tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13163430.post2191427557408805087..comments2023-10-18T08:14:35.207-04:00Comments on Thistle Cove Farm: Quilts, Hand Work, A Give-AwayThistle Cove Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15722295191884810953noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13163430.post-4405063460560789082009-09-05T01:57:47.490-04:002009-09-05T01:57:47.490-04:00I just found your blog and have so enjoyed reading...I just found your blog and have so enjoyed reading about things I had almost forgotten in my childhood.<br /><br />I'd love to win the small quilt!<br /><br />ljeannej@yahoo.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13163430.post-75997779896886946812009-08-17T19:48:31.883-04:002009-08-17T19:48:31.883-04:00Hi Timi - you've removed your note but I would...Hi Timi - you've removed your note but I would, happily, send you the quilted wall hanging should you win. Heck, gal, send me your snail mail address anyway.<br />Send it to thistlecovefarms at gmail dot com.<br /><br />Hi Diane - your bedspread sounds Lovely and I'm happy you have such a tangible reminder of happy by-gone days. <br /><br />Hi Karen - thanks for this reminder; I have stumbled across Little Heatherns but have not yet read it. I believe I'd like it though and glad for your recommendation.<br /><br />Hi Kathy - your first days of Cedar Pond sound like a book in waiting! I know it was difficult but it didn't last that long and look at the wonderful memories you cherish. I'm not a maiden aunt but we don't have children and must "adopt" other people's children to spoil. In 2004, one of our "adopted" daughters passed away very suddenly. She was 36 and had a stoke but wasn't found in time to save her. We've been devastated since but God gives us what we need when we need it and other "children" have since come our way. God is gracious.<br /><br />Hi Woebegone Cottage - it always makes me happy to have visitors, thank you for visiting and I'm glad to have brought you pleasure with this post.<br /><br />Hi Becky - it wouldn't surprise me if our paths haven't crossed at the Pickens Pancake Breakfast. Aunt Esther is well known to many in Pickens and a familiar sight when we attend. There are many, many stories that will never be told of these Appalachian mountain folk. Stories now lost to time, I'm sorry to say.<br /><br />Hi Deanna - your company is receiving such a bountiful gift by being in your home. How blessed they must be!<br /><br />Hi Vicki - this is a good thing and I'm happy to have had a part in the calm and peace of your day.<br /><br />Hi Life is Good - there's no other way to live, really live, but it takes discipline and action. Something I have to practice daily -smile-.<br /><br />Hi Cherie - what a blessing it was to meet you and your "boys"; all so beautiful and sweet. I'm working on my schedule, to bring you here for a few days. I believe you would all enjoy the farm and I know I'd enjoy you all.<br /><br />Hi Becky - a wonderful life, eh? We are SO blessed!<br /><br />Hi Misha - Beecher is blessed to have you as a neighbor and friend; and you are blessed by Beecher. I've known "Beechers" and my life has been enriched by all.<br /><br />Hi Smarry - thank you for visiting and for your kind words; please come back soon.Thistle Cove Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15722295191884810953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13163430.post-8355763246126874272009-08-17T02:24:53.180-04:002009-08-17T02:24:53.180-04:00Your posts always have a way of bringing a few mom...Your posts always have a way of bringing a few moments of calm and peacefulness into my life.<br /><br />___________________<br />Smarry<br /><a href="http://iwaayinternetmarketing.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Online Marketing of your brand</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13163430.post-18423535560731432462009-08-16T00:11:37.942-04:002009-08-16T00:11:37.942-04:00Once again you made me smile, Sandra!Love all your...Once again you made me smile, Sandra!Love all your memories. You are so very right. There are so many who have no idea that there are those who live without electricity, indoor plumbing, no phone etc. Many choose this way of life. For this is all they have ever known!<br /> We have a neighbor a few miles from our farm that often stops by to grab a rocker on the front porch and sip a cup of coffee. One day he asked if we had a computer. I asked if he wanted to come in to use it. Nope, he just wanted to see it in action! I showed him e-mail, news sites, a web-site about the county we live in...He got a huge kick out of it :) When I showed him my blog he exclaimed that I must be famous and he didn't even know it! So sweet, he is. Then he walked the miles back to his home, in the woods, where he grew up and later raised his own children! Beecher is a good man and I am lucky to call him my friend.<br />What an awesome world we live in. So interesting because we are all so different!<br />I would very much like to be entered in your give-a-way. Just to have something hand-made by you would be special!<br />Many blessings to you, Dave, and all your critters!<br />Misha~from my front porch in the mountains~https://www.blogger.com/profile/18103990196491433325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13163430.post-48076316871114065642009-08-15T20:39:53.940-04:002009-08-15T20:39:53.940-04:00Oh my Sandra! I agree with the "other" ...Oh my Sandra! I agree with the "other" Becky about Appalachian stories because I was raised in the foothills just a bit South of you. My great Grand Parents home is nestled in the mts and I remember life similar to what you described!