Picture above from Wikipedia source, and photo is Public Domain.  The cluster of tall buildings near the water's edge happens to be t...

As far as the progress of my trip out West is concerned, I believe I left everyone at a rest stop in Oregon.  4th of July came into focus, a...

      May we take a moment to honor all the wonderful men and women who have given so much to make our world a better place.  Over...

History passes, if it is not recorded or preserved in some way it is soon forgotten and lost forever.

photo above - Blue Star Memorial plaque, Oregon.   It's time to head South and make our way toward California.  As we drove throug...

photo above - Part of the interior of XXX Root Beer Drive-in. In my last post I told you about how  John's old school chum, Ken,  s...

photo above - Ken on left.  My hubby, John, in light blue on right.   Before we left on our trip out west, my hubby, John,   was in c...

  Admittedly I am not a fan of class reunions but this was my hubby's 55th year reunion of his High School class of 1959, it was on...

  Photo above - Taken at the Hampton Hotel in Issaquah Washington . I found myself enchanted with this cool arrangement of hanging...

There was a time when I used to recover quickly from traveling but now that I'm . . . well, let us just say "older". . . i...

Update June 2, 2014-  On 8/26/2013 I blogged about a great new website market place for handcrafted arts and crafts items.   The site w...

Back in 2009 my hubby and I took a trip out to the West Coast of sunny California, to visit with my sisters Camille and Norma.  It's b...

If you're looking for some adorable gifts for the wee-little ones that you know, head over to Sonya's  Tee-iabo Designs http://...

Enjoy life... it has an expiration date!   It's all too easy to take ourselves  and life much too seriously.  We are on this be...

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL YOU WONDERFUL MOMS OUT THERE Hope your day is fabulous. For all her hugs and kisses that made our scra...

One thing that annoys the bejeebers out of me are CAPTCHA codes.  I understand their need in certain instances (though right off hand I...