Entertainment… An Autumn Walk With Gretel 21 Oct 2012 These two are my precious loves - my son Caleb, and my dog-ter Gretel! This was taken about a week ago on Gretel's first birthday. We celebrated by buying her some…
home… Learning How to See 10 Oct 2012 I looked out the window in my bedroom this morning and immediately saw the beauty of the various shades of green facing me. Not only the soft sage of the curtains falling gracefully…
Entertainment… Atalaya Castle and Arts and Crafts Festival 23 May 201223 May 2012 Enter here, my friends, right through the door of the imaginations of a pair of artists and art historians, Archer and Anna Huntington. Located inside of Huntington Beach State Park,…
Civility… Mother’s Day or Un-Mother’s Day? 12 May 2012 For me, Mother's Day is a sweet holiday that links me to generations of mothers who came before me and who will no doubt follow. And it always looks like…
Entertainment… T is for Tipi 23 Apr 201223 Apr 2012 I've been amazed by the tipis (or teepees) I've seen lately. Ralph Lauren has some on his property that are like the Taj Mahal of tipis. What is so alluring…
food… Lavender’s Limitless Uses 13 Apr 2012 Today's letter of the alphabet in the A - Z blog challenge is 'L' and I have chosen one of my favorite things for this post - Lavender! I love…
Entertainment… Joy 11 Apr 2012 Gretel has discovered water sports and it has been giving her much joy. We get enormous pleasure just watching her test herself in the side creek and then run into…
family… B is for Black Bears 2 Apr 20122 Apr 2012 B is for Black Bears and though I treasure the ones we have at our farm in Bland, Virginia, these are not the first bears that I have had experience…
family… She Always Wanted to Be a Mother 29 Mar 2012 This is Penny. She is now our 'old girl' at thirteen. According to the seven year rule for every one in dog years, that makes her the equivalent of a…
Entertainment… Hail and High Water 26 Mar 2012 We arrived in Bland, Virginia ahead of the storm Friday night. But we didn't escape it. As we prepared to grill our dinner the rain blew in and we dashed…
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