Where the Little House books were written... Mansfield, Missouri

Today we met in Mansfield, Missouri where it was HOT and muggy.

The site consist of three buildings, one the old farmhouse where Laura and Almonzo lived in their later years, one is the gift/book store and the museum that inludes many, many personal artifacts of Laura, Almonzo and Rose.
Our goal today for project giving today was to plant a container garden for the sitting area between the museum and work in the book store. It really needed the color and thank goodness Carol McElroy has an eye for planting. It went fast and looked stunning.

Second , after lunch, we played in the book store ( in the air conditioning!!) placing stickers on the shipment of LIW books. This went fast and we enjoyed chatting with Judy and the staff of the book store. Didn't hurt that we were able to shop, too.

I'm glad we visited this site last. We traveled her past then her present to complete her life as a mother, wife and author. Her home is as she left it, her personal belongings about as if she will return at any moment really gave the feeling you had traveled back to her time. This site was truly amazing.

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