tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post2189230189433365463..comments2024-03-28T16:28:46.120-04:00Comments on Bless Our Hearts: A Story Fifty Years And More In The MakingMs. Moonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-1850808221319243682022-08-12T15:04:36.871-04:002022-08-12T15:04:36.871-04:00Thanks much. Have a great day!Thanks much. Have a great day!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-89604244867125402742022-08-12T14:45:17.408-04:002022-08-12T14:45:17.408-04:00I have no idea about the relationship between the ...I have no idea about the relationship between the Baisdens and the Jacksons. To be honest, I did not know anything about Laura until a few years ago although I had passed and admired her house many times as a child. If you are on Facebook, there is a group called Sebastian, Florida Historical Group which has a thread about the Baisdens. I think you would enjoy reading it. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-7625044516754579862022-08-12T14:38:00.645-04:002022-08-12T14:38:00.645-04:00Thanks for the reply. It is helpful in the piecin...Thanks for the reply. It is helpful in the piecing together of a timeline of the lives of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Baisden. Do you, or anyone, know the final year the Baisdens lived in Roseland.<br />Also interested in one of the prior comments about the Baisdens breaking off with the Jackson's (Laura and Schuyler Jackson). I am presuming that would have been around 1944-45. If there was a break, why?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-48570796803963130332022-08-12T13:05:20.615-04:002022-08-12T13:05:20.615-04:00From very late 1959 to about 1966.From very late 1959 to about 1966.Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-3605418292242455222022-08-12T12:18:06.237-04:002022-08-12T12:18:06.237-04:00Ms. Moon. During which years (of decade) did you l...Ms. Moon. During which years (of decade) did you live in the neighborhood with the Baisdens in Roseland. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-77386005232791663212020-07-28T19:51:30.470-04:002020-07-28T19:51:30.470-04:00Happy birthday, and have a speedy recovery.
There...Happy birthday, and have a speedy recovery. <br />There is a rather magical journal, kept by Walter Anderson, about his visit to the Baisdens in Roseland, accompanied by some beautiful watercolors of the grapefruit trees (which he painted alongside Frank). He had pedaled his bike all the way from Ocean Springs, Mississippi (not a long trip for him! He once pedaled all the way from Mississippi to Philadelphia (Pennsylvania!) and walked from Baltimore to Ocean Springs. Here is one of the journal entries:<br /><br /> "Sunday, Roseland. I arrived early last night at Frank Baisden's and after greetings I prepared to camp in the grapefruit grove. They (Mr. and Mrs.) were going out with friends. After they left I had supper by a little fire I made among the grapefruit trees, and was getting ready for bed when it began to rain. I found shelter, charming shelter, at the back of the house, open at the back. I could look out at the heavily fruited trees; some light came from the house.<br />They came back about nine, and we talked for a while, then I again retired to my shelter, a sort of high dry cellar with lattice work. This morning I found in front of me not only orange trees but banana with green fruit.<br />The house is very comfortably placed in harmony with the irregularity of the ground. I found the peltry of a little black animal in the road. Mrs. F[rank]. said that it was probably the little Florida skunk- that there were such things."<br />Just like Walter Anderson to camp under the house...! The next day he got up and helped the Baisdens pick and pack grapefruit for Christmas gifts. <br />https://drive.google.com/file/d/1taxq7DSiKazHRXz__R_KEtNOXbzRPvJZ/view?usp=sharing<br />There's a truly great book about Walter Anderson written by his widow, who, like "Bob" (Walter) was a friend of the Baisdens. Agnes Grinstead Anderson, APPROACHING THE MAGIC HOUR. <br /> <br />Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12939628310615584271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-71674697464116498242020-07-28T10:32:39.865-04:002020-07-28T10:32:39.865-04:00Kit! How amazing that you found this and commented...Kit! How amazing that you found this and commented on today of all days- it is my birthday and your comment is a gift. I have spent many birthdays in Roseland at that sweet place right next to the Baisden’s on the Sebastian River bit this year due to the pandemic and the fact that I broke some ribs last week I am staying right here in Lloyd. However, I now feel as if I have been given a small taste of that magical place. Thank you. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-55881563114105759662020-07-28T00:43:47.000-04:002020-07-28T00:43:47.000-04:00What a fascinating story. Thank you from the selfs...What a fascinating story. Thank you from the selfsame Walter Anderson biographer described above by Anonymous.Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12939628310615584271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-1188366242595686552012-10-25T09:35:42.771-04:002012-10-25T09:35:42.771-04:00I heard about McMurtry's book sale. How I woul...I heard about McMurtry's book sale. How I would have loved to have gone, had breakfast at the Dairy Queen in Archer.