This is the conservatory in the Hamile House. The Hamile House is a very famous part of Georgetown. Jerrie has said that the  conservatory  would be a wonderful place to grow "tomatoes". Jerrie loves tomatoes as she is Italian. Her grandparents came to Georgetown with her mom to Georgetown in the early  1900s.  Now Jerrie & John grow vegetables in the house in the winter. Jerrie gets her love of homesteading from her roots of being Italian.  

TRAIN AT SILVER PLUME, COLORADO

Silver Plume is the home of Jerrie's father, Jerry Buckley. Her grandmother, Alice Griffen was the first baby born in the state of Colorado. That is how Jerrie comes from a pioneer family.  That is another side of how she has homesteading in her blood. Of course at that time everyone homesteaded. Nowdays, the word "homesteading" means self-sufficiency.

The Buckley family had 13 children. Eight of the boys had their  own baseball team.  There were 8 Buckley boys and another person for the 9th player. Baseball was one of the sports that the Buckley's enjoyed.

THIS PICTURE IS THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN SILVER PLUME, COLORADO.  THE CHURCH WAS CLOSED DOWN AT THE TIME OF THE 1929 DEPRESSION.
THE BUCKLEY FAMILY STORED THE  "ALTER" OF  SAINT PATRICK'S CHURCH IN THEIR BUCKLEY BROTHERS FAMILY BUSINESS. THEY KEPT IT UNTIL THE DEPRESSION WAS OVER.