Hitty Laura learns about apple butter:

It is five am on friday morning and I see lights going on. Hitty Laura my person says, Do you want to help us make apple butter today. Yesterday the apples were peeled with our 1889 apple peeler.




This has been in our family for years. It peels and cores apples.


The first things we do is bring the apples out of the shed.



We have eight of these buckets for the apple butter. They have to be washed before they go into the kettle.




Next they go into a copper kettle. We use to use wood underneath the kettle to cook the apples. Now we use a gas burner that is hooked to a gas tank to cook apples. You use a paddle to stir the butter so it does not stick.




After the apples are all cooked up, it is cooked for hours to cook all the water out of it. Then sugar is added to the apples. Then it is cooked another hour. Then the spices, cinnamon, cloves and oil of cinnamon are added to it. The heat under the kettle is turned off and the apple butter is put into jars to seal. We made about 20 gallons of apple butter.




It was a beutiful day, we had so much fun-work and lots to eat. Now we are all resting. Oh my .......what a day zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Hitty Maria and Cider Making

Here is the cider press that will crush the apples. It will separate the seeds and peelings and let the cider flow at the bottom to a pan.



First we have to wash all the apples. We had over five bushel to wash. These all were dropped apples that have dropped from the tree to the ground.




The apples go into the top of the press.



Then you turn the crank and the seeds and peelings drop down to the barrel .







Here comes the cider.The barrel has a top to it now and it presses the apples and pushes all the cider out of it.




The pan with the cider then goes over to the table and poured through a cloth to remove any seeds that might of got into the pan.



Then the cider is put through a funnel and into the jug and a lid put on it.




Look at all the gallons we got. We got almost 15 gallons.




The peelings and seeds are put into the scoop of the tractor to be taken down to the cows-they will enjoy them.




This is Marshall and Vianna Fletcher who had the apple press and let us come up and they showed us how to make the cider.Thanks Marshall and Vianna-it was fun and the cider is soooooooo good.

Yeah-new Hitty?????????????????????????????????

Linda just brought in this long package, yippeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee we got a new Hitty coming to live with us Yippeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee/ She must be bringing her belongings with her say Butch. The box is soooooooo long says Archie. Hey girls come here see our new Hitty come on come on What is all the shouting about says Gerty, Marcia and Tommi?Water ASAp?????????
Jeepersssssssssssssssssss says Archie and Marcia she sure is a tall one for sure. Oh my.................................................
Well as you see it is not a new Hitty, our person Linda got some birthday money and wanted an orchid so she ordered one-this is not any ordinary orchid this is an orchid that will smell like you open up a box of chocolates- it is called a Sharry Baby -Sweet Fragrance-you all know Linda and chocolate. Butch and Archie are giving it its first drink-Have a great day Everyone/

A trip into West by God Virginia

Hitty Gertie, Hitty Marcia wake up, Linda says. What oh my it is still dark Linda what is going on. I want you to go with us today. We are going with the family to West Virginia to see some interesting spots. Yippeeeeeeeeeeeee we say.

We are in the car for what seems like forever. Our pegs are so stiff. Okay we are here girls, Linda says. Where is here. Blackwater falls she says. We walk down some steps .Oh my we are being lifted up up up to two sets of small hands. Hi says Chloe and Skylar, Lindas great=granddaughters.




We go down some more steps and read about the falls.



The falls are so noisy but oh so Beautiful/




Another picture of the falls.






Down some more steps and oh my goodness isn't these just gorgeous.We decide to go over to the other side of the falls to see what it looks like from there.



We see something very special in the falls-if you look real close you can see it. it is a promise from God. We hope you can see it.





We leave the falls and head up to canaan Valley to take a ride on the ski lifts. We climb, and climb the mountians. We are way up high and we don't look down.



We then head up to Seneca Rocks for a picnic lunch. We are so busy eating and talking that we all forgot to take pictures.

We go next to a place called Smoke Hole caverns where we see these iceciccles called stalactites and stalamites.



Hitty Gertie says oh myyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy it is so dark-lets go now.We were so glad to get outa there.



We all get back into the car and Linda tells us to rest until we get home. It was such a great day-but our pegs are sore and weeeeeeeeeeee are sooooooo zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz/
Love, Hitty gertie and Hitty Marcia

Gusty Winds in Flintstone and The Maypole

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The Yabba Dabba Hittys heard the wind blowing all night long. It seemed as if they would blow the roof off of the house. Some went out this morning to see what damabe it had done.Archie brought out the mower while the others picked up all the sticks and set up everything that was knocked down.



After the yard was mowed the girls decided to get out and put up there maypole. It was so much fun to go around and around the Maypole. Person Linda said it brought memories of when she was a student at Wiley ford Elementary School a long time ago.

Lunch at Twiggtown

I was invited to Bettyanne Twiggs for a luncheon for our homemakers and a couple friends. While we ladies ate and talked, Hitty gerty, Mrs Sags and Peggy Sue looked around. Bettyanne has many dolls living with her.

We sit here on top of this roombox a wondering what is inside of it.

Hitty Gerty says lets have a look Peggy Sue. Mrs Sags has already went to take a closer look.

This is the inside of the roombox. It is just beautiful.

Mrs Sags looks at the table and the food and dishes on it.There is even a pig with an apple in its mouth. Fantastic////

I would go in, says Peggy Sue, but looks a tad little for me.




Now this would be a kitchen that I would like. I bet my Mr. Sags would like all of these goodies. Oh my can hardly wait to see him.

We find a smaller roombox upstairs. They are decorting for Halloween, look inside box is a Christmas tree.

I bet Ms Linda would love this small doll. Ms Linda LOOKIEEEEEEEEEE/

I have heard of these. They are called jacks, I wonder if I could play them. Oh no we were told to look and no touching/

Hello, who are you. Hi my name is Hitty Gerty we are visiting/

This is our last doll we have seen. We have enjoyed our visit. Oh come on Gerty , and Peggy and Mrs Sags, Linda is saying it it time to go.

Hitty Barb, Hitty Fung and Hope Pru go for a visit to see Chloe, Skylar and friends

Here we are in our tote to go visit with our Moms Great-granddaughters, Chloe and Skylar. Chloe has invited us up to see her barbie dollhouses and we are so excited.

Hi Hitty Fung, Hitty barb and Hope Pru, I am soo happy to have you come visit my Barbies and see there home, come on in. says Chloe.

Hitty Fung and Pru decide to get silly. Girls says Hitty Barb behave yourselves.

The barbie cheerleaders decide to show us what they can do. Bravo Bravo/ Bravo/

Oh my your home is just wonderful says Hitty Barb.

The girls go out to see the kitchen. This is a wonderful kitchen says Pru. One of Barbies pets comes in for a visit.


This is my baby sister, Skylar, says Chloe. Let me down, I want to see what you all are doing/

Hitty Barb loves this horse, I just wonder if I can take this one home with me she says. Hitty Fung thinks this horse is so pretty. Hitty Barb is taking a ride on the carriage and Pru tags along on the horse.



The carriage and the horses are so much fun, yippeeeeeeee/

Hitty Barb decides to take Hitty Fung for a ride. Do you have your license to drive Hitty Fung asks her? License, what license? Oh no says Hitty Fung/



Before we leave Choe wants us to see the sunflowers. She says these have ediable seeds. We climb up to get a closer look. You have to wait til they are done growing. They are so tall now we think.
Thanks Chloe for letting us visit your dolls and dollhouses, we had so much fun/