When. your cousin calls to say his sister’s house, was hit by trees after a tornado… You change your plans and go help. When the boys call and tell you, the truck is…

This morning I looked out the window and realized that the clouds looked just like the kind that we draw in pictures in kindergarten. As the day we’re on, and we were getting…

Our 1st mile long swim in the lake for the season. Plenty more miles spent on the lawnmower. And, time watching the spring time growth on the peach trees, and across the property.…

I learned a lesson and patience this year. The weather looked promising and the times for planting on the back of the seed packets said that it was good to plant in April.…

A pause in the rain afforded us girls a quick pedal today. We ate some splash and mud as we pedaled and chatted. It was worth every second! It’s our weekly reset and…

The trees are green now and mowing season has begun. The roadside daisies and tiger lilies I transplanted from have come back nicely. Berry bushes, some from the nursery, and some from the…

We have been hearing the Tom turkeys gobbling in the woods for the past few weeks. And then, there they were. Yesterday in the late afternoon, not far from where we often see…

It is the time of year when my husband who loves green, for a little while, loves dirt, even more. The grass gets some TLC, in the form of topsoil, over seeding, and…

It is already Easter weekend, and spring is definitely in bloom. The dogwoods are peeking out throughout the woods, and the sassafras tree is beginning to turn green. Talking to the kids this…

I have never seen the television show Ozark. And yet, I see the Ozarks every day because that’s where we live. As I think about springtime in the Ozarks, I think about fruit…