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First Day of Fall
With Labor Day coming at the beginning of September and kids going back to school even before that, it seems like fall starts sooner than it actually does. In Idaho fall days meant shorter daylight hours and the coming winter drabness, so I was never eager to rush the season. Like I mentioned a few weeks ago, I try to…
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My Mother’s Birthday
My mother has a hard time throwing out cards and letters. After years and years of hanging onto an ever-growing collection of personal correspondence, Mother finally decided, a few years ago, that she probably could let it go. You know what she did with it, don’t you? She gave it to me. Because I need more boxes of stuff. No. Seriously.…
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Como Cemetery
Last week I told you about Geocaching in the mountains on Labor Day. Lyle knows I enjoy visiting cemeteries, particularly old ones, so he told the kids that the cache hidden at
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Celebrating My Grandparents
I was blessed to grow up with both sets of grandparents. We were close to both sets, as well. It wasn’t until I was grown that I realized what a special privilege that was. In honor of Grandparents Day I wanted to share some pictures of my grandparents over the years. Mother’s parents, Granddaddy and Grandmother Easley, lived in Arkansas.…
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Travel Quiz
Today I’m sharing a little travel quiz I picked up from Girl on the Move. Feel free to keep it going! Be sure to let me know if you do because I’d like to read your answers. What is your favorite seat on the airplane? First of all, I should say that I really don’t enjoy flying. I’m not afraid to…
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Geocaching on Boreas Pass
Our geocaching trip this past Monday took us over Boreas Pass near where we went camping last month. Lyle noticed that there were a lot of geocaches in the area while we were camping, but we didn’t have a strong enough cell phone signal to download the coordinates at the time. We decided it would be a fun family activity…
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Labor Day Tallies
We celebrated the Labor Day holiday with a day trip into the mountains to do some Geocaching as a family. We had a great time and I took some awesome pictures. I’ll show you more later, but for now, it’s important that I report the tallies of the day. Keeping tallies is something I learned to do from one of…
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Why I Have 3 Library Cards
I’ve always loved the library. All through my childhood and teen years my mother took us to get fresh books just about every week. Back in the day before the internet, it was the go-to source for any research a person needed to do. Patrons were expected to converse in whispers and it was all very staid and formal. And…
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Welcome Visitor
A few weeks ago we were helping with some cleaning at church and came across these charming vintage “Welcome Visitor” cards. Don’t you just love the picture of the snazzily dressed couple shaking hands with the pastor? This was from an era when people dressed up to go to church, complete with hats and ties for the men… (Mr. Visitor…
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Words of Encouragement
I’m not sure why, but I prefer bar soap in the bath. I especially love hand-made soaps. I have three different friends who make soap “from scratch” and I am always delighted when they gift me with a bar or two of their lovely scented soaps. None of my soap-making friends are local. One lives in Idaho, one in…
