Due to a sequence of personal events this week, I had a lesson in asking for and accepting help from others. During the last few days, I needed assistance with the activities of daily living, or ADL’s, as we used to call them when I was a nurse. It is an odd feeling to go…
This past Saturday we had a cider making party with a bunch of our friends! It is that time of year! Luckily, we have a great many apples from our home orchard this year. It is not the biggest harvest we have had. Two years ago, we had enough apples to make at least 40…
This past week was the first of many senior meetings for us. We were filled in on what our student needs to be doing to get ready for his time after high school and in selecting a college. We have been through all this before, as we have an older son. However, it has been…
Lately, I have taken to participating in some photography challenge posts on other blogs. I consider photography to be one of my most beloved hobbies and am always looking to improve. Landscape and nature photography are my high interest areas. I missed the WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge, which is hosted on Wednesdays since they skipped…
Having written/posted a whopping 178 blog posts since February 23rd 2017, the date I started this blog, I thought I would take a minute and reflect on my writing. I sat back and tried to take an objective look at my writing and how it appears so far. These are my thoughts: Amusing? Yes, at…
I spent this morning at a neighboring school district, about twenty minutes away by car. Sixty first graders, in three separate classes, sat quietly and listened to my presentation on the Monarch Life Cycle, the importance of milkweed, Monarch Migration and the development of the Monarch Highway. With the exception of the information on the…
Today’s post will be somewhat brief. Primarily, because there is not much to be said except we must never forget what happened on September 11, 2001. The Alan Jackson song that asks “Where were you when the world stopped turning?”- sums it up. It asks us to remember. Do you remember where you were? What…
We have been residing our house, or rather, my husband has been residing our house. I have not done anything with the exception of questioning a few things, which got me in trouble, of course. It is nearly done and looks fabulous! There really isn’t a home improvement project my hubby cannot tackle. He has…