May is a month for remembering. Traditionally graves of loved ones are adorned with flowers on "Decoration Day." Cemeteries are trimmed and pruned to look their finest for the visitors who come from miles away to pay tribute to their deceased ones. It has only been several years now that May ...
It's that time of the year to look forward to graduations of friends and family. The time when so many plans and goals are made. It has been said that graduation is the ending of a chapter in life, but also a beginning of a new one. At the age of 17 or 18, most young people are ready for that. ...
It seemed to me we waited a long time for spring to come this year. Finally we're seeing the beautiful shades of green and the beautiful shades of spring flowers; daffodils, jonquils, tulips and violets are just some of my favorites. One day this last week I had beautiful tulips and the next ...
Mother's Day will be here next Sunday and time to sit back and enjoy that special day. It is always a time for some marvelous reflections. Our twin boys made their appearance on Mother's Day so every year we not only celebrate Mother's Day but Kent and Kevin's birthdays. Craig's birthday is ...
The Easter season is past and now I feel we have really turned the corner to spring. The trees have been wearing fuzzy, green shawls these past weeks, but these will soon be gone and young green leaves will be there instead. Have you noticed also green always seems a little greener in the ...
I'm always happy when April makes its appearance. April is a hopeful month and always a busy month. Time to rake, wash the windows of the winter grime and get the bird feeders filled and the bird bath out of the garage. However, this year when the doves are sitting on the wires to the house ...
Everybody is Irish today, St. Patrick's Day, 2011. Anyone knows you don't have to be Irish to celebrate this special day. This year the day falls on Thursday, not a day of night a person goes out to celebrate, but I noticed in the paper all kinds of St. Patrick's celebrations are planned for ...
Recently I came in the door at 6:00 p.m., and since I wasn't carrying any groceries, I knew it was time to do a little meal magic. It's time for me to once again prove I can produce a delicious dinner even though I hadn't gotten around to actually shopping for anything. It's because I'm pretty ...
I just stuck my nose outside and it looks and feels like the heavy coat, boots and mittens will have to come out of the closet again. We have escaped winter a couple times this year. One was a trip to Texas, where we had temperatures in the seventies. Then last week we were in Kansas City and ...
Have you heard the weather report lately? It sounds as if we'll be feeling above freezing temperatures; something we haven't had for awhile. We've had some bad weather just about everywhere, but the sun is so bright and warm this morning that there is real promise of a good week. The sun seems ...