Sep 30, 2024 | Uncategorized
The good news – I read online that the bow hunting isn’t going on continuously til the end of the year; there’s a break from Nov. 16 – Dec. 16th. The bad news – everybody who lives near the hunting areas was sent a color printout of the...
Sep 29, 2024 | Uncategorized
I know you’re sitting on the edge of your seat, anticipating the exciting conclusion to our fun at the Hobbies, Arts and Crafts building at the Il State Fair, but I have to interrupt my tale. I was lost in the woods this morning. There’s a trail in the...
Sep 28, 2024 | Uncategorized
After Mom and I left the Illinois building on the first Friday of the fair we headed over to the Hobbies, Arts & Crafts building. But first we stopped off at the Village of Cultures, formerly the Ethnic Village, for a Saganaki. Last year the Saganaki was...
Sep 27, 2024 | Uncategorized
Mom and I went to the fair on the first Friday,August 9th, something I can’t recall doing before. It was a beautifully not too hot day, which is rare and fabulous. We started off at the Illinois Building, where they’ve moved the flower arrangements. Ok,...
Sep 19, 2024 | Uncategorized
One evening in early August, Amy texted me to say that a deer was heading over to our front flowers. I looked out and there she was. I’ve done a decent job this year of keeping them from chomping the flowers out front because they’re covered in netting. I...
Sep 17, 2024 | Anniversary!
Yesterday we celebrated our 18th wedding anniversary and it’s amazing that it has been 18 years. Time has flown by, and I must remember to spend every day trying to enjoy the ride. Yesterday afternoon I was looking at all the photos from August, feeling...
Sep 14, 2024 | Uncategorized
That’s right, Kevin was the First Place winner! in three different categories at the 74th IL Secretary of State Vehicle show last Saturday, Sept. 7th. We’d entered it once before a couple of years ago and Kevin won 3rd place with his 1992 Cadillac that had...