<br /><br />Thank you so much for sharing.Beckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01495309815825183088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13163430.post-2921092453047962732009-08-15T16:30:37.221-04:002009-08-15T16:30:37.221-04:00what a lovely post - you had a wonderful childhood...what a lovely post - you had a wonderful childhood, ms. sandy. i like that mad dash in the snow and the stove and the quilt made by your aunt...so nice to read bout this NOW, written by a person I'VE MET and not by somebody else in Reader's Digest or something...you are such a beautiful person...cheriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00298789006491189094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13163430.post-86432573669766438962009-08-15T15:19:36.983-04:002009-08-15T15:19:36.983-04:00i think i will join you in how you are going to li...i think i will join you in how you are going to live out the rest of your days! much better that worrying and fretting over things we can do nothing about!Life is good!https://www.blogger.com/profile/18014974313679428356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13163430.post-28295886101817525862009-08-15T10:34:05.049-04:002009-08-15T10:34:05.049-04:00Your posts always have a way of bringing a few mom...Your posts always have a way of bringing a few moments of calm and peacefulness into my life.Vicki Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06929340703066037054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13163430.post-4338728415666114412009-08-15T09:52:40.677-04:002009-08-15T09:52:40.677-04:00Many Blessings to you today. May you have a wonde...Many Blessings to you today. May you have a wonderful week-end!<br />I have company on their way today and more on next Wednesday. <br /><br />Your post today was one I really enjoyed reading. The quilts are so very nice!<br /><br />You have had a very unique upbringing and I have enjoyed reading about this.<br /> <br />As for entering to win the <br />inspirational quilt hanging!!!! YES, PLEZ, I'd like to be considered to win this. Thank you for having this opportunity.<br /><br />God Bless,<br />dDeannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08019741103496608961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13163430.post-380692195694483022009-08-15T09:41:51.833-04:002009-08-15T09:41:51.833-04:00This was a fantastic blog entry! I enjoyed every ...This was a fantastic blog entry! I enjoyed every word! I love Aunt Esther's lavender quilt and Aunt Bonnie's take on things. I'm of the same bent. Appalachian living and tales of long ago are so important to me (wonder why...hehe) and never tire of hearing them. I think that each story amazes me at the hardship our families dealt with every day and, to my notion anyway, overcame handsomely.<br />Thanks for the stories.Beckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14082295990536140884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13163430.post-44299168822079715522009-08-15T07:02:16.700-04:002009-08-15T07:02:16.700-04:00Beautiful quilts. I used to hear stories like that...Beautiful quilts. I used to hear stories like that from my father-in-law..he passed 3 years ago. they had 3 to a bed , I think to help keep warm and they were very poor. 13 kids. I ejoyed you blog today.Wobegon Cottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02976785705453516383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13163430.post-88755917669109364452009-08-15T03:38:10.053-04:002009-08-15T03:38:10.053-04:00Yes, yes, yes! I want a chance to win this little ...Yes, yes, yes! I want a chance to win this little quilt and I loved this post Sandra. Every bit of it!<br /><br />We have been blessed with quilts from Maiden Aunts gone on to eternity, and from my paternal grandmother. I would never cut them up, and store them carefully because we don't have a lot of wall space for hanging them.<br /><br />I remember the first 5 months we lived here on Cedar Pond, there was no electricity up our road, and although I thought it a great inconvenience, the many nights by kerosene lamp and heater , with my 3 young children, were more special than I appreciated at the time. We read together , played games, and talked to each other. Wish I could have some of that time back. Now when I read accounts like yours I think how really wonderful for you to have had that time with your grandparents, and how cozy it was. Oh well, I am writing too much, but again, LOVE this post!<br />Oh, one more thing I love that you said " we're all headed somewhere and most of us are going there there fast!"KathyB.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13076933273610590290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13163430.post-8905595144928046982009-08-15T01:35:29.185-04:002009-08-15T01:35:29.185-04:00I just loved reading the beautiful portrait you pa...I just loved reading the beautiful portrait you painted of life with your grandparents. I just finished reading a wonderful book about a woman who grew up on a farm in the great depression. Is is a memoir with lots of great household tips and recipes. Made me laugh a lot....It's called "little heathens" I think you would love it.<br /><br />KAREN EILEENAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13163430.post-17722129959411498022009-08-14T14:41:24.412-04:002009-08-14T14:41:24.412-04:00Thank you for today's post...what a lovely sto...Thank you for today's post...what a lovely story about your family.<br />I have a lovely crochet white thread with red roses bedspread that my sister made for mom. When my sister past my Mom gave it to me. Since my Mom is now in Heaven with my sister, I cherish it even more.<br />Also...Please include me for the drawing of this quilt...and you are already on my favorite blogs to read.<br />"smile"DianeLynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14628360972411230549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13163430.post-51838242665261437192009-08-14T14:06:24.657-04:002009-08-14T14:06:24.657-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Timihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03334177287615515491noreply@blogger.com