MommaK, the goober, tagged me. I ran as fast as I could, but she’s faster than I am, even with her dancing shoes on. So here we go, more on me, because, well – it’s my blog and she said so. Oh yes, and a new haircut pic. There’s that, too. That ought to get […]

This is my doggie Chloe and I, kissin’ in the backyard. Actually, she’s taking a pretzel stick out of my mouth. She’s always been a gentle soul, I’ve never had to worry about her biting my face off. Thoughts inside my head at this moment, in case you’re wondering: OMG, I’m really going to post […]

This is along the side, I added river rock and a couple of roses. (There are five rosebushes there, you just can’t really see ’em yet!) Want to see the rest of our yard?

Does your man give you “Man Pats”? I have to know. My sister and I had a long talk about Man Pats, and we were wondering if this is much more common among the opposite sex than we realized. Let me explain what they are: The Dog: The pat on the head and mussy hair […]

Finally, a decent shot of this Northern Flicker! Three days later, I finally figure out that he’s living in the hole of a tree right behind our house. No wonder we’ve been hearing so much of him lately!

Guess what I’m going to be when I grow up? (heres a hint)

This is a Northern Flicker – he’s been making quite the ruckus around our trees lately. I really paid attention to him the other day while I was out washing my car. I heard this monkey like call in the trees and stopped to try to find the source. I couldn’t, obviously he blends in […]

This is the new painting I was telling you about, the reference photo was taken by Laura @ Vitamin Sea and (of course I asked) she gave me permission to use her photograph to paint from. I am really anxious to get color down on this guy (painting in oils) – he’s incredible. This canvas […]