FARMGIRLS
Famous Farmgirls
In 1941, World War II continued to rage. The young men of England had been called to the front to fight. Back at home a new regiment is formed. The Women's Land Army, or "land girls," young women of England were dispatched across the countryside to pick up the slack and pitch in--literally. They tilled the fields, milked cows, reaped grain and hay, picked apples, harvested timber, among other things.The Women's Land Army was first formed in WWI but then disbanded in 1918. It was re-formed in 1939 and disbanded again in 1950.
Watch Mary Vincent, (a real Land Girl) tell her story HERE on BBC News.
Tasha Tudor (August 28, 1915-June 18, 2008): One of America's, if not the world's, most fascinating and beloved illustrators. Her works celebrated her Victorian-era lifestyle, the holidays, family and her love for children and animals-especially Welsh Corgi's. She wrote about the Welsh corgi dogs she kept as pets, sometimes 13 or 14 at once. My first glimpse into the fascinating lifestyle of Tasha Tudor was in a Victoria magazine, in the late 1980's. I knew at first glance that this woman was authentic in her beliefs! Her lifestyle was living proof. I admired her for her determination to truly live the life she wished to live. How many of us could do that? Or even want to do that? We might collect antiques, bake old-fashioned cookies, and drink tea in the afternoon, but do we really and truly have the determination to carry it through down to the last detail? She went barefoot, spun flax into linen for her own clothing, raised Nubian goats for their milk, made her own tea and lived out her days in a replica of a late 18th-century New England farmhouse, built by her son Seth. The house did have electricity, but not running water. She carried the water she needed, as you can see in the following photograph.
TASHA TUDOR & FAMILY
Watch Mary Vincent, (a real Land Girl) tell her story HERE on BBC News.
Tasha Tudor (August 28, 1915-June 18, 2008): One of America's, if not the world's, most fascinating and beloved illustrators. Her works celebrated her Victorian-era lifestyle, the holidays, family and her love for children and animals-especially Welsh Corgi's. She wrote about the Welsh corgi dogs she kept as pets, sometimes 13 or 14 at once. My first glimpse into the fascinating lifestyle of Tasha Tudor was in a Victoria magazine, in the late 1980's. I knew at first glance that this woman was authentic in her beliefs! Her lifestyle was living proof. I admired her for her determination to truly live the life she wished to live. How many of us could do that? Or even want to do that? We might collect antiques, bake old-fashioned cookies, and drink tea in the afternoon, but do we really and truly have the determination to carry it through down to the last detail? She went barefoot, spun flax into linen for her own clothing, raised Nubian goats for their milk, made her own tea and lived out her days in a replica of a late 18th-century New England farmhouse, built by her son Seth. The house did have electricity, but not running water. She carried the water she needed, as you can see in the following photograph.
TASHA TUDOR & FAMILY
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (Aug. 8, 1896 - 1953) Author of The Yearling, and Cross Creek. For a northern girl, she sure knew how to live like a southern lady! I first read about her in Victoria magazine years ago, and fell in love with her idyllic life in the Ocala National Forest, in central Florida.
"It is more important to live the life one wishes to live, and to go down with it if necessary, quite contentedly, than to live more profitably but less happily."
MARJORIE KINNAN RAWLINGS STATE HISTORIC SITE
"It is more important to live the life one wishes to live, and to go down with it if necessary, quite contentedly, than to live more profitably but less happily."
MARJORIE KINNAN RAWLINGS STATE HISTORIC SITE
