TRINITY

In memory of

2011-09-26T07:29:00.000-07:00

A beautiful sunny day
Took my husband away.
After 46 years of joys and tears
In front of God he will appear.
He was a man of heart,
had fear to leave me apart.
I love him all
with all his faults.
His love is sealed
in my heart voult.
Hi heavenly beatitude
wll be my earthly fortitude.
Thank you Lord
For sharing him with me.
I know now he is with Thee.

Video

Political

2011-07-11T09:30:00.000-07:00

I like to share this very interesting video that reflects our future political steps.

Good Lesson

2011-07-08T05:32:00.000-07:00

Everything I need to know I learned from Noah's Ark:

One:- Don't miss the boat.

Two:- Remember that we are all in the same boat

Three:- Plan ahead. It wasn't raining when Noah built the ark.

Four:- Stay fit. Someone may ask you to do something in your senior years.

Five:- Don't listen to critics. Get on with the job that needs done.

Six:- Build your future on high ground.

Seven:- Always travel in pair for safety's sake.

Eight:- Speed isn't always an advantage. The snail and the cheetah were on board.

Nine:- When you are stressed, float a while.

Ten.- The Ark was built by amateurs. The Titanic by professionals.

Eleven:- Ignore the storm, when you are with God there is always a rainbow waiting.

GOD BLESS US ALL.

Flower

2011-06-08T15:11:00.000-07:00

Flowers

Bye

Flowers

2011-06-08T15:05:00.000-07:00

From my own yard

Persecution and symbolism

2011-03-12T13:11:00.000-08:00

Symbolism developed during persecutions. Persecuted Christians used the fish to recognise each other. To avoid declaring themselves they drew a curved line resembling half fish on the ground. The next comer who completed the fish was recognized as a Christian and accepted as such.

Symbolism

2011-03-06T08:25:00.000-08:00

LIBERTY
The statue stands more that 300 feet tall and is recognized around the world as the quintessential symbol of freedom and American values. The statue of Liberty has welcomed thousands of immigrants and visitors to America since her dedication on Oct. 28, 1886.

Officially entitled "Liberty Enlightening the World," she was a gift from the people of France to the United States for the centennial celebration of the American Independence.
Today, Lady Liberty continues to watch over New York City from her very own island in New York harbor, lightning the way for a world in search of freedom.

FACTS ABOUT LADY LIBERTY:
The 25 windows of her crown represent the earth's 25 "natural minerals."

The seven spikes on her crown stand for the seven seas and the seven continents.

The chain under her feet represent Liberty crusching the chains of Slavery.

She has an alternate entrance located on the sole of her right foot

Her sandal is 25' long, that's a woman's size 879.
There are 354 steps, or 22 stories to reach the crown.

Symbolism has always been a wonderful way to express and connect. It is a shame that symbolism is put aside and forgotten first by educators, second by society and third by the families that make the society. Just like the death of a person, symbolism survived one generation and then vanished living big empty spaces that cannot be explained.

Elmore County

2011-02-26T10:14:00.000-08:00

Elmore County

Elmore County was created by the Alabama legislature in 1866 from parts of Autauga, Coosa, Montgomeryeast and Tallapoosa Counties. Named after General John Archer Elmore, a Veteran of the American Revolution. Elmore County lies in the eastern central part of the state, surrounded by the Coosa and the Tallapoosa rivers which merge to form the Alabama river, just East of Millbrook. The communities of West Elmore County, Coosada, Deatsville, Elmore and Millbrook are characterized by small, gently rolling ridge tops of sandy soil, hilly slopes and range land. Driving around the area a view of beautiful plantation homes ca still be seen, the most famous is Ellerslie which was the first permanent home in the area built in 1818.

CLIMATE: Winters are short and mild. Prattville and Millbrook average more than eight hours of sunshine per day all year. Both have a growing season of 210 days per year, the average temperature is 61.0F. The average annual rain fall is 50 inces. The average snow fall is 0.3 inches.

LOCATION: Prattville and Millbrook are located about 13 miles north of Montgomery, Alabama's State Capitol. About 200 miles from the Alabama Golf Coast and fall approximately at the geographic center of the South Eastern United States. The elevation of West Elmore County ranges from about 200 feet to to 745 feet. Elmore county encompasses 622 square miles.

EQUALITY

2011-02-01T12:06:00.000-08:00

Equality of mankind.
In my opinion the only equality is the moral evolution of man. Sure we are all equal as far as our animal instinct goes. But physically we are not. Few are born with three kidneys (my mother is one). We differ in skin colors, we differ in our believes. Each one of us is created equal for our moral evolution, we can chose to be good or bad. We can choose the honorable way of life or the criminal life. I believe that is the only equality we have. We can honor God and enrich our spirit or we ca chose to live our lives by our animal instincts. We are all created equal to chose our moral life. Other mammals do not have that equality given to men. Other mammals are bound by the laws of instinct, reproduction and survival. Animals kill only to eat and survive, men kill for control and pleasure. Men can only evolve through his spirit because he will always be bound by the laws of the earth. Our spirituality is our morality and our freedom.

God bless us

2011-01-27T08:43:00.000-08:00

After different trials and tribulations to reset my programs. We finally found a solution. Thank God! If at first you don't succeed keep trying until you do. We did it.

America's Liberty

2010-11-06T13:37:00.000-07:00

Americans trusted their elected representative too long. They elected their reps on their words, not knowing that their actions would be the opposite to their words, once they got in power.
They were elected to serve the people, but once elected they forgot the same people that put them there and represented their own benefits.
Everything has a cycle and people chose to change the political cycle they trusted for so long. The sleeping lion has awaken and he made his roar heard. We the People are the ones who give you the power and pay for your power. How can we pay for you if you starve us? How can we trust your empty words again? Hungry people are the ones who start revolutions. Share the wealth is an old sentence used over the centuries. No one has ever seen a President or a King sharing his wealth with the people. Why? Is it because there is an ocean that separates the words SAY from the words DO IT?

Liberty

2010-10-17T10:09:00.000-07:00

Liberty still stands tall and strong.

Liberty

2010-10-17T10:01:00.000-07:00

Liberty

Obama's Salary

2010-10-15T09:14:00.000-07:00

There is all kinds of foreign money propping up Obama's spending policies.

Exclusive: Communist China Secretly Funds Obama's Salary

ntft: Mortgage payments

2010-09-26T09:44:00.000-07:00

ntft: Mortgage payments: "Frank frowned at the mortgage payments, which were exorbitant in 1976. The payments were around seven hundred dollars, plus utilities and up..."

Fuzzy and slick

2010-09-13T07:52:00.000-07:00

Christian Academy

2010-09-09T08:13:00.000-07:00

The Prattville Christian Academy collected over 3000 dollars to help the WWII Veterans fly to Washington to visit their memorial. They're fifth and sixth graders that really feel the benefit of the American Freedom and they wanted to be part of America. The school invited the Veterans to speak to the classes. They were small children with big, serious questions about the Country and WWII.

ntft: Buick Invicta

2010-09-04T07:50:00.000-07:00

ntft: Buick Invicta: "Back home in Montgomery, I found a black, Buick Invicta in our driveway. Frank had run to the store, so I asked my next door neighbor if the..."

Honor History

2010-08-22T04:12:00.000-07:00

August 21st 2010. Out of the old confederate property exit a WWII Veteran to go on an Honor Flight to Washington D.C. to visit all the wonderful memorials. A guardian was assigned go guide him and take care of him. It was a one day charter flight to honor the WWII veterans. They all wore a bright yellow t-shirt with meaningful writings. "If you read English, thank a teacher. If you speak English, thank a Veteran". The guardian wore a gray t-shirt. At their return into the Montgomery airport there were hundreds of people to welcome them as heroes. Every waiving hand held an American flag. It was very touching to see people of all ages shaking the old veterans hands and thanking them for the good life they enjoyed because of their sacrifices. Some were on wheelchairs, others used walkers, few walked on their own. Their weathered faces looked very tired but they all had a glow of satisfaction. They were finally recognized as he heroes they were to offer their lives for their children's future well being and mostly for their Country. It was a beautiful show of Patriotism. We should go back to be proud of our Country and our God. Protect our Country and thank our God to give us the strength to protect it.

