Yesterday it was dark and dreary, raining a little here and there throughout the day; but today....we are in full on storm! The wind blew last night, rushing through the back yard like cars on the freeway. Whoosh! Whooooosh! And the rain pelted my window like small pebbles hitting the glass! Yes...this is a storm… Continue reading CATS IN THE LIVING ROOM
Another rainy day...dark and dreary! No, I'm not complaining about the rain. I am glad we are having so much rain. I don't like long droughts. But I was enjoying the sunshine. Did some work in my yard and loved feeling the sun on my face. I have all these plans for changing up the… Continue reading ANOTHER RAINY DAY
As I was walking along one day... I met a thought that came my way. It was lying there all forlorn... An idea I once had that went astray. How sad, that little thought, That came, and went, and fell away; To lie here upon the road; Lost, alone, and forgotten where it lay.original poem… Continue reading THOUGHTS THAT WANDER; IDEAS THAT STRAY
Moving forward, I am learning even more about the blogging world and what it entails. Social media, for instance, a complete mystery to me until recently. I am only beginning to learn how to use it. There are more sites than I ever imagined and only a handful are familiar to me. Being out there… Continue reading CHANGES, CONNECTIONS, AND NEW WAYS
I love the creativity I see all around me. We do so much shopping in big box stores, online, stores that sell manufactured items made in China, that we can lose sight of all the wondrous things that are made right here in the good ole' USA; and not just stuff made in manufacturing plants… Continue reading CRAFTY PEOPLE IN THEIR VARIOUS FORMS!
T'was the night before chaos and all through the house, not a creature was stirring....then in the still of the night: a soft clink, pause, clink. I sat up and stared into the darkness. Clink.. I shoved my husband, "what is that sound?" He stirred, "huh?" "Listen," I said. He sat up. Another soft clink,… Continue reading AND THE RAIN CAME DOWN AND THE FLOOD CAME UP!
My jade tree and I go back a ways. I had it back before things went all wrong. I bought it small and had no idea how big it would grow to be. It moved with me from my family home into the little house I rented across town, where it sat on the front… Continue reading MY JADE TREE AND LIFE’S STRUGGLES
My great-grandmother was a young mother at the turn of the twentieth century; living in a tiny town in northeast Texas. My great-grandfather was a blacksmith. The early nineteen hundreds were still a part of the old west, but it was a fairly peaceful time. It was a time when people were mostly self sufficient,… Continue reading MY GREAT-GRANDMOTHER
The day of love! Everyone is buying cards, candy or some token to give to someone in expression of their love. It's fun...working at Walmart for so many years I can't tell you how many men -husbands or boyfriends - who showed up the night before to buy something for that special woman in their… Continue reading VALENTINE’S DAY
I love to grow things. I started growing plants when my firstborn was still a toddler. At first it was strictly in pots and every pot was a hanging pot; came from my exposure to the hippie community in the town where we lived. Very slowly, it progressed to putting flowers in small plots of… Continue reading GARDENING IS A JOY
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