Kindred Spirits articles from June 2004

Kindred Spirits archives from June 2004

The old garden.(Poem)(Illustration)
June 22, 2004... I Here white and red the roses bloom In mellow summer days, And golden lilies start the gloom Of shadowy, winding ways; Dear blossoms planted long ago Make sweet each nook and plot Where lingered many a belle...

Dear Kindred Spirits.
June 22, 2004... Keep your dream, little Marigold, as long as you can. A dream is an immortal thing. Time cannot fill it or age wither it. You may tire of reality but never of dreams. Magic for Marigold Marigold seems very real and enchanting to me...

Our Kindred Spirits share.(Letter to the Editor)
June 22, 2004... There is a book of Revelation in everyone's life, as there is in the Bible. Anne read hers that bitter night, as she kept her agonized vigil. Anne of the Island Dear Kindred Spirits, My morn had a passion for books and loved to...

A fond remembrance.
June 22, 2004... I felt that he was a kindred spirit as soon as ever I saw him. Anne of Green Gables Participants of the Fourth Biennial International Conference in 2000, recall with fondness and admiration the presentation given by Norman and Elaine...

In Soil.(Poem)(Illustration)
June 22, 2004... In Soil My knees are sore. My green thumb aches; But how I love To plant the seeds, To figure out How much it takes, To find out what My garden needs. I kneel in awe, My wonder grows As...

Sailor's Bride.(The Poet's Corner)(Poem)(Illustration)
June 22, 2004... Sailor's Bride 'Twas every evening, At high tide, That a young lass would come Down to the ocean side. In the fading light, She'd gaze out to sea. Whispering in a silent prayer, Please come home to...

A Simple Garden.(Poem)(Illustration)
June 22, 2004... A Simple Garden Marigolds and zinnias All along the wall, Some to bloom in summer, Some to bloom in fall. Imaginary flowers When the ground is cold And, in early springtime, Daffodils of gold. ...

Frank's wheat series.
June 22, 2004... We'll be fifteen to-morrow, said Frank Craig to his cousin, Ned Randall, as they sat on the line-fence between the Craig and the Randall farms one sultry day in August. He said it so soberly that Ned laughed, and asked: Do you feel the...

The clover field.
June 22, 2004... There was room in Marigold's heart for all the rabbits of the world. Magic for Marigold As dusk settled on the Maritimes on an evening in mid-July I stood on the hill top back of my home and looked out over our clover field. A cool...

Chronicles of an old garden.
June 22, 2004... Grandmother's beautiful bluebird centrepiece... was on the table under a bowl of purple delphiniums. Magic for Marigold The natural beauty of garden flowers into the home give that expectant touch of serenity and enchantment thought...

Just imagine: will Montgomery came over Friday evening and took me back to Port Hill. The Selected Journals of LM Montgomery, Vol. I.
June 22, 2004... The Historic Yeo House is a beautiful Gothic Revival Victorian home, built in 1865 at the peak of the shipbuilding era. The home was designed and built by James Campbell for James Yeo Jr. a wealthy shipbuilder. James was the son of James Yeo...

90 Sydney Street.(General Information)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2004... In 1847 an advertisement offered for sale valuable real estate consisting of halftown lot number 8 in the second hundred, together with a recently erected building. Although intended for a mercantile establishment; the notice stated, the...

Bumblebee road.(General Information)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2004... The road outside the gate-one of the pleasant red roads of 'the Island.' Bumblebee Road is a country lane off Route 224 just east of Stanley Bridge corners, where lupins grow abundantly. This location is also close to the old school house....

Log cabin wall hanging.(The Sewing Circle)
June 22, 2004... There's a piece of that very dress in my silk log-cabin quilt in the green chest in the garret. Magic for Marigold Log Cabin Wall Hanging This wall hanging is made up of four Log Cabin blocks with a border of Square in Square...

Summer pilgrimage.
June 22, 2004... Last summer she read a book called 'Rob Roy,' and she made all us girls call ourselves a clan and have a chieftain and wear thistles and tartans. Magic for Marigold This painting by Roselle hangs in the tiny bedroom on the main floor...

A butterfly queen.
June 22, 2004... Tom was collecting butterflies. He had three cases full of them already. Most people who saw them said the collection was a very fine one for a boy of his age to have made, and Tom was very proud of it. But Bertha, Tom's little sister,...

Around the kitchen table.
June 22, 2004... Aunt Flora's Nut Cake 1 2/3 cup flour 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 1/2 cups white sugar 3 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil 1 teaspoon maple flavouring 5 egg yolks 1/2 teaspoon vanilla 3/4 cup lukewarm water 1...

Cradled by the hills.
June 22, 2004... Summer, when strawberries were red on the hill-field and the rain was so sweet in the wild rose cups.... Magic for Marigold Warm summer days bring back wonderful memories of growing up on our farm on the College Grant road in Nova...

The Lesley Homes.
June 22, 2004... Cloud of Spruce, the original Lesley homestead... was on the harbour shore... Magic for Marigold Unscramble the letter to name the homes of Marigold's relatives. Sandy. * Marigold lived at FLDPUCOCEUORS, a cream brick house...