Honor your history

2010-08-22T04:08:00.000-07:00

WWII Veterans

2010-08-20T08:57:00.000-07:00

Saturday August 21st 2010 is a great event in Alabama for the WWII Veterans. A charter plane will take off From Montgomery to take approximately 70 WWII Veterans to Washington D.C. to visit the memorials. It will be a day to remember in honor of the few surviving WWII veterans. A guardian was assigned to them to be on their side. There will be doctors and nurses on the plane to take care of them. It is only a one day trip and there will be a big welcome home for them in the evening.

Crimson Tide

2010-08-09T08:19:00.000-07:00

What a beautiful change. The blog Trinity is now Crimson red just like te Alabama Football league.

A villa in Millbrook.

Recycle

2010-07-09T07:47:00.000-07:00

Some of you younger people probably weren't around back then to remember...
I do!

1930's flour sacks by Colleen B. Hubert

THE FLOUR SACK

IN THAT LONG AGO TIME WHEN THINGS WERE SAVED,
WHEN ROADS WERE GRAVELED AND BARRELS WERE STAVED,
WHEN WORN-OUT CLOTHING WAS USED AS RAGS,
AND THERE WERE NO PLASTIC WRAP OR BAGS,
AND THE WELL AND THE PUMP WERE WAY OUT BACK,
A VERSATILE ITEM, WAS THE FLOUR SACK.

PILLSBURY'S BEST, MOTHER'S AND GOLD MEDAL, TOO
STAMPED THEIR NAMES PROUDLY IN PURPLE AND BLUE.

THE STRING SEWN ON TOP WAS PULLED AND KEPT;
THE FLOUR EMPTIED AND SPILLS WERE SWEPT.
THE BAG WAS FOLDED AND STORED IN A SACK
THAT DURABLE, PRACTICAL FLOUR SACK.

THE SACK COULD BE FILLED WITH FEATHERS AND DOWN,
FOR A PILLOW, OR T'WOULD MAKE A NICE SLEEPING GOWN.
IT COULD CARRY A BOOK AND BE A SCHOOL BAG,
OR BECOME A MAIL SACK SLUNG OVER A NAG.
IT MADE A VERY CONVENIENT PACK,
THAT ADAPTABLE, COTTON FLOUR SACK.

BLEACHED AND SEWN, IT WAS DUTIFULLY WORN
AS BIBS, DIAPERS, OR KERCHIEF ADORNED.
IT WAS MADE INTO SKIRTS, BLOUSES AND SLIPS.
AND MOM BRAIDED RUGS FROM ONE HUNDRED STRIPS
SHE MADE RUFFLED CURTAINS FOR THE HOUSE OR SHACK,
FROM THAT HUMBLE BUT TREASURED FLOUR SACK!

AS A STRAINER FOR MILK OR APPLE JUICE,
TO WAVE MEN IN, IT WAS A VERY GOOD USE,
AS A SLING FOR A SPRAINED WRIST OR A BREAK,
TO HELP MOTHER ROLL UP A JELLY CAKE,
AS A WINDOW SHADE OR TO STUFF A CRACK,
WE USED A STURDY, COMMON FLOUR SACK!

AS DISH TOWELS, EMBROIDERED OR NOT,
THEY COVERED UP DOUGH, HELPED PASS PANS SO HOT,
TIED UP DISHES FOR NEIGHBORS IN NEED,
AND FOR MEN OUT IN THE FIELD TO SEED.
THEY DRIED DISHES FROM PAN, NOT RACK
THAT ABSORBENT, HANDY FLOUR SACK!

WE POLISHED AND CLEANED STOVE AND TABLE,
SCOURED AND SCRUBBED FROM CELLAR TO GABLE,
WE DUSTED THE BUREAU AND OAK BED POST,
MADE COSTUMES FOR OCTOBER (A SCARY GHOST)
AND A PARACHUTE FOR A CAT NAMED JACK.
FROM THAT LOWLY, USEFUL OLD FLOUR SACK!

SO NOW MY FRIENDS, WHEN THEY ASK YOU
AS CURIOUS YOUNGSTERS OFTEN DO,
"BEFORE PLASTIC WRAP, ELMER'S GLUE
AND PAPER TOWELS, WHAT DID YOU DO?"
TELL THEM LOUDLY AND WITH PRIDE DON'T LACK,
"GRANDMOTHER HAD THAT WONDERFUL FLOUR SACK!"

All these girls' dresses were made from flour sacks...

http://www.tinahasit.com/tfol/20100222.html

History and comfort

2010-06-27T06:30:00.000-07:00

The old Confederate monument depicting names of people who served from the southern area stands as reminder of freedom in front of the old villa modernized for comfort. The grounds that once were a Confederate Encampment are now thriving with vibrating life and colors. A lot of improvement has been done to this grounds that still hide bullets, arrow heads, medicine bottles, rat poison bottles, horse’s harness and pieces of old rusted plows. History will never die in this southern corner where so many sacrificed for their freedom.

Nature awakes

2010-06-25T08:01:00.000-07:00

The old manor is coming to full life. The sun shining early in the morning is bringing every bud to a full bloom. The grass is greener and the Forgetmenot grow wild in the grass. Little daisies poke their heads out of their leaves opening slowly to their full bloom.

New smells, bees buzz, butterflies flutter their wings from color to color. The Crepe Myrtles are all in bloom with bright green leaves and colors that vary from light pink to purple. The smoke tree is puffing with confusing blooms. The garden is producing tasty green beans, tomatoes and other vegetables. Herbs are plenty, Rosemary, Garlic, Basil. On the other side of the property Cana lilies are shooting high with their bright colors. Some of the Knock out Roses is still blooming in the back. The whole property has come to a wide awakening with colors and smells.

The old manor.

Nature is blooming

2010-06-25T07:26:00.000-07:00

The old manor is shooting beautiful colors to the sky. All the Crape Myrtles are vibrant with life showing their different colors. The smoke tree looks smokey and fuzzy. The garden is filling with nice crops of green beans and big tomatoes. Garlic, Rosemary and all other spices scent the air with life and freshness. Life is smiling with all the beauty surrounding it. Bees are swarming, butterflies flatter their wings landing on all the brightest colors. Frogs and toads croak early in the morning. Birds prepare their nests in the trees. This is the season that makes anyone rejoice.

Beauty of Nature

2010-06-25T07:24:00.000-07:00

Fertile Grounds

2010-06-23T11:26:00.000-07:00

Now that the Crape Myrtle trees rail the driveways with different color flower. The white Olive scents the air. The buterfly flutter their colorful wings from plant to plant. My elevated garden by the swimming pool building is producing the tastier, nature smelling string beans, peas, squash and zucchini. My fig tree is full of little green balls soon to become awsome fruits ready to be preserved in jars for the winter. The tomato plants are tall and green, the flowers on it will soon turn into jucy tomatoes. It is a joy to go outside and pick the fresh vegetables from the ground. The taste of them does not compare to the store bought ones. I slightly touch a tomato plant and my whole hand smells like fresh tomatoes. Rosmary, Basil,
Garlic, Parsely, Oregano,and other spices fill the air with pleasant, appetizing odors. Cooking my home grown vegetables gives me joy and fills the house with natural odors.

ghostly Manor

2010-06-01T08:03:00.000-07:00

Built in 1885 from heart of pine, sun dried wood. The manor walls hold secrets. Ghostly whispers of warm air run through our hair. Visions of running shadows appear down the hall. The manor was checked by ghost hunters. They found definite electric active fields. They presented us with a nice, detailed write up and a 2 seconds CD. The CD just shows a chart of electric, magnetic field where no one was present. The experts suggested that was presence of ghosts. We live happily in our ghostly manor and feel protected by our spirits.

Matriarchy

2010-05-21T09:07:00.000-07:00

Matriarchy which was a world ruled by old knowledge passed from generation to generation only visually and orally, a world where everybody worked together for survival was slowly been substituted by patriarchate. Kill old lore's and take over with new promises of a better life by man kind. The power of the woman was stepped on by the church, which kill them accusing them of sorcery. All Goddesses were abolished, all Gods became only Idles and the belief on one only God and men created after his image took over. People's need for spirituality was put on a way way street directed only to a male God spiritual image. The image of the woman symbolized and adored as the bearer of

life was soon to disappear. Women were abated as inferiors and the male world took supremacy. The male world could never take the power of life bearing away from women. The seed of a man is a total waste without the fertile ground of a woman's womb. The abatement of women by the church created a world of confused corruption, abuse and disarray.

