Mrs. Pearl Martin: “I’ve got two feather beds and a straw bed. I’m goin’t’keep that straw bed as along as I live. I take an’ empty my straw out and sun it and put it back in, and it’s just as clean and pretty as it ever were, you know. Course nobody don’t lay on it only just now and then. I’ve got a mattress on top of it, y’know.
“We used t’, when we’s a’comin’up children—you see, they’d cut and thresh their wheat and rye ever’year. Well, y’see we’d fill our beds up ever’year. Ever’year. And now, since they’ve quit that, why I had one full and I just kep’ it. Just sun it and wash the’tick’n’things. And it’s just as good as it ever was. I’m keepin’ it for a keepsake. I don’t have to use it at all, but I just want t’keep it. And I’ve got two feather beds. I’ve got one from m’momma, and Oscar’s got one from his momma. So we just swing along.”
—The Foxfire Book
I’ve never slept on a straw tick bed nor even a feather bed. I can’t imagine I’d like either as well as I do my bed, but I can see why Mrs. Martin has her keepsake to remind her of days of childhood.
Yesterday several folks wanted to see a fairy cross. Here’s a few photos.
Katie found this one here in Brasstown
Photo taken at the Cherokee County Historic Museum by Strange Carolinas
Today’s Thankful November giveaway is a very well used copy of The Foxfire Book. To be entered in the giveaway leave a comment on this post. Giveaway ends November 11, 2025.
Last night’s video: I Drove Matt’s Tractor.
Tipper
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The crosses are absolutely beautiful. A natural creation of our God. It would be lovely to have a small collection of them. I always look for rocks that are heart shaped and enjoy them when I find them. Not really a collector, I enjoy picking them up and holding on to them. I keep them in different places and enjoy them over and over when I come upon them once in a while. I’d love to have a few crosses to do the same. Miss Tipper I just loved your first tractor drive. You were just like a teen’s driving her first car. Loved it. And the log splitter demo was awesome. Matt does act like he’s giving over for retirement. . Have a great cozy time around the fire and stay warm. Love to everyone today, tomorrow and always.
Fun story and neat pictures!
I have slept both on feather and straw beds. They have good insulation to keep you warm but can be prickly if you don’t have something between you and the ticking. I stopped using natural stuffing when I found out all the unhealthy things straw or feathers can harbor. They are a magnet for dust mites and other creepy crawlies. They weren’t as much of a problem in old poorly heated houses because the cold could kill many of them. In newer climate controlled homes this doesn’t happen and those things love a warm body near them. In the old days, the straw or feather fillings were replaced frequently to keep these pests out of the house. Sleep tight and don’t let the bedbugs bite was a real thing.
I remember a feather bed from many many years ago. Sometimes the shaft of the feathers would come out and poke me if I didn’t lie still. Ha. I don’t know if I’ll win a copy of the book, but I’ve got the same chance as anyone else I reckon!
It was a real treat to sleep in a feather bed back when I was a little girl. Grandpa had the only one and it would fluff up like a cloud. He also had a long feather bolster that served as the pillows and it ran crossways at the head of the four poster bed. Every now and then, he’d “let” me sleep with him if I didn’t wiggle too much. His bedroom was warmest in winter and the coolest in summer. He wouldn’t sleep with sweet little Grandma because she snored!
I remember sleeping on a feather bed as a kid at my aunts house in Oklahoma. She would put the feather mattresses on in the winter. One morning after we got up she made up our bed and I sat on it after she was done. Oh buddy! I got in trouble! The beds are so difficult to make up and get smooth. I never did that again.
The word “Tick” in this instance describes the cloth that the mattresses were made of. It was a strong, tightly woven fabric that resisted the sticks and pricks of the padding that was stuffed inside them. Straw and feathers weren’t the only filling for the mattresses. Other things used include wool, horsehair, cotton and down from ducks, geese and chickens. Chickens have down too. If you catch them after they molt when the new feathers are growing back in you’ll have something to rival eiderdown.
the fairy crosses are neat,,,,id love a foxfire book
The fairy crosses are very nice ,haven’t heard of them,but grew up hearing of and visiting who Daddy called the little people above Glenville. My husband & I stayed at an inn in Waynesville once & there was so much down filled bedding you had to dig your way out! Very comfortable as it was cold weather at the time. Haven’t experienced a straw tick one though.
Those fairy crosses are incredible. Thank you for the pictures!
