When I was a kid, I remember seeing hundreds of butterflies, even in Michigan, which is not even on the migration path of these lovely, delicate creatures. In the last two decades the population of Monarch butterflies has gone down from 1 billion to approximately 30 million today, primarily because of the destruction of their […]
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On Monday, I shared a few pictures of the glorious cloud formations that I get to enjoy here in my little corner of East Texas, and I have a couple more today. These are some thunderheads that formed the other day, but unfortunately passed on by without leaving anything behind. Still, they were lovely to
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First I want to share a few pictures of the Texas sky I took recently. I do love the many cloud formations that I can see early in the morning and at sunset. There is something so awe-inspiring about the splendid colors splashed across the backdrop of blue. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, so
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Like most people, I am dismayed at the latest in too many mass killings, that as President Obama said following the tragedy in Oregon, “Have become routine.” How sad is that? A friend on Facebook pointed out that there has been over 275 mass shootings so far in 2015, and I was shocked. Checking to
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Thought I would start us off with a chuckle today. I saw this on Facebook and thought it was a hoot. Don’t we all feel like this some days? And I’m especially feeling it this morning after hearing about another mass shooting. Is it ever going to end? For some time I have been saying
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First I want to share the glorious sunrise that greeted me this morning. Even though I sometimes hate to drag myself out of bed early in the morning, the reward is worth it. Last Friday I posted just a bit about the message that Pope Francis gave to all of us via his speech to
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This will be short today as I have to limit my computer time for a few days, so lets start with something to make you smile. This is a picture of a moon flower from my back flowerbed. The plant came to Texas with me when I moved here from Omaha, NE, and I was
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Please help me welcome Slim Randles back as today’s Wednesday’s Guest. While I do love his humorous offerings, now and then he gives us something that is incredibly thoughtful and, well, pretty. Not that a cowboy ever admits to pretty, at least not out loud to his friends at the Mule Barn Truck Stop. Why
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Something different for my Monday blog today, as I have special news I want to share. This past week my daughter-in-law, Rebecca, became a U.S. citizen. She stood with almost two hundred others from 38 countries and took the Naturalization Oath of Alligiance to: **Support the Constitution; **Renounce and abjure absolutely and entirely all allegiance
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I found these mushrooms growing by an old stump in my back pasture and thought they were very pretty. With the sun shining on them, it looked as if they had been gilded. I wish I could have captured that shimmer of gold, but pictures I take with my phone never look exactly like the
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