half way there!

Our little child that's baking in the oven... This little one followed in Margaret's footsteps and was pretty active during the u...

Hiking Hot Spots. Part I.

Upon Clay's suggestion I'm starting a new category in my blogging posts....reviews of hiking & camping spots. After having alrea...

a good haul

After months of driving by the Spicer Brothers produce stand in Oregon City with only good intentions of stopping we finally shopped there t...

good ol' dickens

"Publicly and privately, it were much better for the age in which he lived that he and the legion of whom he was one were designedly ba...

with a slow drawl

"'Six-guns and Ropes' was the starting name of this picture where I introduces myself to the screen. It was supposed to've ...

fighting like cats and dogs

Or, how to keep a dog and cat entertained for the afternoon:

latest craft project

Happy April Fools Day! Hope you're all enjoying the resulting revelries of the day. We're having an unusually quiet one this year (s...

weekend vacation

We made it home safely on Monday night from our weekend trip to Missouri. I think I'm mostly caught up on the laundry, unpacking and gro...

a new favorite

Clay and I tried out this simple recipe recently and have added it to our list of favorites. I think it was the best chicken noodle soup I h...

he's onto something

"... from whence I have since often observed, how incongruous and irrational the common temper of mankind is, viz. that they are not as...