So cool that Katie found one thanks for sharing the photos with us as I’ve never seen these. And…yesterday’s video was a blast watching you drive that tractor!
We’ll used copy is better than new.
The fairy crosses are truly a mystery. Amazing. Thank you for sharing the pictures.
I slept on a feather bed with my Grandma when I was a little kid . You sink down pretty far, as I remember. It was fun for me back then.
I loved watching you drive the tractor. You are a spunky lady and up for anything ! Looked like fun!
Prayers for your family! Sending hugs
My grandmother had a feather bed.
I loved seeing pictures of the fairy crosses. Growing up we slept on mattresses made of corn shucks. In the fall when the corn was put in the barn loft, Mom and her daughters would gather the soft inner shucks and stuff them in a tick mattress cover that my mother made. They would last until the next fall. I would love a Foxfire book.
Love the story ! Love the fairy crosses ! Love the comments ! Love to you all !
My daddy used to talk about sleeping on a feather bed. There were ten children in the family and there was a bed for his mama and daddy, the four girls had two beds, and the boys slept three to a bed and they were all made of feathers. Happy times but simple times as he would say.
Thank you for sharing the pictures of the fairy crosses. They are beautiful!!
Tipper, thank you for sharing a picture of the “fairy crosses”with those of us who have never heard of them or seen them before. They’re really beautiful and so unique!
Tipper,
I’m wondering if any readers have ever heard of or slept on a corn shuck mattress. I have slept on them years ago.
The hard end, thankfully, was cut off the shucks and those mattresses actually weren’t too uncomfortable.
They had to be changed often because the dried shucks would grind into fine dust or if a child wet the bed, they had to be discarded.
That is so neat! I wish I had a fairy cross…if I did I’d send it to Katie and see if she could make a necklace out of it. Wouldn’t that be an interesting piece of jewelry! Every time someone asked about it I’d get to tell them the story of how they came to be
Love the fairy crosses. Never seen them. I loved the look on your face when you drove the tractor!! Sheer happiness. And Matt saying he had called the insurance company to be sure all was good! Baahaahaahaa. Love and prayers to all and Granny too. We are praying for your whole family.
I remember sleeping on a straw tick mattress at grandma’s house when I was a boy. I can remember the straw stabbing me through the material in which it was contained. I reminisce about those days and wonder how people survived. Times were hard, people cared more for each other, families were closer, the country was not as divided, and life seemed to be simpler and more innocent than it is today. We, as Americans, need to experience those days of straw tick and feather mattresses. Thank you Tipper for providing us with information about a culture that we seem to be losing and that is quickly dying. Thanks for keeping that Appalachian culture and heritage alive. Prayers for you and your family, especially for sweet little Granny. Give her a big hug for me!
Such an amazing story, plus the fact that Katie actually found one.
Great post. Reminds of the first home we bought back in 1969. It was an old farm house that use to be on one side of the lake and one winter when the ice was thick the house was sold and moved across the lake by a team of oxen. That happened in the late 1890s. We loved the house because it was old but there wasn’t a 90′ angle in the entire house due to its being moved across the ice. If you’ve read my posts before this is the same house that wad attached to the barn where I had a meeting with a skunk. The barn was loaded with antique farm equipment and barn boards from another structure. I used the barn boards to make a floor I. the upstairs for the twin boys. As we wanted to make the living room look “old” my wife asked me to remove the ceiling. I did and found that the insulation used in the ceiling wad saw dust. Yes saw dust. And as I removed the saw dust I found many tunnels of mice, rats, and squirrels running through it. Also found many corn cobs with the kernels removed. Yes old houses can be fun and interesting but also a lot of work. There was no insulation in the walls so the winter winds blew right through them. We thankfully had two wood burning stoves that heated the house quite nicely. As a side note my wife and I’s bedroom was so cold during the winter that the glass of water next to my side of the bed would be frozen by morning. Have a blessed day. Just saw your daughter on YouTube stating that Granny wasn’t doing well and she was very emotional. That’s love coming through. Continue to pray for Granny. Again have a blessed day and I would not want to sleep on a straw mattress either.
Thanks for the photos of the crosses!
My Granny had a feather bed and us kids loves to lay on it. As an adult I dont think i would like it but sure have good childhood memories.
I never heard of the Foxfire books before I read your blog. I would enjoy reading one.
