Exploring the Past to Improve the Future
By Eilene Lyon A Bountiful Gift Around 2010, I picked up the book Waking Up In Eden by Lucinda Fleeson and learned for the first time about the Allerton Gardens on the island of Kauai. I never really expected to see the place myself, but a great deal showed up on Travelzoo and away we... Continue Reading →
By Eilene Lyon First, this post is not about putting vegetables in your garden, though I’ll point out that there are many reasons you shouldn’t put non-native ornamentals in your yard. The problems we have here in the western U. S. with tamarisk and Russian olive are an illustration of what can go wrong. Rather,... Continue Reading →
Family history site where I can share my latest discoveries.
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Genealogy..a journey to the past present and future.
Exploring the Past to Improve the Future
Adventures in Genealogy
If you love history, travel, and humor this blog site is for you!
The Martin, McGhee, Vining, Joy, Tower, Kennedy and other family lines. Sharing our photos and stories and history.
Historical Non-Fiction in Northern Ontario
The story behind the mugshot
discovering the story it tells
Portraits from the first 100 years of photography
A genealogical journey
Welcome to My Immigrant, Family Research, and Ancestry Blog
Sharing stories from my family history
