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It’s me Lydia Tyndall with another Miscellany article for y’all! ****** Corrie ten Boom was born in 1892 in Haarlem, the Netherlands. She grew up in a building called the Beje. It contained a watch shop with living space above it.  Every day throughout her childhood, Corrie and her three siblings would gather and listenContinue reading “Corrie ten Boom”

Hello dear Amy’s Garden readers! I have for you today another Miscellany article! ****** In the middle of the night on June 6, 1944, around 20,000 British, American and Canadian paratroopers dropped into Normandy, France, which was occupied by Nazi Germany. Their goal was to take control of key roads and bridges. The next morningContinue reading “D-Day, why it mattered”

My dear Amy’s Garden readers! This is Lydia Tyndall. In these next few posts I will be publishing articles that I originally wrote for the Miscellany. This one is about Anne Frank. ****** Anne Frank was born on June 12, 1929 in Frankfurt, Germany to Jewish parents Edith and Otto Frank. Her early years wereContinue reading “Anne Frank”

Written by Lydia Tyndall, daughter of Amy Tyndall, with input from Luke Tyndall, son of Amy Tyndall. Hello my dear Amy’s Garden readers! This week our family went on a vacation to Belleair Beach in Florida. In this blog post I will be telling all of you about it, through pictures and captions!!!!!!!!!!! (Exciting right…?)Continue reading “Our Trip to Florida!!!!!!”

In the fall of 2020, the world was still hunkered down, frightened to come out into the open too quickly, and our family found itself without a homeschool community. Suddenly we would not have any outside support in writing instruction. I was concerned that I would not be able to motivate my two students toContinue reading “Young Writers Miscellany”

We have had a bluebird box on our property for several years. Usually, a bluebird couple raises two broods in it per year. This year, we found a different type of nest. At first I thought this was a tufted titmouse nest. It fits the general structure: mostly moss, lined with dried grass and fur.Continue reading “Nests!”

Distressed denim is certainly all the rage at the moment. I am expanding “distressed” trend to include houseplants, specifically my prized fiddle-leaf fig tree. I recently refreshed the soil in its pot, and while I was at it I cut back the roots quite a bit. Google tells me my plant is probably suffering fromContinue reading “Distressed”

Yesterday we hosted a birthday party for Lydia. In lieu of gifts, we asked the guests to bring items to pack in shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child. Lydia and Luke have both enjoyed packing shoeboxes for several years. We were joined by family and friends, along with two volunteers on the Operation Christmas Child year-roundContinue reading “Operation Christmas Child Birthday Party”

A guest post by Lydia Tyndall. Mark Twain is one of America’s most well-known authors, and he is from right here in Missouri. Samuel Langhorne Clemens, who would later adopt the pen name Mark Twain, was born on November 30, 1835 in a two room house in Florida, Missouri. Halley’s comet streaked across the skyContinue reading “Mark Twain”

Our family has a long tradition of entering items in the Life and Arts department of our local fair. This year I entered only one item, which was in the antiques category. It was an old McCall’s pattern catalog from 1910. Lydia entered several items. The most impressive is the grand-champion double-knit globe hat. InContinue reading “Fair Entries”