A friend of my lost her beloved cat last summer.  She deeply mourned her cat.  I can understand this.  I lost my dogs, Lucy Lou and Gracie ...

Yup.  After not working for 11 months, I now have a fantastic part time job! I knew when I retired that I would need to work part time for...

The City of Canton offered free tree seedings as well as trees and shrubs you could purchase a few weeks ago.  My friend Tanya and I went to...

Most mornings I walk Sam up the hills to the far end of the subdivision, about 2.5 miles round trip.  I finally remembered to take my camera...

The handsome gentleman with me is my boss, Deputy Chief Michael Payne. Every summer for one week children from Wisconsin who have suffered ...

One thing good about hanging out with a three-year old is that you get to visit Santa and, as in this case, Mrs. Claus, too! Every year the ...

I am here in Mesa, AZ - staying with my good friend, Nancy. It's been a great vacation. Well - except the trip to the Urgent Care Clin...

Right Hand of Friendship block on right, Army Star block on left Dark blue print is feature fabric I keep calling this BOM all different na...

Every year the Wisconsin Association of Fire Chief's has a conference in June. For several years a quilt is raffled off and the proceeds...

Well, I quilted my little heart out in October. I added my "to do" list to the side bar of this blog. It was really fun to "c...

My Halloween panel Church ladies without me Last night my "church lady" friends came over for our annual celebration of Halloween...

For many months now I have started to feel a shift coming in my life. I've basically been hibernating for well over a year. I realized...

August 23rd was my 54th birthday. Phil came up and we had a nice time together. He gave me a Kindle for my birthday present. I wasn't s...

I love going to the Wisconsin State Fair. I enjoy going to the county fairs, too. I so enjoy seeing how hard the FFA and 4-H kids work. I lo...