I’m watching old home movies lately for kicks and giggles. I started looking for a video of my mom playing jacks… but just kept on watching. It’s awfully fun to compare my grandkids to their parents “back in the day.” I was leafing through pics of my mom… and came across this one. I instantly…
Wordless Wednesday – “From the Top Down”
Photo courtesy of Brandon Greet, BigTrailsBeef.com. Top Down
Miss Her
Oh, how I still miss her. She could whistle like a song bird and make any chore fun. She was great at playing jacks, and she could grow a great garden. She led by example, with grace and faith. Her cooking was delicious even if my dad would teasingly only give her an eight out…
Tater Bug
Well, I’ve spent most of the day looking for a photo I should have a copy of… and looking for it in a book… and on the internet. I give up because I know many of you will just email me a copy after I post this! I helped Johnny clear out more of his…
New Favorite Photo
This little girl thinks her “Grampy” is pretty dog-gone special.
Eight Cold Eggs
Colorful metaphors. Best intentions. However you want to describe it… I had a horrible failure. I mentioned with my video of the chicken laying her egg, that I thought it was my broody hen. Well, it wasn’t, of course, just an interloper adding to the nest. But I had been watching my broody girl… and…
Winner, Winner
My blogoversary contest winner… Number ten… Gina! You’re the winner of a 2019 Red Dirt calendar! Send me an email with your snail mail address and I will mail it to you next week. Use reddirtinmysoul at g mail . Thanks, everyone, for entering.
#TBT – Indian Dress
So many of you liked my cradleboard I made, I thought I’d share my Indian dress I also made back in the day. It now hangs on the wall in my Indian room. A neighbor helped me with the design and beadwork. It is actually two pieces so I could wear the top with jeans…
Wordless Wednesday: “Favorite Post Office”
Old Post Office
Cooking
My friends will laugh… they know how I hate to cook, and I remember my mom laughing when I told her I was going to marry Vernon and live on a ranch, just because she couldn’t see me cooking for hired men! Thankfully, I’ve never had to cook for hired men… but my family and…
Happy Blogoversary – 11 and Counting
Here we are again… weren’t we just here and I was celebrating ten years? My, that year sped by! Starting my eleventh year of blogging… I couldn’t ever have imagined that! I need to celebrate that little achievement, so let’s have a giveaway. A 2019 Red Dirt calendar is yours when I randomly choose one…
Chicken & Egg
Feeding my hens this morning, I noticed what I thought was my broody hen standing above her eggs, rear end facing out, with that zoned look in her eyes and a pulsing muscle near her tail. I knew the signs. I pulled my camera out of my pocket and punched the button. I figured she…