The woman figure represented by Virgin Mary, mother of all, is still adored. It can never be killed for without a mother there will be no children. Mother are the ones who keep the family together, provides and cares and educates. It is a fact when fathers die families keeps going but, when mothers die families disintegrate.

Midwife

2010-05-21T08:55:00.000-07:00

The old manor walls has a long story to tell about the past. The story that changed the divinity of birth destroying the midwife and the secret of birth.

The midwife is a figure that accompanies the history of the human kind, taking care of woman and child physically and psychologically in the delicate period of pregnancy, childbirth and after.

The old walls heard lots of new lives cryes.

Midwife was not a doctor, but her knowledge was transmitted from woman to woman. The art of the midwife was brn with the need of women being aided in the time of birth and influenced by magical rites and practices as they were in ancient times all the important moments of life.

The birth has always been held as a women's secret in high esteem and was operated exclusively by women, doctors (which often were also priests) as for the Indians, the Greeks and the Egyptians, were authorized to intervene only in case of parts difficulty.

For deeper knowledge

What Happened

2010-05-21T08:49:00.000-07:00

From the middle ages the church undertook to destroy the Witches because they were a demonstration survival of Paganism. It was assisted in this by those exercising the medical profession that considered witches the worse enemy in their economic field. The witch woman of great knowledge was always called as midwife and had the reputation of easing child birth. Such action for men of the church was against the will of God. Suspect was handedness of midwife accused of being the main enemy of the faith, to kill children, provide them to the devil, to cause infertility and impotence.

Widespread kind of witch-midwife and inquisition opinion was then behind each midwife could conceal a witch.

It is difficult to estimate the numbers of victims. Some sources speak of thousands, others of millions of dead. Most of the victims were exclusively women.

The churches changed society that recognized the role of motherhood as a power and where they were many goddesses (Goddess of earth, moon goddess, great mother goddess etc.) to a rational and scientific society. Obstetric and science begain in the Renaissance during the intellectual climate of the 1500. It began with the slaughter of women helping wemen.

Old Rocking chair's lores

2010-05-13T04:48:00.000-07:00

Life is precious: Treat it as a precious gem.

Life is a game: Play it and play it right.

Life is wealth: Save it.

Life is love: Enjoy it to it's deepest.

Life is a mystery: Discover it every day.

Life is a promise: Fulfil it.

Life is an opportunity: Pick it.

Life is beauty: Admire it.

Life is beatitude: Savor it.

Life is a dream: Make it a reality.

Life is a dare: Face it.

Life is a duty: Accomplish it.

Life is a song: Sing it loud.

Tornado time

2010-04-25T07:10:00.000-07:00

It' tornado time again in south east USA. The force of nature is insurmountable. Nature always reclaims it's own balance.

The intelligence of man will never compare to the divine balance of nature. Since my childhood I heard the rhetoric "Men will destroy the world and himself". The older I get the more those old sentences from the old days come back to mind. How high can a man reach before falling? Everything that has a beginning has an end. We studied evolution. We saw civilizations disappear and new ones appear. We saw animal species and fossils disappear and new ones appear. Men will never discover the secret of the world, the planetary magnetism, the heat at the core of he sun. Life will always be a mystery controlled by Divine forces unknown to men. Men will destroy with his discoveries. Men's hunger for wealth an power will always succumb under the force of nature. Nature is the Divine compensation that keeps he world going and renewing itself.

The face of life.

Nature in Millbrook

2010-04-10T16:28:00.000-07:00

Dogwoods have blossomed. Azaleas come alive with different color and flower shapes, some have a double flower that resemble little roses.

Soon the Crepe Myrtles will add their different colors aiming their colored branches towards the sky. The mix of bright colors is already attracting beautiful butterflies. Bees are swarming around the flower sucking the pollen. Nature is alive again in Millbrook Alabama and the old manor towers the beautiful, bright colors with his spotless white front and majestic columns.

School children

2010-03-29T07:34:00.000-07:00

Since we were school children our grand parents and parents taught us to be in touch with our emotions. They never failed to ask "What did you learn in school today? Was your teacher wearing a pretty dress? Would you like to speak in front of lots of people and teach them things when you grow up?"
In their ignorant ways they thought us to observe everything and stimulate our fantasy about what we would like to do as grown people. They thought us to do our home work right after we got back from school "Because your brain is now in the learning gear" they used to say.
After the home work was done we were free to go out an play until dinner time. We were never told "Do this because I tell you to".
We were always approached by mother and grand mother in a nice way like "Could you help me do this?" and we were always willing to help. Father was the only forceful imposer and would never be much part of our lives. After so many years in the military he thought he should treat us as he treated his soldiers. He used to point his index finger at us and growl "I told you . . ."
Because of father's behavior, up to this day, I cannot stand anyone to point his finger at me.
It is amazing how little words or gestures can influence the rest of a child's life.

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Old lores

2010-03-18T03:44:00.000-07:00

I started to narrate and describe part of the world I lived in after WWII distructed my town in Italy. The book is posted on my site "tinahasit.com" kept up by my friend Mario Malaguti in Italy. The book title is "Face of Life". it can be accessed by clicking on my image and followwed chapter by chapter clicking on next. Hope the viewer will enjoy my story and see how the world has changed within the last two generation. My lore will stimulate the memory of the elderly and probably be ridiculed by the young ones who may read it. I have fun talking about it and hope others will enjoy reading it.

Hopscotch

2010-03-09T07:08:00.001-08:00

Hopscotch is a wonderful hopping game that can be played on a bare patch of ground or on a floor indoors.

We used a stick to draw a hopscotch pattern on the ground or used strings of yarn on a floor. Created a diagram with 7 sections and number them. Each section represented a day of the week. We started drawing a big square topped by a semi arch, then we divided the big square into six smaller squares. Each square was a day of the week. On the left squares we hade Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. On the right squares we had Saturday, Friday and Thursday. The top arch was Sunday. We could only put both feet down on Sunday. Each player has a marker such as a flat stone or bottle cap.

The first player stands behind the starting line to toss her or his marker in square 1, had to prod the flat stone with the tip of the toe from square to square, counting the squares and naming the day of the week as we hopped square 1 to square 2 and then continue hopping to square 7, put both feet down, turn around, and hop back again. Pause in square 2 to pick up the marker, hop in square 1, and out. Then continue by tossing the stone in square 2. All hopping is done on one foot unless the hopscotch design is such that two squares are side-by-side. Then two feet can be placed down with one in each square. A player must always hop over any square where a maker has been placed.

A player is out if the marker fails to land in the proper square, the hopper steps on a line, the hopper looses balance when bending over to pick up the marker and puts a second hand or foot down, the hopper goes into a square where a marker is, or if a player puts two feet down in a single box. The player puts the marker in the square where he or she will resume playing on the next turn, and the next player begins.

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The face of life by Tina C. Hartley

Young, strong . . .

2010-03-03T06:37:00.000-08:00

The face of life - I was young, strong, full of dreams and ambitions. After years of work I finally realized my materialistic dream of owning a mansion, a Mercedes, jewelry, furs and trendy clothes. I was concentrating entirely on my career. I wanted to build more and more.

I loved to see things grow around me. I mingled with all social classes from the lowest to the highest. My life was a non ending learning journey. I had become to comfortable in my life and over confident. Bang! in one second my security was shattered. I was hit from behind from a distracted driver. As time went on my strength start fading. Had to stop working unable to control my body motions. Pain set in. All my ambitions ebbed away slowly. The whole meaning of my life changed. My face marred forever by the right eye removal. I had to fight my emotions to accept my NEW self. I fought it with all my might. I adopted a large pair of glasses to cover my disfiguration. I realized my family had a very hard time accepting the NEW ME.

Daffodils

2010-02-26T08:18:00.000-08:00

The snow put a fresh breath of life to the awakening spring. It is still February and my daffodils little trompets already lace us the yard with their bright, yellow smiles. The new buds on bushes and trees are ready to open to welcome the upcoming season. The snow filtered the air and colors are much brighter and chattier.

I wish nature could filter people's hearts as it did the air. The world would be so much brighter with a smile on everyone's face. We need to get closer to nature, like our ancestors, to regain our full potentials and live in harmony, peace, acceptance and understanding of each
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Bearded trees

2010-02-21T02:33:00.001-08:00

The beautiful, ancient trees show their age in the winter.