Tipper, you looked good on that tractor & no doubt you will master it. Matt was very kind with his instructions. My deceased husband would have been a bit grumpy & impatient. Thanks for telling us about the fairy stones-would love to find one or just have one. My grandmother had feather beds & pillows, and I slept on them as a child & they were so soft & comfortable. I remember her feather mattresses were very very thick. As a very young child if I had known there were feathers in the mattress & pillows, I would not have gone near them. I was scared to death of feathers when I was little & Mom would put a feather or 2 on the lower branches of our Christmas tree so I wouldn’t bother the tree. Today is my 74th birthday & my sweet Mom turned 99 on November 5.
Cheryl-Happy Happy Birthday 🙂
Great blog today, Tipper. I enjoyed the story, and of course the pictures of the fairy crosses.
Thank you for showing pictures of the fairy crosses. Did the Cherokee Indians carve those for ceremonial purposes or something like that? Their artistry has always been magnificent. I lived in North Carolina but never heard about those crosses.
Praying for your family and especially Granny.
MaryKaye, the rocks are not carved 🙂 They naturally occur in that shape.
I love the Foxfire books. We used to buy one for my Daddy each birthday and Christmas.
I love the story of the fairy crosses. Thanks for sharing.
I’m thrilled to get to see the fairy cross picture! Their creation is a mystery, for sure!
I had never heard let alone seen fairy crosses. Thanks for sending us the pictures.
Thank you for sharing the fairy cross pictures
Thanks for the photo! My grandparents had straw beds and refilled them every year. The bed bottom was rope!
Good morning
Would love to win this book. Is there a way I can order this book?
Yes visit Foxfire here: https://www.foxfire.org/ 🙂
I had never heard of fairy crosses, so I hope one day I get to see one!
Thank you for the pictures of the fairy crosses & I agree about liking my own bed!
Thank you for posting the pictures of the fairy crosses. Ms. Tipper, you did a great job driving Matt’s tractor and Matt was so patient with his instructions, great job!
As always, praying for Granny.
Thanks for showing us some fairy crosses. I’ve never seen one before.
I’ve never seen one either, Larry. But they are so interesting.
I had never heard of fairy crosses before now, that’s very interesting, the feather ticks and straw ticks however I have heard of and my Grandmother had ones many years ago. I never slept on it thank goodness, but she did have one. I saw you Ms Tipper driving that tractor just like a pro-fessional. I had never heard of the Foxfire books either until now, I have however searched and scoured the web to accumulate all the other wonders you have offered up via your blog and YouTube channel, or as many as that are still available. I am currently digesting Snowbird Gravy and Dishpan Pie, thank you for enriching our lives with your Appalachian heritage and knowledge.
Growing up my grandpa had a feather bed in the spare room. When you slept in it, at first it was so fluffy, like a cloud…either the pokey ends of duck feathers in it. But, by the time I woke up, it would woller out where you laid, you would be like a hotdog in a bun, stuck. He had an outhouse til the mid 80s too. I’d give anything to hear one of his big belly laughs today.
Praying for Granny and all yall.
Those pictures of the fairy crosses are beautiful, how I would love to find one! I can’t say I’ve ever slept on a straw bed or feather bed, but if I had a choice to sleep on either it would be a feather bed. Sounds much softer.
Have a good day everyone!
Correction to my comment : “And the straw tick” in the summer •Please pardon my typing!
As a young’un growin’ up in Eastern Kentucky, I slept many years on a straw or feather tick mattress. The feather tuck in the winter and the straw tick in the winter; however, on a bunk bed built out in the space of the roof. Four of us boys slept upstairs – two in an old iron bed with a mattress; one on an army iron cot; and myself on the bunk bed. No doubt, in the winter with no central heat, I was always the warmest of the bunch. Summertime was pretty warm, tho even tho I was sleeping on the straw tick. We changed the straw each year; but, believe the feather tick was used a bit longer before being changed out. My grandparents slept in a cherry four poster bed strung with ropes and also used a feather and straw tick for many years. We had a “back to back” fireplace in the two front rooms in which they slept in one. Those fireplaces and a wood burning kitchen stove provided our heat source; remember many times grabbin’ my britches and putting them on in front of one of those fireplaces. I am privileged to own that old four poster, today ……. And have lots of great memories of my childhood!
TY for showing us Katie’s Fairy stone. I saw web sites for places to hunt them all over NC and VA. I’ve slept on straw n’ tick mattresses and feather n’ tick. They aren’t comfy but after a wee or so ya don’t mind much. I really enjoyed yesterdays post on youtube. I keep all of y’all in my prayers and thank you for praying for me and my family. I also pray for our country. I love y’all.
