We had a beautiful Christmas this year. I am so grateful to God for the gift of motherhood. I’m so glad I get to spend my life taking care of Sullivan, Bridgette and Juliette. They have made me so incredibly happy. It pains me sometimes to look back on pictures of all of them when […]
Pictures on a Treelined Path
There’s a treelined path at the YMCA field where my kids play soccer. I didn’t notice it until a week or so ago. It’s absolutely beautiful this time of year. You should totally go and see it before winter leaves us all cursing and hoping for an early spring. It’s located on NW 58th Street […]
Creative Thanksgiving Party Idea
Styrofoam Greeting is a great Thanksgiving party idea! Are you looking for a unique Thanksgiving party idea — a fun way to welcome your guests to your autumn table? These spray-painted Styrofoam cups stuck in a chain link fence spell Happy Thanksgiving. What a fun Thanksgiving craft idea for kids! The super nice folks who […]
Red Barns and Autumn Road
Fall is what happens. Autumn is how you experience it. —Starbucks Tweet Weather Barn on the road to Jones Autumn Wildflowers; Possibly Weeds.This is Autumn Road, quite literally. It’s located about two miles west of I-35 off Britton Road in Eastern Oklahoma County. We made a nighttime leaf pile. *** Some Parting Thoughts […]
Falling Leaves in Oklahoma
There’s not been an autumn when so many yellow leaves have fallen and still so many green leaves were left on the trees. Winters can be pretty brutal in Oklahoma. We’ve been known to have horrible ice storms. Spring can be scary, too, with all the tornadoes. And, there’s been a couple of summers in […]
Heritage Hills in Autumn
My sweet little girl Bridgy brought me a handful of autumn goodies she collected yesterday in Heritage Hills, our Oklahoma City neighborhood. She found all these things on the grounds of the Overholser Mansion. I showed her how to make a fall color palette from all the things she found. She was very excited. I […]
Fall Colors in Oklahoma
…I wallowed in the springtime Now I’m welcoming the fall For every moment of joy Every hour of fear For every winding road that brought me here For every breath, for every day of living This is my Thanksgiving –From Henley and My Thanksgiving Yesterday morning, my son Sullivan, 6, had an absolute conniption fit […]