Their sagging branches covered with snow bear the weight of nature.

There is silence in the sagging, white bearded branches now.

All the happy chearping and all the new life abandoned the white topped trees.

We are part of nature.

Just as the trees become abandoned so do the elderly when their hair turn white and their strength ebbs.
It is a fascinating, never ending cycle.
From seed to bud, from bud to bloom, from bloom to strong, healthy, colorful flowers which slowly fade, sag back towards the ground.
It is the justice of nature that no one live thing, no matter how beautiful or powerful will escape.

And now Millbrook (AL), where to go and adjacent areas, by Tina's website.

Snowfall and Palm tree.

2010-02-15T07:25:00.000-08:00

The big Palm tree that grows in the middle of the downstairs back patio became miraculously white. Palm is a tropical evergreen tree of the family of the palmaceae characteristically having unbranched trunk with a crown of large pinnate or palmate leaves.
In botany, an evergreen plant is a plant that has leaves all year round. This contrasts with deciduous plants, which completely lose all their foliage for part of the year.
A leaf or frond of a palm was carried as an emblem of victory, success or joy. It was indeed a frantic joy to see the long leaves of my palm tree covered with snow. Snow in Millbrook, Elmore County, Alabama can be considered a miracle of nature.
It was so nice to swim in the enclosed, warm water swimming pool and watch the fluffy snow flakes fall all around us through the glass doors, as it covered the ground and whiten the trees and shrubs. It was like living a spectacular dream.

WHIFF OF SPRING

2010-01-28T11:15:00.000-08:00

Such a gorgeous sunshiny day today. The courting buggy is out, the grass is green. Love is in the air. The swimming pool is repainted in beautiful light blue color. The trees and shrubs are budding. The stars are bright at night. Love your life with all your might. The moon is full, the evening lull. The ancient manor walls whisper their secrets from the hall. San Valentine loads his bow; who will his lance hit, nobody knows. His arrows will hit the world with joys and values, like the farmer's tiller softens the lumpy soil.
Thank you Lord for the things I see, the feelings I have, the bugs and the trees. You are all around us Lord with beauty, colors and scents. San Valentine will have to show us how to fall in love with nature again. Show us how lucky we are to be surrounded by nature and have a roof of stars over our heads.

Courting buggy

2010-01-24T00:53:00.000-08:00

In garage I have a 1800 courting buggy, with original wood spoke wheels and leather seat occupies the space of a car. The Piano Box buggy became a popular buggy by the beginning of the 20th century. Also known today as the Doctor Buggy the Piano Box buggy was named that because the main body, also colled a box, resembled a piano box.

Gardener's delight.

2010-01-20T23:09:00.000-08:00

Knock out roses bloom all year around, on the left. In front of you: the elevated organic vegetable garden produces profusely. Partial view from the large, concrete back patio facing the entrance of the enclosed swimming pool. A separate salt water heated pool building 34x58'. The large patio shaded by a tall, wide top, fruit producing palm tree is the ideal sun tanning place, after few laps in the healthy salt water pool.
Remember: Location for rehab, rehabilitation, water exercise, reab nursing home, elderly care house to find and keep suitable jobs. Restaurant! Large parking lot.

Lattice fense

2010-01-20T07:31:00.000-08:00

An elongated lattice fence separates the pool building from the back road entrance to the house, guest house and apartment. The proprierty viewed towards the West, in Millbrook, Elmore County (AL) - The manor is built on the rise of the property. In the background you see the intersection of Monument Dr with Highway 14 (Robinson Springs Rd) where it arose a new commercial settlement. The whole area is an entrepreneurs paradise: Short Cuts, Grand Buffet, Watkins Anne F, Money Store, Hair Masters, El Jalapeno's, Winn Dixie: Pharmacy.

Stained Glass Art

2009-12-29T11:53:00.000-08:00

Stained glass is an ancient art kept alive by few proud artists. A beautiful example can be viewed at the villa for sale in Millbrook, Elmore County, Alabama where the big portal displays a wide, long white Dogwood branch on the top panel. Two big side panels bring in colorful light through the different color stained glass depicting two nice peacocks facing each other. The white Dogwood is a natural tree that grows in the wilderness of the Alabama woods and flowers profusely for a long period of time.
When the flowers fall the ground underneath becomes covered with white petals simulating a snow blanket.

See more for sale in Millbrook, Elmore, AL

By Tina Hartley.

STAINED GLASS ART

2009-12-29T11:35:00.000-08:00

Stained Glass is an ancient art still kept alive by few masters. An example of beautiful stained glass work can be admired at the mansion for sale in Millbrook, Elmore County, Alabama.

2010 at the door

2009-12-25T16:35:00.000-08:00

Tinahasit.com offers the best shape up program. Indoor heated, salt water swimming-pool with bathroom and shower available on premises. The best exercise in relaxing warm water with the fantastic view of open space through glass doors and direct sun light through six long and large sky lights. The property for sale offers many more amenities to increase your physical and material comfort. Eat, drink and be merry during the holidays. Then make your new year resolution to shape up without sacrifice but having fun.

in Millbrook, AL

2009-12-22T03:30:00.000-08:00

A proprierty viewed from the East, in Millbrook, Elmore (AL) - The manor is built on the rise of the property. A view from the north-east.

Left side of circular, wide, marble chips driveway with sight of the manor for sale. The driveway is wide enough for small trucks to drive through. Centennial Oak tree shades the area. Proprierty for sale in Millbrook, Elmore (AL), with wide circular driveway. The manor has a very extended tiled front porch with six concrete columns.

By Tina Hartley for you!

trees

2009-12-21T10:01:00.000-08:00

My trees.
In a proprierty for you in Millbrook, Elmore (AL).

Rose of Sharon: Derives from an Old Testament place meaning "Forest" in Hebrew, referring to a fertile plain near the coast of Israel.

Holly Trees: Evergreen, fast growing, tall trees which bear red berries in winter months. They are a perfect accent for corners and entryways. The dark green foliage makes a great contrast to surrounding trees and shrubs. They are bird watchers delight as the red berries attract all kinds of wild life.

Magnolia: Majestic tree with big evergreen leaves and white sweetly scented flowers. This tree was considered related to the Roman Goddess
VENUS and to the planet Venus (Beauty, compassion, fidelity, friendship, happiness, interchanges, joy, love, luck, meditation, pleasure, reconciliation and youth. Women in ancient mythology were considered to come from the planet Venus.

Crepe Myrtles: botanical name Largestroemia Indica, flowers red, white, pink and purple and they bloom profusely for a long time.

See by Tina in Millbrook, Alabama

MERRY CHRISTMAS

2009-11-29T13:31:00.000-08:00

http://gallery.tinahasit.com/index.php - Everything in my shop from December 1st to Dec. 30 will be FREE SHIPPING in the USA. Items will be promptly shipped upon received Pay Pal or Postal Money orders payments. Lend a hand to the needy. Feed the hungry and share your joy with the sad and the sick. Help the elderly and enjoy the rewords of your sharing comradeship. HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL

JOYOUS CHRISTMAS

2009-11-29T13:16:00.000-08:00

It's time to decorate, sing carols, join together to help each other. Wrap a thought of love. Help your neighbor. Pray in Grace, show respect and help the lonly elderly. At times a smile and a hug can do much more than a gift. Lend your hand and guide the lost.
Shop for exclusive values at www.tinahasit gallery shop

BUSINESS VENTURE

2009-11-18T07:44:00.000-08:00

I reached the twilight zone. I need to downsize and be able to care for things within my own strength. I lived in this fantastic area for 35 years. Moved in a pristine zone which has now become commercial. I am open to all options such as sell, ground lease, start a business development venture. I will take any suggestions and advise. The property is now the heart of Millbrook in Elmore County, Alabama. It is the fastest growing area. I see our ex cotton fields mutating into apartments and new neighborhoods. Beautiful shopping areas and private business are moving in. Banks, Credit Unions, Churches of all denominations, schools and private schools, medical centers. My pristine nature is no longer pristine.
Take a virtual tour of the property at:
http://www.tinahasit.com
After the tour e-mail me your suggestions at: millbrook2007@hotmail.com.
I will consider any advise. Thank you

HOLIDAY'S ELITE GIFTS

2009-10-31T12:39:00.000-07:00

CAPES and WRAPS are here for elegant elite holidays. make a statment and become an unforgettable memory with one of a kind attire from the GALLERY SHOP at tinahasit.com

Cinderella

2009-10-09T00:33:00.000-07:00

The Tina's Disney records on gallery.tinahasit.com, the Gallery Shop in the site tinahasit.com, come and see. Cinderella! Fantastic gift
for girls with a big dream. The illustrated book of 11 pages will generate emotions from tears to joy. The music behind the narration makes
the dream come true.

