Tea for Three

In different parts of the world you simply have tea at the tired time of the day. At Acorn Hill a tea party can happen when you least expect it.

Tea parties have been revived from when Sarah Daffodil hosted them. Autumn Fern is the new hostess, although she does not care for being one. She told Main House First Lady Mom that she would rather be served.

The attendees, in addition to Mom are, Mayor Asher Ply Wood, Pastor Eli Hemlock and Autumn Fern. The "tea" is hot chocolate most of the time. It is never tea. The party enjoys whatever food is on hand, like cheese and crackers, grapes and chocolate chips. The conversation is solely, "More tea please."

Acorn Hill Shorts

Thud! Autumn Fern falls out of bed and cuts her lip.

Higher and higher rises Mayor Asher Ply Wood's tower. His foundation has been made sturdy, which allows the great height. A brave army guy crowns the top. Ply Wood is proud.

Mayor Asher Ply Wood, Autumn Fern and Pastor Eli Hemlock enjoy food, fun and fellowship at their spaghetti dinner.

Sarah Daffodil enjoys spinning with her new spinning wheel. She has spinned wool and angora.

Pastor Eli Hemlock discovers just how high he can jump.

Acorn Hill loans out Nathaniel Barn Loft as a volunteer to help keep Clarkesville beautiful.

Les Addicted?

It all started with a Christmas gift- a hardcover Les Miserables by Victor Hugo. Not a day goes by when this book, musical, movie or cd set isn't referred to in the Main House.

Those in Sarah Daffodil's path get to hear what she read the night before in the breakfast hour. Sometimes she reads sections aloud. Mayor Asher Ply Wood and Autumn Fern enjoy re-enacting the barricades scene. At dinnertime clean-up, Daffodil and Nathaniel Barn Loft can be overheard discussing the story. When Pastor Eli Hemlock needs direction, Daffodil is more than pleased to show him scenes of the musical or the movie trailer.

Daffodil's interest in Les Miserables have lead to studies of Napoleon, the Battle at Waterloo, social justice, character studies and early 1800s French society, so far.

Denim Takes on New Life

Can you believe Caring and Sharing was having a $4 bag sale the same day that Sarah Daffodil set her mind to make personalized skirts? What a thrill. What a frenzy.

Daffodil attacked the jumper rack, which would provide big pieces of denim material. There were all sorts of shades of blue denim. When mom suggested some green denim where the jeans hung, Daffodil's eyes widened. The jean rack became her next victim.

The sewing machine got busy catching up to Daffodil's designer mind. She successfully made a skirt with purple irises, one with whimsical flowers, a plain striped skirt and a fish skirt. Daffodil does not plan to stop with these. Want one?

Resigned to Reconstruction

Founders of the city of Acorn Hill are reluctantly giving in to change. Sarah Daffodil wants to preserve the history while Main House First Lady Mom says, "Clean it up or let go."

Several years ago roads and buildings were constructed in Acorn Hill. The roads are in good condition; however, some of the structures have suffered considerable deterioration.

Mom asked Daffodil about the state of these buildings more than once. Recently Daffodil came to terms with the wreckage. It was hard for her to give the OK to Mom for the tearing down of Nathaniel Barn Loft's workshop. She gave in since she knew that Mom really wanted her to. First she put memorabilia in the bank.

Mom told Barn Loft to get out his pocket knife to cut the yarn holding the bread trays together. Main House President Dad also had knife in hand to cut the yarn that held Hearts A Burstin' flower shop together. Both buildings have somewhat of a foundation remaining.

Residents look forward to extending gardens in these new areas.

Barn Loft Reaches Lofty Height

The pressure was on Main House President Dad, with just having arrived home from Michigan, having work to do and knowing of the dulcimer competition in Ohio. Nathaniel Barn Loft was ready to compete.

As always, Dad got his work done, which allowed him to drive Barn Loft to Coshocton, OH for the 2010 Mid-Eastern Regional Mountain Dulcimer Championship. The big day arrived and Barn Loft wasn't nervous until the results were in. "Mine and Dad's hearts were beating hard," said Barn Loft. "They called out third place, then second place, so then I didn't know if I was in fourth or first." Barn Loft placed first. He was awarded the title: 2010 Mid-East Regional Mountain Dulcimer Champion, received a plaque, $150 and a ticket to compete in the national competition in Kansas this September.

Once again Dad will have a lot of work to do in September. Once again, he will more than likely take to the road with Barn Loft and his dulcimer.

Multiple Uses for Ice Cream Buckets

Ice cream buckets are a favorite type of container with many uses in Acorn Hill.

Sarah Daffodil finds that the buckets make handy trash cans for her corn husk doll scraps. She also uses them in her classes to keep corn husks wet for her students. She even found that they store electronics well for traveling.

Main House First LadyMom uses the buckets for small cleaning jobs. She also likes them for organizing toys. However, the toys don't stay in them for long.

Mayor Asher Ply Wood, Autumn Fern and Eli Hemlock like to put the buckets on their heads as helmets. Ply Wood and Fern also use them from time to time to carry things. This year they used the buckets to collect Easter eggs.

Nathaniel Barn Loft scoops ice cream out of them for his evening milkshake.

Sweet Melody Fishes has one as a water bowl until she decides that it's a toy and chews it up.