Photo Journal






House in the HorseShoe
Historic Site
Christmas Tour
(very cold)












Christmas Candlelight Tour House in the Horseshoe 




Living history dinner at Latta Pace log cabin





 Colonial Williamsburg


 Tullie Smith House Kitchen
Atlanta History Center
Took an open hearth cooking class here and have been forever hooked.


  Tullie Smith Double Corn Crib Barn
Atlanta History Center, 1985

James K Polk
Historic Site
Cooking class for staff, making fresh peach pie
(temp that day mid 90's)



 Preparing for tours 
Robert Cleveland House
Wilkes Heritage Museum


 Latta Place
Huntersville, North Carolina



 Gingerbread Girls
Baked and decorated by the children
Robert and Aley Cleveland House
Wilkes Heritage Museum




 Living history Re-enactment
Old Salem, North Carolina


 Learning to fire the musket
Fort Dobbs Historic Site
Statesville, 


 Colonial Williamsburg
Governor's Palace 


Mary and Sarah at Living History Week
Alamance Battle Ground State Historic Site



 Baked apples and apple tart topped with whipped cream
Robert Cleveland House, c 1770
Wilkes Heritage Museum
Wilkesboro, NC



Cooking in Mathews Cabin 
Mabry Mill
Blue Ridge Parkway
Sweet Potato Custard


Picking Tanzy from kitchen garden
Mordecai Historic Park
Raleigh, North Carolina


Mordecai Kitchen and Garden
Raleigh, North Carolina


Children's Cooking Class
Mordecai Park
Allen Kitchen, c. 1840
Raleigh, NC


Cooking Pies
American  Encampment
Colonial Williamsburg



Regimental Dinner on the Palace Green
Colonial Williamsburg


Early Spring Salads
Robert Cleveland House
Wilkes Heritage Museum Cooking Class
Wilkesboro, North Carolina 


Washing dishes in log cabin I helped build.
 Latta Plantation, Huntersville, NC


This is a replica of one of the Daniel Boone Cabins located at Whippoorwill Academy, Ferguson, NC. Original cabin c. 1760 located at Holman's
Ford on the Upper Yadkin River, Wilkes County, NC



This picture was taken in the fall of 2009 at the Overmountain Victory Trail school tours at the Surry Muster Field in Elkin, NC. 
 Greens, smoked venison strips and cornbread cakes
 are all being cooked over the fire.




Winter pumpkins and squash on steps at Old Salem, NC



Donna and Mary getting ready for tours at Surry Muster Field, 2009.


Making Apple Pie during cooking classes at Robert Cleveland Log House,
 Wilkes Heritage Museum, Wilkesboro, NC


Cabbage in Pot
 Cooking classes at Robert Cleveland House, 
Wilkes Heritage Museum, Wilkesboro, NC


Christmas table at Cleveland House, c. 1790 restored. Wilkes County, NC. Photographed with RG Absher, re-enactor, President of Board of Directors, 
Wilkes Heritage Musuem.






Christmas Goose 
Robert Cleveland Log House
Wilkes Heritage Museum
Wilkesboro, NC





Amish Bread cooked on the hearth.  Baking class at Wilkes Heritage Museum
Wilkesboro, NC




Tea Cakes from my mother's recipe, baked for Christmas 2010.