WWI and WWII

2009-10-07T13:52:00.000-07:00

I opened a new category MILITARIA category on my Gallery Shop. First post is an original French Foreign Legion cap in mint condition. Red and Black . I have many more from WWI and WWII

new tinadsfree

2009-10-03T13:10:00.000-07:00

Tinahasit.com has a new site where everyone can post free ads for personal merchandise to sell or trade. Commercial banners will be made upon order from business and a small weekly fee will be charged to post the banners. Fees will vary according to size and location of banners.
Ads will run free for one week.
Visit bulletinadsfree and start posting your ads under proper category today.
WELCOME to bulletinadsfree and look Pinocchio: fantastic record to show children that lies always come out in time. Beautiful narrated story with book.

http://gallery.tinahasit.com/index.php

2009-09-11T07:06:00.000-07:00

Direct connection to my shop on tinahasit.com http://gallery.tinahasit.com/index.php

WALT DISNEY FABLE RECORDS

2009-09-08T05:49:00.000-07:00

It is time to take our children back to the fantasy world. Fantasy that stimulates feelings of well being. Fantasy that teaches instead of disarrange. Cinderella teaches girls to be ladies and shows how working together we can make dreams come true.
Three little Piggies teaches that doing things right they will last and protect us. But being shabby will never accomplish anything but will only lead to destruction.
Every story has a moral and each story teaches good life guidelines. Old fables were used to teach morals and good behavior through history.
Pinocchio thought not to lie, but be honest with yourself and others. Old fables need to be brought to light again and start good teaching from childhood.
I will be posting my Disney records on tinahasit.com Gallery Shop

RECORDS

2009-08-27T07:25:00.000-07:00

I am getting so many requests on records. Some people even know the year of the firs issues. It is amazing. I did not realize there were so many music and old tunes lovers.
Seems as though the old is becoming new again. I had requests for Christmas songs by vary artists of the past.
I have over 400 records filling a queen size bed now. I will have to divide them into categories and study them before publishing them on my store. www. tinahasit.com-Gallery Shop. Check the different categories and make reasonable offer on most expensive items. My records are in perfect condition. Could be cd's and dvd's don't offer the same rich sounds of the old records. Who knows! Keep the requests coming to: - tinahasit@live.com - or millbrook2007@hotmail.com. Make sure - Records - appear on the subject line or the e mail will be deleted. Thank you and send your friends to visit: http://www.tinahasit.com/. Click on left column GALLERY SHOP.

Records from Rock to Classics to Opera

2009-08-07T06:29:00.000-07:00

tinahasit gallery shop will add a new category: RECORDS which include long playing records from narrated Walt Disney fables to Rock to classics to complete operas and movies sound tracks. Check it out. You will find Beetles, Mantovani, Country music originals Andy Williams sr. Kinny Rogers, Johnny Cash and many many more great singers, some of the past that left us their music behind them and some still going.

there is a lesson for all of us

2009-08-06T04:16:00.000-07:00

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BELIEVE IT OR NOT

2009-08-01T05:56:00.000-07:00

The heading GALLERY SHOP is now listed on the left column of tinahasit.com. Visit it, enjoy it and make a list of things that attract you the most. The categories are many. The majority of items are in pristine condition. Nice description is given on all items. Reasonable offers are accepted provided the buyer pays shipping. Handling and Insurance. All collections are very low numbered with original papers, which adds to their value. Many are one of a kind. Enjoy yourself, the shop doors are opened and waiting for you. Contact phone 334-285-3937 - Leave clear message and call back number.
Items will be added constantly. Keep going back and keep looking for more marvels to be posted.

ROBINSON SPRINGS

2009-07-15T13:58:00.000-07:00

At the begining of 1800's missionaries were preaching the gospel to Indians in the Robinson Springs and Coosa Valley area. Settlers at large were admitted into the area around 1817.
Settlers from Rocky Mount, Coosada, Elmore, Spiegner, Deatsville, Dutch Bend and Robinson Springs gathered for non denominational services in two log assembly houses near Robinson Springs.
At the time, 1828-1830, the Methodist Protestant Church came into being A few persons appreciating the democratic form of it's government, established a church at Robinson Springs, which was erected of two log assembly houses, about one mile east of the present church on the road to Elmore.
As Methodist Protestant, the Robinson Springs worshipers came under the leadership of the Rev. Peyton Bibb, brother of the first two governors of the State of Alabama.
The Sanctuary was completed in 1845. The building is Colonial in design. The church plans are in the Library of Congress in Washinghton D.C.

Amazing arrivals

2009-07-15T06:02:00.000-07:00

www.tinahasit. com- Gallery Shop is updated daily with new exciting items. All valuable collectibles, vintage and others. It is such a beautiful, unique sight that will certainly delight you.

GALLERY SHOP

2009-07-13T06:55:00.000-07:00

Tina has it virtual shop has finally open it's doors with an unbelievable display of valuable merchandise, from collectibles to miscellaneous. The variety is large. The COLLECTIBLES are investment pieces due to their low numbers and the extremely limited edition. It took a long time to prepare but the surprise was worth waiting for. Enter: www.tinahasit.com, click on GALLERY SHOP on the left and open the doors to marvel.

Growing Creed of Freedom

2009-07-10T15:31:00.000-07:00

1620: The "Mayflower" Compact. (Written and signed by the Pilgrims on the Mayflower on their way to America.)
In the name of God, Amen. We shose names are written, the loyall subject of our dread soveraigne Lord, King James, by the grace of God, of Great Britaine, France and Ireland, king, defender of the faith &c., haveing undertaken, for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith, and honour of our king and countrie, a voyage to plant the first colonie in the northerne parts of Virginia, done by these presents solemnly and mutualy in the presence of God, and one of another, covenant & combine ourselves togeather into a civill body politick, for our better ordering & preservation of furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by the virtue hereof to enacte, constitute, and frame such just & equall lawes, ordinances, actes, constitutions, & offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meete and convenient for the general good of the Colonie, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience. In witness whereof we have hereunder subscribed our names at Cape-Cod the 11, of November, in the year of the raigne of our soveraigne lord, King James, of England, France & Ireland the 18, and Scotland the fiftie-fourth. Ano. Dom. 1620

The Mayflower

2009-06-20T15:28:00.001-07:00

You have the wrong impression about the Mayflower crossing and Landing of the Pilgrims. And about Pilgrims and colonization in general. The Pilgrims did not come over seeking religious freedom. The core of the colonist was made up of “Scrooby Separatist” - a sect organized in 1606 at England’s Scrooby Manor to oppose residual ritual in post-Reformation church services. But they didn’t just sail to Plymouth and stake a claim. The New World, as far as Europe was concerned, was already “owned” by entrepreneurs called Merchant Adventurers, who speculated in colonies though tracing companies. These investors issued land grants to people like the Pilgrims and sponsored their emigration to America in return for goods shipped back to England. Roughly 70 Englishmen were organized to finance the Mayflower expedition. The Scrooby Separatists, meanwhile, had been living in Leyden, Holland, enjoying Dutch religious freedom but despairing of losing their British identity. The amount of confusion surrounding their departure on the Mayflower was, to understand it, unbelievable. Negotiation upon negotiation; nitpick upon nitpick; delay upon delay. The poor Pilgrims eventually had to sell off their butter from the ship’s stores to pay their fares. Two ships were slated to sail – the tiny Mayflower and the tinier Speedwell. But the Speedwell ail but sank before it cleared the English coast, and th Mayflower set out alone. Less than half the Mayflower passengers were Scrooby Separatists. The rest of the 101 voyagers were servants, others English separatists and tag alongs.
The Mayflower was about 90 feet long, 26 feet wide and weighed 108 tons. Most passengers slept in the ship’s 25-by-15-foot “grear cabin”, which afforded each Pilgrim accommodations slightly smaller than a frigidaire. The Pilgrims did, however, pack a lot of stuff – including furniture, clothes, smoked herring, dried ox tongue, oatmeal and brandy, beer, wine, salt cod, pickled eggs, Bibles, medical books, cannons, pigs, goats, chickens, one mastiff, and a spaniel. The crossing took 67 days. It was one grueling passage – analogous to taking the Green Line (refers to a Boston subway line) from Park Street to, say Munich. On the way, one crew member died (but nobody liked him anyway; he mocked the Puritans), and one passenger manservant, William Button, passed on. There was also one shipboard birth, a boy, named Oceanus Hopkins.
On November 10, 1620, the Pilgrims finally sighted land. To their dismay it was Cape Cod; they had been aiming for Manhattan. (There are actually conspiracy theories that ship’s pilot John Clark was bribed to take the Mayflower too far north and leave the Hudson for the Dutch.) The Mayflower ancored off P-town, and scouts took chilly day trips to find a suitable colony site. When the gang finally landed at Plymouth, they did not, as legend holds, fail to their kness and thank God for the lousy soil. Actualy, they kind of scruffled around and debated whether Plymouth was a good enough spot for settlement. Good enough, they decided in their exhaustion.
By spring, haif the Mayflower passengers were dead (including Oeanus). Of the surviving 54, 21 were under 16. No goods had been sent back to the colony’s inventors.