Yay, Tipper you drove the tractor!! I was going to send an email to Matt cause I was concerned about him becoming too comfortable driving the tractor on uneven ground till I heard him say you had to be careful cause it could turn over on you. I’ve been told that most of my adult life and even a riding mower can turn over on you on a hillside. Don’t ever want him to become over confident in driving it cause I don’t want him or any of you to get hurt on it. My son has a hunter friend who’s son was out on his 4-wheeler when it turned over on him and killed him. Just be safe. God bless and have a great week.
Dee, I catch myself being too careless sometimes on hillsides especially with my mower when cutting out my county road ditch in front of my house. My mower is a larger size than the ones you see at Home Depot or Lowe’s. I disconnected the seat safety switch and hang one big cheek off the upper side of the mower. I have several older tricycle/narrow Farmall front end tractors and never considered them unsafe on hillsides unless it was very steep. The rear wheels are spread out to about 9 feet between them. The Avery tractor I mentioned in my first comment also has a tricycle front end and only about 6 feet between the rear wheels, I am more careful with it. It is idiots like me you hear about being killed. I have also been known to guide the tractor with the brakes if the front wheels were off the ground, but when doing this my left foot is at or on the clutch pedal. Tractors have an individual brake pedal for each back wheel, this is to keep front end from sliding when turning in a soft dirt plowed field.
Is “So we just swing along?” a common expression in Appalachia? Loved that!
I’ve not heard it in my area but it might be in other areas 🙂
Thanks for sharing the Fairy Crosses, first ones I have ever seen.
Thank you Tipper for the pics of the stone crosses. It was a wonderful story and now I have the complete picture in my head. What a precious gift to own one!
When I was a child we had a feather bed. We lived in my uncle’s log hunting cabin, and the pot bellied stove couldn’t keep us warm enough in the brutal winters of Northern Wisconsin. My mom and I slept under the feather bed (or feather thick) In and it kept us mighty warm. Kids, as you know, often throw off their blankets at night. There was no way to throw off that feather thick! In late spring when it got too hot to sleep under the thick, mom would take it outside and lightly beat it with the straw carpet beater and air it out before it was stored.
Skip me for the drawing as I most likely have the Foxfire book. I think I slept as a boy on a feather bed at my Grandma’s. She did have geese and they were – I think – for the purpose of feather pillows and mattresses. But in the 1950’s they were well on their way to fading out. I remember being afraid of the geese because they were near about as tall as me and loud and mean to boot. The thing that occurs to me about the Foxfire books is that they are intended to be a whole that altogether shows the traditional Appalachian way of life. But the putting of it all together has to be in the mind of the reader to “live” in the place and the time. And behind all the activities, skills, tools, etc was a wealth of “know-how” and “know-why” that is easier to miss than the physical artifacts. That is a particular difficulty of just display.
I can’t imagine sleeping on a straw tick bed, but I guess if I had to, I would get used to it!
I slept on a feather bed when I was young. A feather bed below you and a stack of quilts on top made for some warm sleeping on a cold winters night. With sinking down in that feather bed and the weight of the quilts on top of you it was hard for a little fellow to turn over.
I already have a copy of the Foxfire books.
You did good driving the tractor.
I visited Switzerland about 20 years ago and stayed at some friends’ little country chalet. I didn’t sleep on a featherbed but under one. It was a deliciously warm and fluffy covering. It was summertime but nights were cold that near the alps, so the tick was a welcome amenity!
Tractors are fun. I’m glad you’re driving it because they come in handy for moving heavy things as we get older. I’ve even used the bucket as a platform to reach high spots on the house.
We would sleep on a feather mattress at my grandparents’ house. It was one of those that you sank into. In winter, being able to sink into a feather mattress helped to keep us warm. The downside was trying to make the bed in the morning with this massive, shifting thing that never smoothed out quite right. It was a workout in and of itself: no one needed a gym if they made their bed every morning. This was in the 1950s when standard mattresses were used by everyone but our grandparents’ refused to get them.
I don’t remember sleeping on a feather mattress but I do remember having feather pillows. Someone mentioned probably not much sleep on a corn shuck mattress, I expect back at that time when considering how hard people worked they didn’t have any trouble sleeping on a corn shuck mattress.
