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I have just discovered photography as a hobby. I love all of nature's beauty and like snapping photos of everything. Our animals are my favorite subjects. I am a Mom to two grown sons and their spouses. My husband and I live in rural West Virginia, I love to garden and plant vegetables, flowers and herbs. I also love to cook and use fresh food from our garden whenever possible. We also love to attend flea markets and country auctions

For we,ve had a long, cold winter
With its ice and frost and snow,
And the mercury kept creeping
Down below the mark zero;
Then the drifts piled round our dwelling,
Now they all are melted, lo!
Springtime comes and buds are swelling,
So, tis time to use the hoe.

Do not say no need to hasten
Out of doors to till the soil
That a woman's occupation is
To wash and and bake and boil,
I will hurry through my cooking;
take my hands out of the dough,
I will get a few spare minutes
To go out and use my hoe.

We'll not starve for want of victuals;
We shall have enough to eat.
We will wash and iron also'
Try to keep things looking neat
But don't say neglect the flowers;
If you do, I tell you no
In the garden you will find me,
I'm the woman with a hoe. poem by Nettie A. Perham