The execution

2009-06-04T12:59:00.000-07:00

My Italian frend Mario and I are finalizing the opening of TINAHASIT VIRTUAL SHOP.
Mario is coming from Treviso to Millbrook to exercise his artistic power as well as his English. Excitement is running high so is the anticipation of the multiple items that will be displayed. Millbrook should be proud to have such an artist as Mario Malaguti coming in to honor the city. Welcome Mario the wiz.

Intrigue

2009-05-31T13:07:00.000-07:00

At 67 I never witnessed such a marvelous drama of nature. A mama bird build her nest at the edge of one of my front porch columns. Next to the columns I have a beautiful white olive bush. A big spider built a web anchored to 4 limbs. A couple of bugs got caught into the web. The spider was approaching to suck their blood out. Mama bird flew out of the nest, hit the web and robbed the spider of it's pray. Poor spider hang on half of it's destroyed web that shone like silver in the sunshine. Mama bird ate the bugs, regurgitated them and fed her two little peepers.
Isn't nature wonderful to watch?
I love to seat on my rocking chair early in the morning with a hot cup of coffee and feel nature fill me with joy and delight

Pentagram

2009-05-20T13:08:00.000-07:00

I sat next to two elderly ladies. Very well dressed, their polite motions indicated a superior class and education. I could not help admiring their posture and gestures. The main attraction for me became their conversation. They discussed the planet Venus and the Pentagram. They talked about a period, a period of 8 years and few days to complete the pentagram. It is all connected to Venus westwards connection with the sun. Every period, one said, is about 584 days long and each period determine a different point of the pentagram.
It is very rear to hear such deep conversations in public. Were the ladies astrologers? Is that why we only see the planet Venus next to the moon only every so many years? Has our civilization developed with the study of the sun, the moon and stars. Is the whole world based on numeric figures that only very few people can read? Are the prophecies numbers of the bible connected to the celestial movement of the stars. The two elderly ladies fascinated me and opened a Pandora box in my own brain which I did not even know existed. I feel like a child at the WHY stage of life. I am thirsty for answers to the connections that overheard conversation caused me to think about. I was proud of my choice of restaurant that day for just listening to others I realized that my brain is still hungry for knowledge. All it needs it's a little stimuli. I wonder: is the Eastern Star a pentagram and was the Pentagon based on the Pentagram. Is every new point a new agenda for a new leader? That would make a lot of sense counting historical events and duration of civilizations. This heavy reflecting gave a headache. I better go back to my simple life and concentrate on the opening of my upcoming TINAHASIT VIRTUAL SHOP. Could be my lucky star will enlighten me with great ideas.

The way to the future

2009-05-17T14:50:00.000-07:00

Seems to me we are leaving the era of college education and slowly returning to good trades. Now that our economy is changing the throw away days will soon be gone. We will now go back to the past and save, repair, keep and remodel old merchandise.
Lucky are the people with a trading skill for if they keep honesty on their side they will be tomorrow's wealthy people. Knowledge in incomparable but so are skills. Gook skilled reliable people are very hard to find today. Good skill usually accompany good pride and dedication to one's own work.It is a beautiful feeling to be able to look back and say "I DID THAT". That is where the right pride comes in. Looking back at ones accomplishment makes a man a real man and a woman a real woman.
If the right pride will come back so will the right conscience, which seems to have left today's depersonalized young people.
Personality is only acquired through pride of one's own worth. To feel worthy of ourselves we need to accomplish and create. We need to look back and see our individuality. I am me, I am not like Jane or Mary. I don't wear blue jeans and t-shirts and tennis shoes. I wear skirts and high heels. I am ME. I will not follow the crowds to be part of some or to feel that I belong. I am part of myself and my God and that's what I believe life is all about. Individualism.

Pop goes the Weasel

2009-05-04T17:22:00.000-07:00

I remember the song inspired by the spinning wheel. I wish I could remember how to use the spinning wheels I have at the house. I encountered a lady of 99 years and she told me her story. "I used to stay up all night using the table spinning wheel to make sure my daughters would have a trousseau at their marrying age. My breasts hurt so bad. Every time the spinning wheel hit them. But I wanted my daughter to have perfect cotton white sheets made from the Alabama cotton my husband used to pick in the fields. Poor man always had sore hands for the cotton flowers have a very hard shell. It was not easy to process it. It was a lot of hard work. We all worked together, we sang and whistled and watch out children play and fight in the fresh air. They were hard working days but they were very good days. We all helped each other. The lucky ones had mules and horses. We walked everywhere. Our family name was our pride and we always kept our heads high and a smile on our faces. We all hugged each other, our fun was going to church and have a dancing shindig every now and then. Hard work kept our minds clear and our bodies strong."
Her story kept going till I finally excused myself and went back to my modern life controlled by televisions, computers and different type media that seems to put us all in one direction.
Those must have been beautiful happy days. Wouldn't it be nice if they would come back again and people would mingle like in the past instead of ignoring each other.

from old to antique

2009-04-25T06:38:00.000-07:00

We have a 1985 450E Mercedes Benz. All original upholstery, paint and and devices including built in alarm and driver's safety air bag. We tried to sell it very cheap because of the high mileage 175.000 but an antique car dealer advised us to hold on to it because at age 25 automobiles change their status from used cars to antique cars and their value changes with their status.
I knew that was true of buildings that changed from old to historical and people that change from young and dumb to old and wise but I was unaware that cars followed the same line. It is always good to talk to people for even the most ignorant person might know something about objects or life that intelligent people do not see or appreciate. This is the reason we are going to open Tinahasit Virtual Shop to show people the past mixed with the new and the original and to present one of a kind item that could not be found anywhere else

Solidity

2009-04-18T11:36:00.000-07:00

Solidity in merchandise, in practices and in buildings translates into Stability of character and mind. I come from Italy where we have buildings that stand after centennials. Like the old buildings the old people relied in a hand shake for they new their word was a promise non to be broken. Today chaotic world has produced a chaotic, unreliable society. The so called "throw away age" created mental and physical instability. Everything seems to be flighty. Words are just words with no meaning. Everybody says "I love you" but nobody ever proves love with care and attention.
After WWII Italy was destroyed. We had to cope with life, epidemics, lack of food and water and death. We had to make our own clothes, shoes, hats and gloves. Everything was done at home. Knowledge was passed on from one generation to the next. We were not allowed to dishonor the family's name for that and hope in the future were the only thing we had to hold on to. Our songs were melodies, the song words were poems. Everything was aimed to develop conscience and good will. We were and are solid people. We kept our solidity conserving beauty, knowledge and pride. We are stable in our homes, our marriages and raised our children with respect for higher powers. The few left of us are individuals and refuse to become a number. Individualism is our personal power. We are as strong as the solid merchandise that furnishes our old homes. Basements and roots have to run deep or else the houses fall and the trees are easily extirpated.

