In 2005, I was perusing the book Mary Engelbreit’s Christmas Companion and saw a picture on page 68 of a little tree that the author called a “collage tree.” I knew right then that I was going to make one. The hardest part of this project is assembling the bits and pieces to cover the […]
The grands have been here quite a bit lately. When their Great-Ma passed away, they and their daddy stayed here for four days. Our son from Seattle was here, as well, and our daughter who spends her summers in New York came home for the funeral. Our youngest daughter still lives at home and the […]
One Christmas project I failed to post about when it was finished last season was our chalkboard Christmas tree. You may remember that we made our first chalkboard tree in 2012. It was a Scandanavian style tree, using the one pictured on the blog A Legg Up as a guide. That blogger found the tree […]
Last week, just a few days before her 97th birthday, my mother-in-law was called home to Heaven. She will be missed by her family, friends, church and community. Beulah was born in Kansas in 1917 where she lived on the family farm with her parents and three brothers. In 1948, she married Kenneth and moved […]
I was loaned an envelope of photos from my Grandma Ruth’s side of the family. I’ve been working on scanning them and uploading them. I’ll post some here for the benefit of my extended family. Here is a photo of John and Etna [Northern] Mitchell and three of their four children. I wonder where Glenn […]
With the arrival of spring, I think it’s time to get back to posting. Thanks to those who have asked how I’m feeling and to those who let me know they’ve missed my posts. I appreciate hearing from you! Here are a few pictures from the yard. Spring…the pics may be the same each year, […]