A few weeks back Addie came to me with an announcement. “There is a bird’s nest in my fort!” This was followed by a similar exclamation of “There are THREE eggs!” Then there were 5 eggs and 2 days ago Addie came back into the house, breathless, gasping “There are BIRDS and they are doing…
It’s funny how you can spend years walking by, or driving by, something and never see it. As a matter of fact, you can live with people for years, know people for years and never really see them either. Life just gets to fast, clouds our vision and creates a tunnel thru which we see…
The Cherokee County Junior Livestock Show was a highlight of my youth from the time I was around 8 years old until I was 17. I showed broilers, of course. Always held in late March the weather is cold, windy and wet but never enough to dampen the lively atmosphere and contagious excitement of hundreds…
I have a confession to make. I forgot to walk until almost 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday March the 25th. I worked most of the early morning and afternoon then spent 2 hours in the dentist’s chair having some much over-due work done. Then I drove home in 10 to 15 minute intervals because the dentist…
My husband was a professional calf roper for around 20 years. While he was pounding the rodeo trail across the American mid-west during the eighties I was braiding My Little Ponies tail and pretending to be John Wayne. In the early nineties he was winning belt buckles, saddles and cash whilst I was lip-syncing to…
Don’t click this post if slugs gross you out ~ fair warning. It has been raining for what feels like 40 days and 40 nights. Looks a bit like it too, water in the driveway, water in the yard, water on the road, water in the chicken pen, water in the garden, water falling from…
I get a kick out of people who are afraid to let their kids get dirty. Now, I’m not saying you should let them lick the grocery cart handle, but a little honest mud (you know, dirt and water), never hurt anybody. Yes, one in a million catch some weird, awful, unheard of mud disease…
Big News! It SNOWED. Like, here, in Texas! Where I live! Sure it only snowed about 4 hours then promptly melted but it was pretty and it was fun while it lasted. Snow isn’t my most favorite thing but I must admit, I was glad it was on a Wednesday so I was forced to…
First of all let me say, I know this winter has sucked (sorry Mom, I know you hate that word), but it has sucked. And I know everyone and anyone who lives north of I 20 has REALLY been getting it, here in Maydelle we have been mostly spared. I think I’m going to turn…
So the ‘fun’ didn’t really happen on a Friday, it happened on a Wednesday but whatever. I had to travel 50 miles to work several hours and I knew the day would be slow and drag on forevermore if I didn’t bring an activity for Addie and me. I decided we should paint so paint…
The Wicked Chicken 