Earlier this fall we had a very special event here in the country. It involved many of my favorite things:Family. Good food.Live music.Outdoors.Fresh garden flowers.And burlap.We were blessed to honor and celebrate our parents, Ted and Alice, on their 60th wedding anniversary and my dad’s 85thbirthday.Sixty years with the same person. What an example and privilege!When 50 years married rolled around, neither of them wanted the traditional-around-here- cake and punch reception. Instead, we all … [Read more...]
Corn is a Many Splendored Thing
As you know if you have visited this little blog of mine very many times, we own and operate a grain farm. We raise white corn for Frito Lay, yellow corn for general use, and soybeans that are sold for seed beans to other farmers. It is a good life, but like all business owners, we experience a good deal of stress.Perhaps the most anxiety ridden part is that we are not in control of the majority of it. Brad and our sons make well researched and well- thought out decisions as to planting and … [Read more...]
I Pledge My Head
Lots of things come full circle when you live in the same place for most of your life and are lucky enough for some of your kids to live nearby. And we are doing some circling up this week!This time, it is all about 4-H, which is all about family and community members.The Hidalgo Helping Hands club and our leader, Ella Lee, played a huge part in my formative years. Brad's family supported the activity in a big way, as well . His dad led his club and spent hours on it, I'm sure. My parents, mom … [Read more...]
As My World Doesn’t Turn
Hello, friends!Any soap opera junkies out there?I used to be, but I gave them up when my boys were toddlers and they starting expressing concern about Nikki and Jack on The Young and the Restless. It wasn't easy to give up my very favorite soap though since my mom, grandparents, and mother in law were also addicted to As The World Turns. And they talked about it! It seems like a colossal waste of time now, but I cut everyone a lot of slack for this habit because I think for all of us it was … [Read more...]
One for the Record Books
I took this pic out our back door as the snow was really picking up. No filters.Girls, what an exciting and scary few days we have just experienced. It is hard to tell now because the horrible wind blew the snow all over the place, but we had in excess of 12 inches of snow. Believe me, the next time the weatherman predicts a blizzard, I will pay more attention.Predictions for record snows began early in the week after enough ice and snow fell on Wednesday night, closing schools on Thursday and … [Read more...]
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