This past weekend was the Billy Bowlegs Pirate Festival at Fort Walton Beach Landing…about 20 miles east of where we live. Dave suggested we hang out at the festival on Friday night, so after the boys got off the school bus, we went to the base to pick up Dave and headed eastward. The boys … Read more
On May 30th I saw a black swallowtail butterfly flitting around my herb garden. A familiar sight, we’d seen many of them when we lived on the east coast of Florida, North Carolina, Nebraska and now again we’re greeted. I knew what she was doing — laying eggs! The next day I scoured the herbs … Read more
A small British grocery store opened up right up the street, called The British Pedlar. The ladies who are running the store are very kind and they have just about everything that I remember from my childhood, when my mom would frequent the British grocery store in Virginia Beach OR she’d bring things back from … Read more
This week’s Friday Fill-In! Enjoy! 1. It’s now June (woot!)… what plans do you have for the summer? I have this horrible habit of overstuffing our summer breaks. This year I even tried to back off some by not enrolling the boys in any summer activities…until an advertisement for Challenger Soccer Camp arrived in the … Read more
(This is an article I originally wrote for GeekMom.com, to be published on the same day as the finals). We are in the midst of the 84th Scripps National Spelling Bee Week in the Washington, D.C. area. I’ve watched the competition with interest most years — although not with the same enthusiasm my family watches … Read more
My dear friend Brandie at The Country Cook has a surprise waiting for us this morning! My first ever guest-blog-post! The Country Cook is fun because each of Brandie’s recipes has a great story to go along. I had the PERFECT recipe to add to her blog and was so excited to get to share … Read more
“You have GOT to be kidding me! You’re going to blog about slugs???” It’s been described as having a dry-tire surface to it. I have to admit, as close as I got to the slug to get these pictures, I did NOT touch it! LOL! Yes I am! Because I was so incredibly stunned when … Read more
This week’s Friday Fill-In! Enjoy! And Happy Memorial Day! Take a moment and think about what a great country we live in and how many have given their lives for the rights Americans have. 1. Do you think civilians, in general, understand the meaning of Memorial Day? Most civilians do their best to take time … Read more
UPDATE: Whatever is going on is related to my Safari browser. So here I am using Firefox and everything seems fine. Phew! Apparently my Blogger account (not Google account, just the Blogging part of it) is having some problems, so I will be attempting to do some blogging via e-mail, which is the only way … Read more
Corn’s been in my mind a lot this week. “Yeah, being in Nebraska will do that to you….” As I was saying, some corn-related items have surfaced these past few days, not just from being here, but I guess in general. Corn thought #1: In Florida, local corn harvests are in full swing, with our … Read more