https://lovelyreflections.org/2015/05/05/versatile-blogger-award/https://lovelyreflections.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/jill-farmer-2015-april-thumbnail-1-inch.jpgJill Teresa Farmer 2015https://lovelyreflections.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/jill-farmer-2015-april-thumbnail1.jpgJill Teresa Farmer 2015https://lovelyreflections.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/jill-farmer-2015-april-thumbnail.jpgJill Teresa Farmer 2015https://lovelyreflections.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/jill-farmer-2015-april-copy.jpgJill Teresa Farmer 2015https://lovelyreflections.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/jilll-15-mar-2015-1-lifted-best-portrait-diff-eyebrows.jpgJill Teresa Farmer2016-08-25T22:12:16+00:00monthlyhttps://lovelyreflections.org/2016/03/13/election-day-and-the-poll-tax/https://lovelyreflections.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/women-voting.jpgWomen Voting in PittsburghElection Day was always the occasion for wearing one's Sunday best. Adapted from a image courtesy http://totallyfreeimages.comhttps://lovelyreflections.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/poll-tax.jpgPage One of theTwentiety-fourth AmendmentThe Twentieth-fourth Amendment to the Constitution of the United Stated was ratified in 1964, abolishing the poll tax forever.2016-03-13T03:44:39+00:00monthlyhttps://lovelyreflections.org/2016/03/06/quick-potato-soup-and-sickroom-tips/https://lovelyreflections.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/potato-soup-for-wordpress.jpgSick Foiks' Potato SoupThe stage of potato soup-making before the milk and butter.2016-04-14T19:20:49+00:00monthlyhttps://lovelyreflections.org/2015/04/16/family-reunion/https://lovelyreflections.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/girl-withpan-of-corn-copy.jpggirl withpan of corn copyPhoto adapted from: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21148764@N00/5903405157">karrie loves corn</a> via <a href="http://photopin.com">photopin</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">(license)</a>https://lovelyreflections.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/litte-girl-with-pan-of-corn.jpglitte girl with pan of corn2016-03-09T06:05:04+00:00monthlyhttps://lovelyreflections.org/2015/05/08/memories-of-grandfathers-chick-house/2016-03-02T03:52:07+00:00monthlyhttps://lovelyreflections.org/2015/05/14/cunning-grandmothers/https://lovelyreflections.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/grandmother.jpggrandmotherDo not be fooled. 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