I have always loved tractors, I have been told before I was old enough to even remember crying when Daddy would crank up his BF Avery tractor if he didn’t sit me in his lap and ride me around in the yard for a few minutes. Does Matt ride his grandsons on his tractor? Driving a tractor with a hydrostatic transmission is no harder or much different from driving a car with an automatic transmission. Learning to use a clutch on our tractor had a lot to do with me having no problems with driving manual transmission vehicles. I even got my drivers license driving a manual (three on the tree) Ford Falcon.
He has 🙂
We’ve certainly gotten soft as a modern society. But I guess if a straw or cornshuck stuffed mattress was all you ever had, you wouldn’t know there was anything that felt better. After working as hard everyday as our ancestors did, I imagine a mattress of any kind felt good at the end of the day.
This post makes me think of John Denver’s song about “Grandmas feather bed”. Now I will be thinking of those lyrics all day. .
Thank you for the pictures – so interesting! God bless!
Thank you for all amazing Hill folk history. I have slept on a feather bed, on a sleeping porch in an old house on the Atlantic Ocean. Was the best rest ever!
I may have posted some of this before. When I was a kid if weather was bad we were mostly in the house causing chaos and Mom was handy with a peach tree limb. Mom may have raised some idiots but I wasn’t one of them. I quickly learned to go to the smokehouse loft and sleep on Grandma’s old feather mattress. When she gave up living alone and moved in with one of her daughters Dad moved a few things to the loft to keep. It usually took a couple of minutes to get sharp quills away from my face and get comfortable before I could drift off. Meanwhile my sisters were enjoying applications of Peachtree tea. I didn’t like the straw tick as much because it took to long to get the ‘pokey’ ends adjusted.
I Googled the crosses and was fascinated by the combination of materials/formation as well as the story behind he legend. In regards to bedding; if a feather mattress is anything like the feather pillows at one of my granny’s houses when I was a kid, I wouldn’t want to sleep on it either (quills poking through the ticking and “sticking” me).
How large are the crosses. The size of a quarter ? Dime ? Or larger . Smaller ?
Mark, all of the above 🙂 they vary in sizes.
I’ve never seen anything like those rocks and for sure they are beautiful! As a child growing up I remember going down south at Christmas time and sleeping in my Grandmother’s feather bed. It was wonderful and I was covered up with Grandmother’s quilts. Felt so warm and loved. Mother gifted me two feather pillows when I was married. My husband loved them:)
Thank you so much for pics of the fairy crosses! I had never heard of these rocks before Iiread it here!
The story of the straw bed was so interesting! I love hearing and learning new things. Those crosses are amazing!
Tipper, thank you from the bottom of my heart for the lovely photos of fairy crosses. I could not have imagined how intricately and detailed with multi dimensions these tiny stone relics are without seeing them. They look like tiny gargoyles once attached to church ceilings, but here’s the question-how-WITHOUT DIVINE REVELATION would a Native American have heard about Jesus or known even what a cross was BEFORE Europeans arrived here? Who taught them to carve stones in that shape and how did they do it? When I was a child there was an old lady well into her 90’s who had a home furnished mostly with tick bedding filled with leaves and some sort of straw and she would “freshen up and add to annually.” Also, the old people bathed once a week and washed up daily. I never smelled them stinking either. I recall asking mommy (my beloved daddy’s mama who raised me) if I saw her in a bath or freshly bathed “Where are ya goin’?” She’d respond with something like “Can’t a person just take a bath without having g to go somewhere?” Lol To me those were THE GREATEST DAYS OF MY LIFE!!! I hope to see mommy relatively soon-10 years sounds mighty fine to me-mighty fine. As a RN-70 years is a good run and any years after that are simply a gift of the Lord… I can’t wait to hug her, kiss her and walk with her holding her precious hands….
Nobody carved them. Those stones are crystals. Like rubies, emeralds and sapphires, God grew them!
Thanks for sharing the fairy cross photos.
Due to lots of allergies, I’ll keep my mattress!
Foxfire books are an entertaining read!
Tipper, great job on driving the tractor.. never know when Matt may need help!!
Darlene Moore- did you by any chance donate the bed to John Rice Irwin’s Museum of Appalachian?
Everyone have a great day.
Our ancestors were people of strength who could invent and make a way. Straw Ticks were common place no so far back in thinking that my daddy slept on them. We are blessed to have such a thing as a good mattress. Life was so hard for them, but I can honestly say that I don’t think I ever heard them complain. God bless you all today and remember that this is the Lord’s day. Let us rejoice and be glad in it.
