Maggie's Farm

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Monday, December 19. 2005

Ye parlor of Ye Olde New England Yankee Farmhouse on Sunday evening, with a fine granddaughter working hard on something academic in front of the fire.

Posted by The Barrister in The Culture, "Culture," Pop Culture and Recreation at 09:10 | Comments (6) | Trackbacks (0)

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Fanciest farm house I ever saw! Sweet girl, lovely tree. But nobody in my family ever "treated" the windows of their Yankee farms quite so elaborately! Either original lead painted wooden shutters or French Toile de Jouey (sic?) sewn by Grandma on her trusty Singer....Is the lady of the house a real Yankee or a friendly foreigner?
#1 Honoria on 2005-12-19 13:31 (Reply)
Fire? I think it needs another log.
#2 Cpl Vamp (Link) on 2005-12-19 13:40 (Reply)
Nothing but criticism.
And you, Corporal Vamp, out to be out there recruiting instead of worrying about the size of my fire. We do have central heat, of sorts.
#3 The Barrister on 2005-12-19 17:55 (Reply)
Ought- not out, Barrister. I've been honorably discharged from the USMC and currently employed as a proofreader. "build a fire, throw on logs and listen to it hiss, and let it burn, burn, burn, burn on a night like this"
#3.1 Cpl Vamp (Link) on 2005-12-20 09:01 (Reply)
Typo.
Sounds like a serious Dylan fan out there, like Bird Dog.
Yeah, a fine little ditty.
#4 The Barrister on 2005-12-20 20:06 (Reply)
Old? Old! You call that old !! I 'll give you an old farm house....
http://www.fmft.net/archives/000247.html
You cant call that old - by the looks of it, those windows work!
#5 Mr Free Market (Link) on 2005-12-21 08:41 (Reply)

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