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Hi! My name is Jill... I am a Wanna be World Traveler...baby-stepping across the globe!

When I am not traveling ...my husband and I live in a sweet 1938 Cape Cod in the heart of Louisville, Kentucky, that we have affectionately named, “Orpington Cottage”. It has a warm rustic European farm feel.

We grow our own herbs and vegetables, compost, try to reduce our footprint, reuse, recycle, and enjoy our own farm-fresh eggs with our backyard laying hens (we have 2 Buff Orpingtons and 3 Lavender Orpingtons!). Not only do they lay the best tasting eggs on earth...but they are also the sweetest lap hens you could ever wish for!

MY AMBERLEIGH LIFE:

On Swapbot, in a group called “At Hope With The Georgettes”, I represent a Regency/Georgian Era Character named: Priscilla Anne Ackley and husband her, Elmer James Ackley, owners and proprietors of Ackley Dairy Farm supplying eggs and milk to the village and surrounding area. We keep a special journal for our swaps pertaining to this period. You can find more information about this group in the above Blog Link near the top of this page.

Some other fun facts about me:

• I am a mom of one human child, Ashley 👶🏼 (female, 24) living in Dublin, Ireland - and just finished her Masters in Art History 🖼 - way to go, Ash!
• I am a mom of two feline children, Charley😺 (male, 16) and Clementine 🐈 (female, 5)
• I am a mom of five hen children, Leota Mae 🐓(Buff Orpington), Matilda Jane 🐓(Buff Orpington), Violet Grace 🐔🦖(half Lavender Orpington/half T-Rex), Petunia Sue 🐔🦖(half Lavender Orpington/half T-Rex), and Opal Marie 🐓🦖(half Lavender Orpington/half T-Rex)

I LOVE CRAFTING:

• Wreath-making 🔆
• Polymer clay 👩🏼‍🎨
• Scrapbooking 📸
• Sewing 🧵
• Collaging 📰

and any other fun, creative, craft...but, currently PLANNING 📒 has taken over my life!!

I have several planners:

• Happy Planner - BIG (this is what I use daily)
• Happy Planner - Classic
• Happy Planner - Micro
• Explorer Traveler's Notebook (used for journalling all my trips)
• Repurposed hardbound drop cap edition of “Pride and Prejudice” (used for Amberleigh swaps)

THINGS I LOVE:

• Animals 🦔, Antlers 🦌 , ATCs 🖼, Austen 📖
• Bats 🦇, Bees 🐝, Board Games♟,Books 📚
• Cats 🐱, Chickens 🐓 , Chocolate 🍫, Crafts ✂️
• Dragonflies 🐉, Dancing 💃🏼, Decoupage 📜
• Ephemera 🎟, Easter 🐣, Europe 🗺
• Fairies 🧚🏼‍♀️, Flags 🇺🇸, Fleur-de-lis ⚜️, France 🇫🇷
• Gemini Anything ♊️, Goodwill 🛍, Gum 🍬
• Halloween 👻 , Hiking 🥾, Hippos 🦛, Hygge 🧣
• Ice Cream 🍦, Ice Skating ⛸ , Islands 🌴
• Janite 👒, Jack-o-Lanterns 🎃, Jax ✖️
• Kawaii 🥟, Kites 🪁, Keys 🗝, Klimt 🖼
• Lace ❄️, Ladybugs🐞, Letters 💌
• Memory Dex Cards 📇, Mermaids 🧜🏼‍♀️, Music 🎶
• Namaste 🙏🏼 , Narwhals 🐋, Note Cards 📝
• Ocean 🌊, Orpingtons 🐓, Otters 🦦
• Paper 📝, Pens 🖊, Pinterest📍, Planning 📆
• Quills ✒️, Quilting 🧵, Queen of Clubs ♣️
• Reading 📖, Reindeer 🦌, Raccoons 🦝
• Sloths 🦥 , Stickers ♥️, Succulents 🌵
• Tags 🏷, Theatre 🎭, Trains 🚂, Travel 🧳
• Unicorns 🦄, Umbrellas ☂, Up! (Kevin) 🦩
• Valentines 💝, Vintage 🕍, Volkswagen 🚗
• Wallabies 🦘, Walking 🚶🏼‍♀️, Winter ❄️
• Xyron ⭐️, Xylophones 🎼
• Yardsaling💲, Yarn 🧶, Yoga 🧘🏼‍♀️
• Zipper Flowers 🌺, Zoos🦓 , Zombies 🧟‍♀️

PLACES I HAVE TRAVELED 🧳🚢✈️🚂:

*. United States 🇺🇸:

Alabama Alaska Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Florida Georgia Hawaii Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Missouri Montana Nevada New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina Ohio Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina Tennessee Virginia Washington West Virginia Wyoming

*. Canada 🇨🇦:

Montreal Quebec Toronto

*. Europe:

England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 France 🇫🇷 Germany 🇩🇪 Ireland 🇮🇪 Italy 🇮🇹 Luxembourg 🇱🇺 Netherlands 🇳🇱 Northern Ireland 🇮🇪 Switzerland 🇨🇭

PLACES I INTEND TO GO 🧳🚢✈️🚂:

*. Australia 🇦🇺 *. The Maldives 🇲🇻 *. New Zealand 🇳🇿 *. Mexico 🇲🇽 *. Africa 🦒

MUSIC I LOVE:

Some favorites...and so many more - I could live without a television, but never without books or music:

🎶 The National 🎵 Gregory Alan Isakov 🎶 Mt. Joy 🎵 Kings of Leon 🎶 Frightened Rabbit 🎵 Frank Turner 🎶 The Lumineers 🎵 Sarah McLaughlin 🎶 Sylvan Esso 🎵 Sam Smith 🎶 Lord Heron 🎵 Antonio Vivaldi

BOOKS I LOVE:

I read ALOT! Some of my recent favorite:

📚 In Cold Blood 📚 Barrel Fever 📚 The End of Her 📚 Gone Girl 📚 I a Dark, Dark Wood 📚 When No one is Watvhing 📚 The Woman in Cabin 10 📚 The Last House Guest 📚 Hannibal Rising 📚 Something Wicked This Way Comes 📚 The Guest List 📚 Survivor Song 📚 The Patient 📚 Brave New World 📚 Head Full of Ghosts 📚 The Cabin at the End of the World 📚 Animal Farm 📚 The Art of Racing in the Rain 📚 I’m Thinking of Ending Things 📚 1984 📚 Behind Closed Doors 📚 Astrophysics for People in a Hurry 📚 We Were Liars 📚 Animal Farm 📚 Call Me by Your Name 📚 Find Me 📚 Then She Was Gone 📚 Love in the Time of Cholera 📚 The Tattooist of Auschwitz 📚 The Goldfinch 📚 Gmorning, Gnight 📚 Luckiest Girl Alive 📚 The Grownup 📚 The Dutch House 📚 We Need to Talk about Kevin 📚 The Woman in the Window 📚 The Hate You Give 📚 The Silent Patient 📚 The Good Daughter 📚 Sometimes I Lie 📚 Pretty Girls 📚 An Anonymous Girl 📚 The Other Woman 📚 The Wives 📚 Since We Fell