Thankful to be home

Recently, Entrepreneur and I ran away for a few days of R&R to the Ozark hill country of Branson. We had some RCI points to use up before the end of the year so we wanted to try a new resort we'd not been to yet. I anticipated a few days of relaxation sitting on …

December Photo Challenge: Holly Jolly

With December's photo challenge from PJ, we say adios to 2017. This month's challenge is, of course, Holly Jolly in celebration of the holidays....which come the same time every year....yet I'm never fully prepared. But, here are my five for December. Holly Jolly 1 We kicked off the season with a holiday concert at Peanut's …

December month in pictures

Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home. ~Edith Sitwell December was a mixed bag of events and emotions. Peanut, her mama and I started the month off on a high note …

Photo Challenge: Holidays

PJ's theme for December was....you guessed it....Holidays. Although the Christmas spirit sort of eluded me a bit this year, I was able to find quite a lot of opportunities to capture Christmas at our house. It was difficult to select but here are my five, plus one extra because the collage template needed a sixth photo. 🙂 …

Halloween post-redux

A repeat of my post in 2009. Still relevant 5 years later...maybe more so. Many elementary schools have banned the traditional Halloween school party for a watered-down version called the "Fall Party" or “Harvest Party.” Evidently, this quasi-religious holiday continues to receive its share of objections from a number of fronts, including Christianity, Judaism and …