We arrived home from our cross country trip to Indiana where we took a group of young people to a youth camp. It was a good time as always but after we came home I was anxious to walk our property, so curious to see exactly where the fire burned. The valley where we live has been forever changed. Where once it was so thick with brush you could hardly walk through it, it is now so open that we are seeing areas that we never saw before. Before, when I saw an animal I knew it was a larger one such as a deer but now my brain is…

Hello my friends. I’m still alive and have even managed to squeeze a little time…. …a very little amount of time to decluttering. I think I’ve sent off about 4 bags to Goodwill. That felt good but perseverance is key. I must press on! 🙂 Graduations and entertaining have been the norm around here lately. Fun food idea I saw at my nephew’s graduation party. I loved what this graduate did. She went around to thrift shops collecting brass decorations and used the items she found as well as succulents as part of her theme…. and all the table runners were made by her. Very cute.   This great display…