Ok, where did we leave off? Oh yeah – Memorial Day weekend…. Well, Sweet Pea was here that weekend, but it did not stop the manual labor efforts in the backyard. While Second Son and I continued work on building gates for the deck, Sweet Pea and PDD went swimming in the kiddie pool: Tuesday after work, Oldest Son had one of his co-workers climb the...

Every place has its own sounds, especially at night. When I was a little girl, we lived in a small town in Western Pennsylvania, and I fell asleep to the sound of trains many a night. And crickets in the summertime. Even today, when I hear the sound of a train whistle at night, it sounds like ‘home’. Now that I’m ‘old’ and I live in...

We tackled the repair of the privacy fence on Saturday. Second Son decided we should just get it out of the way, so I called Baby Sis to see if she’d go to Lowe’s with me to get the lumber (she’s got a truck, I don’t) and called Dad to see if he’d bring extra tools and come in to supervise and engineer the project. We got started about...

We’re going to have some major fun at our house this month. I know you’ll be wishing you could be here to share the joy, so I’ll do my best to post pictures and maybe even a video or two so you can feel included. The first bit ‘o fun on the schedule was opening our pool. This is a picture of our pool, taken oh…probably at least 4 summers...

Roads Driveways have always been significant in our family for as long as I remember. It started with a picture of the winding dirt road driveway up the mountain in West Virginia atop which lived my Grandpa and Grandma (my dad’s father and step-mother.) I don’t remember when (it was WAY back in my childhood) but someone, likely Mom, framed that picture...

I’ve severely neglected my yard (both front and back) since the fire, but one thing upon which I can depend each year is a few days of firey gorgeousness in the backyard when the day lilies bloom. A little yellow bug which looks like a yellow lady bug to me has found a temporary home in the day lilies. I’ve seen it twice (either that, or it’s...

Doesn’t it just bite how easily and quickly your day can go from full of possibility to full of crap? For me, today, it took one piece of news, which I’m not really ready to write or talk about… No, I know I can’t run away. Sure want to though. Right now, I just don’t want to be me, don’t want to be the one dealing with this life...

I have several physical places on this planet that evoke that warm feeling of belonging that is ‘home’. Certainly, my house is one of them. Tulsa (amazingly, it’s grown on me) is another of them. Western PA is another, as it is where I grew up, and Clendenin, West Virginia, where my dad’s dad lived, which is more about the people than the...

Well, I’m off to a great start, aren’t I? Forgetting to publish this yesterday? Had it all ready to go and clicked ‘Save’ instead of ‘Publish’. No month blogging about ‘home’ should start off any other way than by giving you all, my loyal Internets, a tour of our home, particularly this tour. This is a page I put...