In still moments by the sea life seems large-drawn and simple. ~ Rolf Edberg

Welcome to my personal blog. I love family history, living by the sea, walking in the woods, nature photography, and collecting words and pictures.
~ Barbara Rodgers

My 2nd-great-grandmother, Annie Eliza Baker, and her daughter, standing behind her, my great-grandmother, Amanda Eliza Hamblin.

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Still, what I want in my life is to be willing to be dazzled – to cast aside the weight of facts and maybe even to float a little above this difficult world.
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What is the singing of birds, or any natural sounds, compared with the voice of one we love?
~ Henry David Thoreau

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