I'm glad my birthday is in the springtime. It's my favorite time of year, with plants in bloom, birds nesting, corn and beans pe...

Ok, ok, so they didn't LAND in the garden. But the big air show at the brand new Branson Airpor t (the first ever, privately owned, pub...

Notice the gazebo at the top of this header page? It's history as of today. George and I built it probably 17 years ago. Actually he...

Several folks have asked where I am and why there are no posts. I am (choose a word): overwhelmed; behind; deluged; inundated; submerged; sw...

Nearly every year for the past 20 years, we've gone to the Herbal Affair in Sand Springs, Ok, just outside Tulsa. It's a great litt...

There are some specific things I look forward to each year. Baked turkey at Christmas; lilacs in bloom in April; the first tomato, the first...

All the dire warnings about frigid temperatures for last night, and probable death to the newly pollinated fruit on the trees and such, the ...