Touchstones

Welcome followers and newcomers! It is with gratitude and much appreciation to all of you taking the time to read this blog! Happy Summer! From my view here, I can watch my flower baskets continue to thrive even in this heat! Creeping jenny, petunias, verbena and miniature daisies seem to thrive. As long as I use my water meter and prune accordingly! I am very grateful to welcome five grandchildren by late August! This post is about my recent trip to meet our very first grand

Welcome back followers and newcomers! Glad you are here! I may have writer's block! It's been near three months since I have written! Bear with me as I begin this long awaited blog... My creative mind thought of Dorothy in the beloved Wizard of Oz! Upon greeting the scarecrow, she exclaimed the preceding title! However yesterday, I could have shouted "Thunder, and lightning and hail! Oh my!" The thunder and lightning preceding the hail was frightening! Just had to take a few

Wow, I can't believe it's been three months since I've written! Please follow along as we begin a new year... Welcome back followers and newcomers;) Glad you are here! I left off this last Fall, with the previous evening celebrating my sister's birthday! Since then we've had Thanksgiving, my sixth trip to Hamburg, Christmas and just recently my 73rd birthday! My husband says I have a birthday month, not just a day! So true, and very thankful... I did fly to Hamburg after a q