Disclaimer: I am not a gardner. Miss Jane and Super Sister are gardeners. I love pretty flowers and visiting beautiful gardens, but the best I can do in the yard is water the container plants, and deadhead the roses. Okay, my roses do have a happy spot in my back yard, but that has nothing […]
This was not my first association with the Allen Retired Educators. Last spring Friend BB and I were invited by our friends Carolyn and Minetta to join the group for the tour of Fort Worth. The Allen ladies are friendly and fun, so when we were invited to join them for a meeting, we agreed. What […]
Aunt Lois is celebrating her 102nd birthday. Yes, she was born in 1912. I can not even imagine the changes she has seen in her lifetime. Consider Downton Abbey, – not the English class system that changed – but the innovations and history that has happened in the last 102 years, and you can somewhat […]
It has taken a while, but we finally have new floors in our den and dining room. It was a struggle. Nothing is ever easy. The story I am about to tell is the truth – the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. Super Sister called and said that big box lumberyard was having […]
Went to “dead-head” the roses, and had to go back in the house for Trusty Camera. Please bear with me. I have a “thing” for fading flowers. (Gives me hope for my fading years.) After we returned from the trip, and I saw the roses in various stages of blooming – I had to take […]
What I am about to share is not life shattering. (Come to think of it – Nothing I share is life shattering news.) But…It is always amazing to me when I learn something, and that is exactly what happened while recently standing in the line to go through security at DFW airport. As I […]
For the past few weeks, I have been working on a committee that is helping to plan the 150th Anniversary of First Baptist Church Richardson. There are not many churches that can make that claim to fame. We are even older than First Baptist Church Dallas. Looking through the archives at the old pictures is […]
The Grands came to the July 4th gathering along with a few other relatives and friends. It was fun to see that the Grands were decked out in their patriotic attire, and they looked so cute. I just knew you would like to see their pictures. – Okay, just indulge this grandmother. Number One […]
Can you imagine meeting a step-relative by marriage of Douglas Fairbanks, Sr? Yes, the silent film star that married Mary Pickford. We did, and it was beyond interesting. (How many degrees of separation would that be?) Here is how the meeting began. While friend Betty was visiting the eye doctor in Abilene, Texas, Ever-Lovin’ and […]
I am not by any means a DIYer, BUT I am so pleased with our solution to a problem that I just had to share. We got new curtains in the den. Previously we had a valance, but in an attempt to get a new (not necessarily better) fresher look, I wanted curtains. Now the saga of the […]