2009-04-18T11:33:00.000-07:00

old becomes new

2009-04-16T06:12:00.000-07:00

Old styles in furniture, clothing, shoes and apparels are coming back as a new fashion. The only difference is the substance and the material used to make reproductions of the old designs and fashions. Furniture used to be wood, now the majority are press-wood. clothing was pure silk or pure cotton or pure linen or pure wool. Now there is such a mixture of synthetic fabrics that even dry cleaner are puzzled on how to clean using chemicals good for one fabric but damaging to the rest of the mixture.
Like furniture, clothing and everything else on the market, today's people have changed as well. All the so called improvement on all things created a great confusion in the human brain. For the brain is the one thing that cannot be mixed. It might be altered with drugs and chemicals but cannot be mixed. All the confusion creates unrest, depression, unhappiness. Negativism has been pushed for the last generation and today every one of a certain age acts negative. We seem to make 1 step forward and two backwards when it comes to humanity, social life and social behavior. How hard would it be to go back to the world of honesty and life ruled by the ten commandments instead of selfishness and greed. Tinahasit.com offers real merchandise made with the real materials, no mixtures. Just genuine. Tinahasit.com will soon open a virtual shop where everything will be original and natural like the people behind the shop. HPP (honesty. Pride. Promptness) will be the motto for tinahasit virtual shop.

Potentiality

2009-04-11T08:05:00.000-07:00

Every object posted in the up coming Tinahasit Virtual Shop will have the potentiality of becoming part of you, of your personality, of your appearance and elevate you to a class of your own.
Tinahasit Virtual Shop will make you regain your own personality by distinguishing you from the masses. Tinahasit Virtual Shop offers will make you the center of attention and a conversation piece admired by all. Just about 2 more months before the opening, then you will be able to look at the mirror and proudly say: I AM ME, the special person God created and I will enjoy my difference from others.
Happy Easter from the up coming Tinahasit Virtual Shop every object, whether silver, gold, books. clothing etc.

Winter in the spring

2009-04-07T06:55:00.000-07:00

It has always cooled off about one week before Easter. This time is different. It not only cooled off, the weather decided to freeze us again. Put away spring clothes and back to heavy coats again. I feel for the people who planted their garden following the moon and the season. It appears seasons have disappeared.
It appears like we need to take both life and weather day by day. I wonder if emptying the earth of it's natural fillers and buffers like petroleum and natural gas has interfered to change our weather. These natural resources cannot be replaced. Men cannot keep dipping away without replacing. In the agricultural age the producer was also the consumer. So what was consumed was automatically replaced by future crops.
Now days there is an abyss between producer and consumer but the producers do not replace what they sold the consumers.
We only have one earth and we all have to live in it. Why should just few exploit it leaving the majority in total dependence of their exploitation.

Ancient to new

2009-04-04T13:39:00.000-07:00

on the grounds of tinahasit.com in Millbrook there still lots of secrets buried to speak about the past. I dug to plant a new tree and found Yankee bullets still buried into the grounds. I found horses harness pieces and pieces of old plows.
I asked an historian how is it possible that Yankee bullets would be buried in these ground. He scratched his head and concluded mumbling: "Could be they attacked a convoy and robbed their firing supplies". I also found the drum of a cap and ball pistol. I wish I could find the whole thing. A bottle or rat poisoning, umber color with a big rat embossed on it and lots of small medicine bottles.
All these marvels are going to be posted on the up coming Tinahasit Virtual Shop.
The one and only tinahasit Virtual Shop will take you from the past to the future. Hold your breath it is coming in just few months.

Wetumpka, Alabama

2009-04-03T11:13:00.000-07:00

The manor on tinahasit.com backs into Hwy.14 which proceeds to Wetumpka. Wetumpka is the Elmore County seat. An interesting brief history of Wetumpa, Alabama Information obtained from the Chamber of Commerce.
"Against the background of the Appalachian foothills, snuggled against the Coosa river above its junction with the Tallapoosa, nestles the small city of Wetumpka. The thriving community still keeps the fascinating looks of vintage homes with tall columns and extended porches mixed with the freshly renovated architecture of the downtown area. Wetumpka is a sparking combination of the past and the present.
The Indian words WE-WAU (water), TUM-CAU (rumbling) is what gave the city it's name.
WE-WAU and TUM-CAU was the creek description of the prominent point in the Coosa where the rapids ran across the river rocks. Hence the modernized name of WETUMPKA.
The native population was influenced by the British and the French. The British-French influence created friction between the two European Countries. The financial difficulty in France effected the garrison at Fort Touluse which were finally compelled to withdraw. The French commander decommissioned his cannon and abandoned the post. Wetumpka then became a part of the British province of Illinois under the rule of Great Britain until 1798, when it became part of the US territory of Mississippi.
From 1800 to 1812 Pioneers invaded the territory in great number and caused growing unrest among the Indian population. Pioneers wanted to take over. in 1811 Shawnee Chief Tukumseh came to the creek to urge the Indians to exterminate the settlers.
In 1812 the US declared war on Britain. The Indians lost the assistance of the British but they were not deterred by fighting the settlers.
When the Alabama territory was created in 1817 Wetumpka was within its boundaries. Counties were established in 1818. Western Wetumpka fell in Autauga County and the eastern side of the city fell in Coosa County. The Eastern side was incorporated on January 17, 1834. The west side was incorporated on February 18, 1834. In 1839 the two halves of the city were jointly incorporated. When Elmore County was created in 1866 Wetumpka was chosen as the site for the County Court House.

butterflies

2009-04-02T07:24:00.000-07:00

Bees, butterflies and red birds are livening up our property and our souls. It is beautiful to see all those colors and hear the buzz's and the chirps. Nature if really waking up now. The grass is greener the flowers are blooming again. The Crape Myrtles are budding new leaves. It's like waking up into a new life. All the happiness nature brings seems to nullify the aches and pains of the body because the senses are too busy to take in the beauty, the smells, the colors and the noises.

April's Fool

2009-04-01T12:53:00.000-07:00

We were really fooled by the coming of April. Instead of the April's showers we were gifted with a beautiful, warm, sunny day. Thank God for that. Our Alabama river is way up and the grounds are very soggy. We do need to dry out. I feel today's beautiful sunny day was our gift for the late spring. Love you mother nature, keep up the good works. Could be we can plant our gardens now and hope to have a plentiful crop.

April's fool

2009-03-31T05:07:00.000-07:00

April's fool is coming tomorrow. Hope nature will not fool us again with another gust of cold spell, winds and heavy rains. Nature seem to have become like us older people. It seems to have it's senior moments forgetting which of the four season is supposed to present us. Are w intelligent human being responsible for the change in nature? Are we pretending to be smarter and more intelligently organized than nature? Every thing in us function together. Without eyes we could not see the seeds to plant. Without ears we could not hear the wind, the rains and thunders. Without our nose we could not smell the difference between good and spoiled. Without mouth we could not eat. Without arms we could not reach and feed ourselves. Without legs we could not go to reap our crops. Without brain we would not have any emotions, feelings and fear of danger. Without heart we could not exist. Without lungs we could not breath to feed oxygen to rest of our organs and muscles. Nature is perfectly co=ordinated to work in synchrony. The father men gets away from nature the more he will suffer for his own self created ills.
As child in the farm we exposed to birth, death, production and growing both morally and spiritually. We loved nature and we knew nature loved us back and gave us faith in the future. It inspired our souls to prayers of thanks to God.

Bye bye dogwood flowers

2009-03-28T16:40:00.000-07:00

The Dogwood trees were full of beautiful white flowers waiving in the spring breeze. The sun decided to hide, the winds shook the air and brought in big dark clouds pregnant with water. The clouds unloaded their water burden dropping heavy flows of rain and hail. The ground flooded. Puddles were everywhere. The white Dogwood flowers covered the ground and it looked as snow had fallen again. The white Irises look down at their wet bulbs. Every tree, shrub and flowers seem to wonder with sagging blooms why nature decided to turn it's back on them. Easter will soon be here. We hope God will warm our souls again with the gift of his sun, the joy of children laughter and the new leaves and blooms looking up to sky to praise his glory and give thanks.

