[I almost forgot to name a winner! But this morning I drew Traci Winyard's name. Congrats, Traci! Please send me an email at debraney@mac.com and I'll get your collection sent to you!] We have company from California this week, Ken's brother and his wife, so I'm going to make this post short—and hopefully sweet—so we can enjoy spending time with family we haven't seen since we traveled together … [Read more...]

We're coming up on five years living in Southeast Missouri next month and something that is equally delightful and frustrating are the deer that wander (or sometimes stampede!) through our yard daily. We live along a waterway between two wooded areas and the deer make forays from woods to woods daily. We've counted as many as 42 deer running through the yard at one time! Forty-two! That's not a … [Read more...]