847, died January 18, 1932.

Mary Post Warren

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Those Places Thursday: In A Country Churchyard

The year was 1975, and we were south of Anadarko, Oklahoma (18 miles west of Chickasha) on a fall foliage tour. I noticed a church steeple rising up out of the red, gold and green foliage.

As we bumped down the hill, on a narrow rutted road, I had no idea of the historical significance, of the well kept, old church-school house we would find there.

Note: Anadarko is deep in what was once Indian Territory, and  now has the tourist attraction called, "Indian City".

Poem written by and used with permission of the hubs cousin Carl Stanislaus

Photo taken by and used with permission of hub's cousin, Carl Stanislaus

Mary Post Warren

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