Next time you are handed a specification and wonder what horse’s rear came up with it The US Standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is 4 feet, 8.5 inches. That’s an exceedingly odd number. Why was that gauge used? Because that’s the way they built them in England, and the US railroads were built by English expatriates Why did…
“In 1814 we took a little trip Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississip We took a little bacon and we took a little beans And we caught the bloody British in a town in New Orleans” The song the Battle of New Orleans’ sung by Johnny Horton, although a fun song, speaks of a very real battle….
I certainly hope you didn’t think that I was done with the Fairy Garden. The next project for this garden was a fence. In keeping with the theme of doing this garden with things that I have here, I used toothpicks, water, paint, glue and a pair of scissors. Having decided that this particular Fairy Garden has been around for…
I have been seeing a lot of kits and do-it-yourself projects, I sure you have as well, to make little fairy gardens or, I have seen them called gnome gardens. Well, personally, I think they are adorable but overpriced. I just saw one that came with a swing, a watering can and I think a bench for $20. That did…
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