One of the things I have loved most about creating this blog is the new friends I have met along the way… for some reason blogging just brings people together. The authors of blogs I read regularly feel like old…
My mom recently got back from the Platts Family Reunion in Enterprise, Utah. While she was there, she sat down with one of her favorite Aunt’s and asked her about her childhood. Aunt Lola will turn 90 in December and…
What do you do when those old boots start leakin’? Shed a tear and say goodbye… No way! Not when you are “Making it Do.” It would cost a pretty penny to replace these old boots! And besides new boots…
Learn to like what doesn’t cost much. Learn to like reading, conversation, music. Learn to like plain food, plain service, plain cooking. Learn to like fields, trees, brooks, hiking, rowing, climbing hills. Learn to like people, even…
While working in the yard on Saturday, I met with a rather sassy visitor… who told me I was invading her space! It was a bold little hummingbird, who dive bombed me a few times, to let me know I…
Laziness may appear attractive but work gives satisfaction. -Anne Frank This morning 18 yards of what my kids affectionately call “Poo Dirt” was delivered to my driveway. It came from the Central Valley Water Conservancy. And it is the ultimate…
A while back I read the book A Short Guide to a Happy Life by Anna Quindlen. It was a short read… just an evening, but I loved what she had to say. One of the passages that really struck…
Today was just a normal day. But a normal day can become a great day when your 7 year old has learned the difference a prized foxglove and a weed. And digs that weed out! Wahoo! I finally have weeders! …
“Making it do” and being earth-friendly go together like jam and bread… This Earth Day I am looking back and hoping to learn a “green” trick or two from my Grandmother, Maxine Morgan. (That’s her above… and I think she…
This really made my day and I thought I would pass it along….
When I was a kid, my Easter basket was filled with Reese’s Peanut Butter Eggs, Peeps, and plastic eggs filled with jelly beans that we found on our Easter Egg Hunt. There might have been a small toy or two,…
This little gem of a book is a School Memory Book of my Grandmother’s – Maxine Platts Morgan. In 1935, my Grandmother would have been 10 years old. Her classmates have filled her memory book with the most hysterical sayings…