Last week I decided that the lilac shrubs needed cleaned out – they were too thick and too tall.  Got them thinned out, but didn’t want to cut them short until after they had bloomed.  So on Sunday night I…

Last week I had the pleasure of attending Hempfield High School’s spring choral concert.  I haven’t been in the high school auditorium since Nate graduated from High School!  But Autmn was in the chorus and I was not working that…

Our family plans for Mother’s Day this year were very low key – which was happily fine with me!  After church, Chrissy and I stopped at Aldi’s to pick up a few items.  The store is closing for a massive…

I decided I would work backwards – I am behind 3 or 4 posts and will try to catch up quickly.  But I’ll start with this past weekend, as Kath and I took our monthly journey up I-79 to visit…

Winter was a real bugger this year – overstaying its welcome and pushing spring much further forward than anyone liked.  My normal mid-March agenda got pushed into the end of April, and still was sporadic.  Who wants to do yardwork…

Right after Christmas last year we all got together via email messages and finally chose the weekend of April 27/28 for our 2018 Dillweed B&B Skunk Hollow Women’s Fest event.  We had not been to the B&B in a few…

Well I am a little behind in posting in the Word Garden.  I have several subjects to cover so these may be short! Two weeks ago we went to Mom and John’s, and decided even thought it was 10 days…

As I’ve mentioned before, my sister Kathy and her husband Paul, my friend Joni, and myself – for the past 3 years have volunteered at His Place mission on the north side of Pittsburgh. Once a month during the school…

Rumor has it that it’s supposed to be spring.  The calendar says that, the moon says that, and the seasons say that.  But the weather isn’t quite with the program yet.  Hopefully by the weekend!  Can’t wait for warm weather…

This past Easter weekend presented us with a plethora of pigs!  It’s honestly something I never really thought much about – being connected to piggies.  For the past several years, Kelly’s boys have raised pigs for 4H and showed them…