Alabama

2009-03-25T11:14:00.000-07:00

In the early 1800's there were few white settlers in the area. Their homes built of logs. They were Indian traders, white traders and there were farmers. Alabama was rich soil, much of it river bottom land, beautiful rolling planes with long leaf pine virgin forests, chestnut, oak and hickory trees. Alabama was considered a very healthy area with pure water springs flowing from many springs into many clear creeks.
Robinson Springs,Millbrook,as many as six springs filled the pond behind the Episcopal church and fed a creek which filled other ponds.
Some of the early settlers names found in the area in 1818 were Bolling Hall,William Wyatt Bibb, J.S.Walker, Col. Howell, Gen. A. Elmore, Phillip Fitzpatrick, Col. W.R.Pickett, James Jackson and Seaborn Mims.
The territorial legislature created Autauga County in 1817 which included all of this area until 1866 when Elmore County was formed.
A young Senator from Georgia, William Wyatt Bibb was appointed as Governor of the territory and in in 1818 he was elected the first Governor of the new State of Alabama.
In 1818 a great migration of settlers arrived from Virginia,Carolina and Georgia. They traveled along the road opened by Gen. Jackson during the war with the Indians, Creek Indians. Most settlers bought their land sight unseen from the Government and came to claim it. They came by wagon, train. They traveled together and brought all their possession from kitchen utensils to live stock and household belongings.
Among these pioneers were Willian Wyatt Bibb and friend Bolling Hall.
Bolling Hall brought with him door, hinges and mantles from Virginia and England. He also brought locks and sawmill which enabled him to build permanent homes.
He built a home from his family on what is now Edgewood Road. It was a very simple, one and one half story home with large verandas and porches.. This house had the first glass windows in this area. It is still standing and still in the Hall family.
He found a good spot and built the Ellersly. His slaves built four rooms downstairs and two rooms upstairs. All floors in the house are of hardwood pine and are put together by pins and hand made nails with morticed joints.
Approximately 50 feet away the slaves built a two room kitchen. Kitchens were built away from the homes for fear of fires.
Bibb, which became the first Governor of Alabama stopped in Coosada which, like Millbrook established it's own township.
The manor seen on tinahasit.com was built in 1885 about the same time the Methodist Church was built.

millbrook growth

2009-03-25T05:36:00.000-07:00

Millbrook has a 50% growth over the 2000 decennial census. Millbrook grew the most of all cities in Alabama. The Millbrook area appeals to families because of his convenient location, vicinity to Air Force Bases, medical centers, hospitals, schools, banks and churches of all denominations.
Millbrook still offer a small town atmosphere but you can get to the big cities quickly and easily. Millbrook still has lots of wooded areas and trees galore to keep the air clean. It is a pleasure to wake in the morning to hear birds singing and watching rabbits hop and squirrel jump from tree to tree.
Millbrook is a nice town still close to nature at it's best.

Easter

2009-03-22T12:22:00.000-07:00

Millbrook is already showing signs of the Easter spirit. Mothers go around stores with children sitting in the shopping carts looking at Easter egg coloring. It is a lot of fun to boil eggs, then color them and hide in the bushes in the yard. It is even more fun to watch the little ones looking for them as if there were treasure hunting. Usually the one who finds the golden egg gets a big prize, a big stuffed Eastern Bunny. After the shindig is over the smell of hot dogs and hamburgers cooked on the grill for the little ones invades the air.
There is singing and crying, hair pulling and egg stealing, pushing and shoving, laughing and telling on each other. The Millbrook park is a nice place to have shindigs. It is always kept clean and has a nice walkway all the way around. The ideal place for overweight people to jog counting their laps and mileage

gorgeous day

2009-03-21T12:37:00.000-07:00

It is such a beautiful day. How can anyone be sad. A little green lizard welcomed me outside this morning early. It turned his little head at me and sat there as if it dared me to touch it. All plants are blooming again, even though the temperature has dropped a bit. The only fastidious things are the ants. they seem to crawl everywhere. The ant hills are filling with life at the warmth of the sun rays. I tried everything to kill them but when they smell the poisons they just seem to migrate from one spot into another.
I called the golf course to find out how they keep them away from their turfs but that seems to be a secret they do not want to reveal. I like any comments I can get on this subject and I am sure lots more people like me would like to know.

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2009-03-18T07:24:00.000-07:00

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nature is art

2009-03-17T12:31:00.000-07:00

Nothing can express joy as much as a sun shiny day. Nothing can express sadness as much as a cold, rainy day. Day light and sunshine strengthen the mind. Darkness and dampness weakens the mind. Nice harp, violins and other cord instruments sounds sooth the mind and inspire love.
These are feelings stimulated during hard times, feelings that bring people together, teach patience, invite relaxation and pleasurable joy. Realistic paintings and good reading stimulate happy feelings.
Like dark damp days hard music drum beatings repetition sounding noise numbs the brain and leads to follow instead of leading. Paintings left to the imagination representing just blotches of colors divide people and create groups of different views and aggressiveness.
Positive thinking, personality, love, help for one another, compassion are stimulated by softness and brightness.Love poems and odes grow during depression times.
Good times bring in harsher music, more chaotic color mixture, a sense of worthlessness and egotistical behavior based on materialism instead of love.

art

2009-03-17T12:01:00.000-07:00

Art is a form of expression. Nature is art. No artist could ever reproduce nature at it's best. We are artists in nature even though most people do not know how to express their inner feelings through a brush or a pen, we all see things differently and get different meanings from what we see.
Art has had many uses in the past, told many stories and touched many lives. Through art men has the power of changing society exchanging secret coded messages understood only by few.
Music is art. It can elevate your spirits or lower your mood. Nice, soft violins, harps, and other cord instrument including pianos have the power of relaxing and establish a feeling of peace within oneself.
drums beat have the power to put the brain in idle and create confusion of the senses. Repeated tum tum beating were used during human sacrifices to numb the brain of the spectator so they would not realize the horror of the rites. Harps cords relate to the heavens and the angels because of their sweert, melodic sound.
Brass instruments have the power of energizing and spur people to march.
Like music, painting and writing are used to achieve different feelings and awaken different reaction.
During depression times music is soft, painting are realistic depicting life with smiles and tears, joy and sorrow.
During flourising time music is hard, paintings became confusion of colors and figures. Just like people's character, during depression patience is a must and people help each other and care for each other. During flourishing times people become impatient, materialistic and

Millbrook

2009-03-14T11:11:00.000-07:00

"The Hartley's House in Millbrook, Elmore County, Alabama, USA"
by Mario Malaguti in Millbrook (AL) from April 11 to May 8, 2007 with thanks to friends Tina and Frank Hartley.

Yard men

2009-03-14T04:03:00.000-07:00

Yard men start to get busy for the spring, mulching, fertilizing and killing bugs. Their heavy work season has come again.
We have beautiful landscaped places in Millbrook, some of which are manicured to perfection. Now is the time to help mother nature protect all plant roots with heavy mulching.
It is time to plant and transplant. Great time to seed a garden for fresh home grown vegetables.
People are outside, they sit on their rocking chair in the front porch and admire their lawns coming to life.

Elmore County

2009-03-10T11:09:00.000-07:00

Millbrook is located in Elmore County, the fasted developing county in the south. Highway 14 joins Elmore County to Autauga County.
Elmore County seat is in Wetumpka while Autauga County seat is in Prattville.
Wetumpka is famous for the meteor that landed there over hundred years ago, also famous for it's beautiful antebellum homes. Elmore County was haven for cotton fields; acreage after acreage of white, soft looking flowers.
Prattville was the first Cotton Gin in the area established by Mr. Pratt, hence the name Pratt ville.
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Elmore County

2009-03-10T11:01:00.000-07:00

Elmore County area was haven for cotton fields. Beautiful, white, soft looking flowers covered acreage of land.

Highway 14 joins Elmore County to Autauga County where the county seat is in Pratt ville. Pratt ville was the first cotton gin in the area established by Mr. Pratt, hence the name of Pratt ville

Millbrook

2009-03-10T04:27:00.000-07:00

The old manor showed on tinahasit.com was built in 1885 with sun dried heart of pine 4X8's.
It was in Robinson Springs, which is now incorporated in the city of Millbrook.
Robinson Springs in the past was a resort where people would go to drink the pure water from the springs, rich of minerals and enjoy the relaxing atmosphere of the park.
What is now the back of the manor used to be the front and it was all bricked in. Everything was rural. Water came to the well from the natural springs.
Tina reopened the well and uses the natural spring water to grow fantastic flowers and vegetables, as well as drinking it for good health
The well was discovered by accident. A tree fell and broke the concrete top that covered it. Tina looked into it and saw her image reflected way on the bottom.
The well had to be built during the Confederate War, when the property was used as a military encampment.

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2009-03-09T06:45:00.000-07:00

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2009-03-07T06:50:00.000-08:00

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