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What do you do on a Sunday
afternoon? Some people visit,
some sleep, some travel and
some entertain. If you have
youngsters like mine, you must
“do something” to keep them
happy.
Ida Risser
So this particular Sunday we
went fishing in our meadow. Only
because none of the older
children wanted to fish did I get
involved. They dug worms and I
got poles ready. The fish nibbled
at the worms, but they weren’t
able to catch any. In fact the
expedition ended when Philip
threw out the line and it caught on
a high tree limb. So we lost
everything “hook, line and
sinker.” Many a person has done
the same.
Years ago, when I went fishing
often a weasel came running
along the creek bank. As I sat
very quietly, he actually ran over
my legs an up on ray lap to sniff
and then left as quickly as he
came.
Another time as I fished just at
dusk, I saw a sight never to be
forgotten. A large flock of wild
geese circled overhead coming
lower all the time. Finally they
landed directly across the creek
in a lightly wooded area. They
were enormous birds. However,
some one else had noticed them
landing and approached, thus
causing them to take off again.
XXX
If the companies who package
“mixes” counted on me to buy
their products, they’d go broke.
And I don’t think it is only
because I have more time than
money. Many recipes are
discarded at our house because
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they ask for a particular biscuit
mix or two or three cans of this or
that soup.
There is a certain satisfaction
in using your own flour or
conrmeal to bake a cake. We like
simple ingredients combined in
an unusual manner and enhanced
with our own herbs or fruits. I’d
venture to guess that many farm
women still make their own pie
crusts and custards.
Mother’s Day this year was
really Flower Day for me
I got a huge Mum plant with
orchid-colored flowers which is
two feet across. And a big sur
prise of two hanging baskets with
fuchsia plants for the porch. It is
so nice to be remembered.
Having a son who worked in a
greenhouse helped too.
2212
P. L. ROHRER & BRO., INC.
Smokttown, Pa.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 27,1972
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SEE ME TODAY!
Farm Women
Calendar
Tuesday, May 31
7:30 p.m. - Farm Women Society
24, Elene’s School of Charm
and Self Improvement,
Lancaster.
Wednesday, June 1
1:30 p.m -- Farm Women Society
17, home of Mrs. Martin
Eshelman, Liberty Square.
Saturday, June 3
Farm Women Society 10, lun
cheon with Society 14, Farm
and Home Center.
For every man, woman and
child in the United States,
American farmers produced 27
bushels of corn during 1971.
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