I've been wanting a large chalkboard and Richard finally got around to making me one.  I think I will be sharing it with Char...

This is a picture of Main Street in the small town in Iowa where I grew up.  I took this picture about 3 years ago when I was there visit...

I am a collector of many things . . . most of which I don't need.  When I was younger I collected specific things . . . Raggedy Ann ...

My flight home on Friday was good . . . it just took a little longer than expected.  We were boarded and in line to take off when they anno...

Just for today . . . Outside my window . . . It is dark and I can feel the breeze blowing through the window.  I was just outside and wat...

Lily "Bug" - showing me how her toy elephant matches her outfit. I cannot believe how much she has changed in just two months. She...

A couple of years ago Jake convinced me to make a drastic change to our Christmas tree. I had always used the ornaments that we collected o...

This is what we were looking at last weekend. It had been over 100 for a couple of days - then things cooled down about 30 degrees and it r...

I found this photo online of my home town -back in whatever year it was. Some of these buildings are probably still there. I will have to no...