Coming to America

i was sorting through some old boxes and found my Great, Great Grandfather's Immigration Folder

and Papers.  He must have used it for filing documents as it was filled with old receipts.  The folder is made of some kind of linen fabric and bound with a leather strip.  There is a picture of the ship on one side.

Pain in the Ash

The Ash Borer killed a lot of my trees. I planted then in 1973.- hated to cut them down, but........

Seven billion ash trees, the dominant species of urban American canopies, are at risk of being destroyed by the invasive emerald ash borer Since its first detection in Michigan in 2002, EAB has spread to 25 states and killed more than 50 million trees.,