I’d never seen a Fairy Cross until now. I see why the stories are legendary among the Indian tribes. Thank you for sharing the photos today and the story about them yesterday.
So proud of your success in driving the tractor Tipper. Dad would let us girls drive old blue if we wanted to. My sister drove it, but our hill was very steep and I was afraid to try it. My sister drove it once. Thank you for sending the photo of the fairy crosses. I have never heard of them or that story. It was really interesting. God bless.
And now I’ll have John Denver singing “Grandma’s Featherbed” in my mind all day. What a fun song!
I would treasure a copy of a Foxfire book from you, Tipper.
I slept on a feather bed at my grandmother’s house and it was the best. Never had better sleep.
My mother and daddy slept on a feather bed until their deaths in 1994. It was very warm in the winter time with a quilt or two on it but it was very hot in the summer time. I do not know how they stood the heat since we did not have air conditioning until 1960 only open windows and a 12 inch oscillating fan. I slept on a corn shuck mattress once when visiting a person and it was not a pleasant experience.
Thanks for posting the picture. It would be nice to find one of the crosses.
Thank you for showing us the fairy crosses! Loved seeing you drive the tractor Tipper!
Thanks for the pic of the fairy cross. I would love to find one. I have never slept on either one of those beds. I always thought the straw would be sticky, though, and stick through the material and poke you.
The crosses are beautiful! Thanks for sharing the photos.
Good morning Tipper and Tipper fans! I’m glad someone asked to see the fairy cross!! I never thought to ask that, and they are definitely cross like and quite unique!! Fox Fire books are so interesting and full of knowledge. I will keep hoping one comes my way! Hoping you and your family, especially sweet Granny, are doing well. Hope everyone has a great day, and may God’s blessing fall on you all!!
I am fascinated by the fairy crosses and hope to see them in person this summer. I donated my great grandmother’s feather bed to a museum of East TN. I love the Foxfire books and would be proud to win this one. Thank you.
Thank you for posting the photos of the Fairy Crosses, the legend is interesting to read, that’s for sure.
I’ve never slept on a tick or feather bed, I don’t think my allergies would allow it, but I’ve heard a feather bed is warm and comfortable.
Folks might want to consider visiting Fairystone State Park in Stuart, Virginia . It’s not too far from the NC state line.
Thank you for the pic of the fairy cross. I’ll have to keep my open to see if i can find one.
Thank you so much for sharing the photos of the fairy crosses! I had never heard of then before your story… and I’m fascinated by it! ❤️ How amazing!!
I could not imagine sleeping on a straw tick mattress. It makes me a little thankful for modern conveniences when I think about it.
I love those fairy crosses. I am always looking for heart shaped rocks because of your girls, now I also want a fairy cross some day! Thanks again for sharing!
Thanks for posting pictures of fairy crosses. I don’t believe I’ve seen one.
I have seen a corn shuck filled mattress before. Not much sleep had on one of those I imagine. The foxfire book probably has them in it.
My granny had feather mattresses. They were so soft. I love sleeping on them.
Nothing beats a cozy bed.
I’ve layed on a feather bed when I was a child. Since I’ve been grown I only have had regular mattresses from today, so I was blessed.
Foxfire books are great!
Loved sleeping on a feather mattress at grandparents house, warm and cozy in the winter but hot in the summer. Love a new read.
Thanks for the pictures.
Reading really does transport you to another place. I could just picture her doing all that.
They sure worked hard and never wasted a thing.
I’m like you Tipper! Can’t recollect sleeping on either. Seems the straw would be “buggy” and the feathers “prickly!”
I lived with my grandma back in the mountains for a long time. We heated and cooked with coal, it was what we had. At night we would put the fire to bed so we could start 5hem up in the morning. Then we would get comfortable in a wonderful feather bed with grandma’s handmade quilts. I have never felt as warm, comfortable and surrounded by love as those nights.
In all my years I’ve never heard of or seen fairy crosses. They are beautiful. Thank you for sharing your wonderful memories and life. It enriches mine.
I loved that she kept it to remind her of her past. I’ve got things like that too.
The fairy crosses are very interesting and so perdy. Each one is very unique. Thank you for sharing the picture. I was trying to imagine it yesterday.
God bless all y’all!
good morning friend, thank you for praying for my brother God bless you very much, God bless Granny Wilson
I think those rocks are cooler than the rose rocks we have herein Oklahoma….proud you jumped up on the tractor and got the feel of it….anxious to hear tonight’s reading.