<br />I am certainly enjoying this conversation we are having, Anonymous! Nice of you to forward those posts to your friend. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-89728153311180071922012-10-25T09:33:02.872-04:002012-10-25T09:33:02.872-04:00I forwarded your postings on the Baisden house to ...I forwarded your postings on the Baisden house to a friend thats a trustee of Laura Riding Jackson Foundation. The photo of the beach at Vero Beach looks familiar, the site that is. Larry McMurtry says his own favorites of his books and there are only four, include DUANES DEPRESSED. Archer City is not much bigger than Wabasso used to be. McMurtry had his enormous book sale this last summer, two friends from Vero were coming out for itAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-57736372294488291182012-10-23T17:55:28.893-04:002012-10-23T17:55:28.893-04:00I grew up on that river. To me, it is still the mo...I grew up on that river. To me, it is still the most beautiful place I can imagine. I have stayed a handful of times at a place right on the river, a few "blocks" up from where my grandparents, my mother and my brother and I lived. It is actually almost conjoining the Baisden property. It was a burnt out ruin of a place when I was a child and I delight in nothing more than to go there now. <br />I am so grateful for this conversation. You have a lot of knowledge and are filling in many gaps for me. <br />If you do a search for "Roseland" on this blog, you'll find some of my posts and pictures from the visits back I've made.Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-917030154456100652012-10-23T13:44:30.987-04:002012-10-23T13:44:30.987-04:00The house is still on the market but the price has...The house is still on the market but the price has not been reduced which is a surprise - Indian River County real estate being still in a state of collapse. You probably already know it but there is a good book, coffee table size from Rizzoli called OLD FLORIDA out a few years ago, with photos of exactly that, fruit stands, cracker houses and so on, including the LRJ house and many others around the state. I never pictured Baisden on the Sebastian River, for some reason. My dad and I used to float the upper stretch of the river, up where its narrow as a mountain brook, and clear with palms forming a canopy over the water, so thick and low you d have to push the john boat under them. Always turned back at the scout camp where the river started to widen. Also I think Kay Baisden wrote a history of Roseland, I maybe wrong about this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-12992191357840324512012-10-23T12:41:09.979-04:002012-10-23T12:41:09.979-04:00Well I know exactly where that house is and I spen...Well I know exactly where that house is and I spent some hours there as a child with Frank and Kay. Frank never cared for children but Kay was lovely with us. She and my mother became friends and they were both friends with my grandparents. <br />That house is one of my favorite houses in the whole world and if I had the million bucks they want for it now (unless it's already been sold) I would buy it and go live there. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-90265619990117032482012-10-23T12:21:16.553-04:002012-10-23T12:21:16.553-04:00In 2009, Laura Ridings biographer, Andersons child...In 2009, Laura Ridings biographer, Andersons children and grandchildren, and his biogrpaher converged on Wabasso. There was the general feeling that a trip to Frank Baisdens house was in order, but no one knew where the house was, except in Roseland. I m from Vero Beach, in fact my family named the town, but I left at 20 for the west - Texas, Montana and Mexico City (though I have a house there and go back 3 times a year) and so wasnt much help. Andersons biographer is a good man, but lacks dash and imagination. Writing about Anderson, the rolling stone, well, you d have to get out and go where he went by canoe and bicycle to get the picture and this the biographer clearly didnt do. Anyway since then Ive looked occasionally for information on Baisden and that how I ran across you the other day. A few other things: Baisden was also in contact with Robert Graves and his letters are in the Graves archives. Baisden and Anderson roomed together at art school, fenced in the basement for exercise. Baisden and Kay worried that Anderson who painted on typing paper would see his work deteriorate, and so they provided him with good acid free etc which he never used. He didnt care about preservation, the act of painting was enough for Anderson in itself. Walter Anderson had a long dislike of a lot of painting by others including friends but he didnt feel that way about Baisden's. They painted together.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-57063146558043440352012-10-22T21:37:46.900-04:002012-10-22T21:37:46.900-04:00Also, I just went to the Laura Riding Jackson webs...Also, I just went to the Laura Riding Jackson website and I believe I know that house in Wabasso. I had no idea...Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-16006597989183061852012-10-22T21:33:04.965-04:002012-10-22T21:33:04.965-04:00Anonymous- Wow. Amazing stuff here. Thank you so m...Anonymous- Wow. Amazing stuff here. Thank you so much. I am going to get my hands on that book. I really appreciate your comments and knowledge here. If you would like to email me, please do. My email address is posted there on the right side of my blog page under Ms. Moon. <br />Thank you! Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-59427388170905338182012-10-22T16:14:03.559-04:002012-10-22T16:14:03.559-04:00The Baisdens were also friends of the great modern...The Baisdens were also friends of the great modernist poet, and one time love of Robert Graves and correspondent of T E Lawrence, Laura Riding Jackson whom improbably lived in an orange grove in Wabasso for decades -her home is the nature center now. At the time of Andersons visit,in 1960 the Baisdens had fallen out with her, which wasnt hard to do. The most comprehensive Anderson Baisden discussion is in FORTUNES FAVORITE CHILD: The Uneasy Life of Walter Anderson. The Baisdens attempted to get the Smithsonian interested in Andersons paintings of Roseland. The museum was but Anderson was indifferent to any kind of fameAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-36762873722637227942012-10-22T14:45:56.378-04:002012-10-22T14:45:56.378-04:00Frank Baisden was best friend of the genius painte...Frank Baisden was best friend of the genius painter of Mississippi Walter Anderson. Andersons last trip before he died was to ride his bicycle to Roseland, and sleep under the porch, painting and helping pack fruit. There are many biographies of Anderson out right now, and an exhibit sponsored by Jimmy Buffett recently - the Walter Anderson museum in Ocean Springs where the Baisden friendship is kept track of. I m from Vero Beach and was always an Anderson fanatic, but only discovered the Roseland trip in Andersons "logs"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-15589803155179124922011-09-14T21:13:07.092-04:002011-09-14T21:13:07.092-04:00Ms. Moon, you do tell the most interesting stories...Ms. Moon, you do tell the most interesting stories. I so enjoyed reading that.Angie Muresanhttp://www.angiemuresan.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-65329091248470304192011-09-12T11:18:33.912-04:002011-09-12T11:18:33.912-04:00I love the paintings. Alan surely is a nice man.I love the paintings. Alan surely is a nice man.Sarcastic Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17116577711704241625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-39390885987114894242011-09-11T21:53:41.735-04:002011-09-11T21:53:41.735-04:00Oh I am glad you told that story. I remember you ...Oh I am glad you told that story. I remember you talking about that couple before (I think when you visited their old house). And I remember the flower picture with the smiling flower. It is nice to hear this story continue. What a lovely chapter this was with you getting another painting!Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06671446238805535547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-45184519467188909462011-09-11T10:09:12.956-04:002011-09-11T10:09:12.956-04:00dottie- It feels like such a small, personal story...dottie- It feels like such a small, personal story but I think we all have similar ones. <br /><br />Stephanie- Yes. I do.<br /><br />Lo- One of the best things about growing older is seeing more of the story every year.<br /><br />Ms. Trouble- Thank-you!<br /><br />Kathleen Scott- I think every story is _every_ story. Don't you?<br /><br />Towanda- Yes. The porch looks much the same. Smells the same, too. I am not sure what art even is, but sometimes I think it is that done for love and out of need. As such, we are all artists in our way.<br /><br />SJ- I'm glad you liked it.<br /><br />Mrs. A- You're a doll.<br /><br />A- I can't even imagine what she was going through.<br /><br />Ellen- Yes, watercolor. That's what Frank worked in. I love watercolor and I think it was probably his influence.<br /><br />Seattle- Ah, love. I can't wait. <br />Yours truly...Lloyd.<br /><br />Syd- It is so true.Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-56816111363278538762011-09-11T09:13:53.386-04:002011-09-11T09:13:53.386-04:00What a wonderful story. I am so glad that your mot...What a wonderful story. I am so glad that your mother left and that you met up with good people who were unique and kind. Cosmic energy abounds.Sydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05642843245634635843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-38761044528758139352011-09-10T21:39:15.599-04:002011-09-10T21:39:15.599-04:00Dear Lloyd, How gorgeous. And I responded longer b...Dear Lloyd, How gorgeous. And I responded longer but I wrote it in a letter and sent it to your house.<br /><br />And also a small mysterious gift is on its way in a separate mysterious package.<br /><br />love,<br />SeattleRadish Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06534752971317927559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-80849723078648204562011-09-10T20:05:02.491-04:002011-09-10T20:05:02.491-04:00Special folk leave a mark in our memory that never...Special folk leave a mark in our memory that never goes away Mary. The many or few times together, because of the time spent, are replayed over and over, and each time it feels good to the soul. <br /><br />How fortunate that you were able to find someone else who shared a fondness for the same couple. And I love the painting of the shed. It looks like a watercolor..is it? I find the colors and the scene peaceful and calmingEllenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00912709342270151365noreply@blogger.com