Month: December 2012

2012 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Dear Friends, This blog was started as an experiment. Without you my experiment would have fizzled. But […]

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Weekly Photo Challenge: My 2012 in Pictures

January – Thirty years ago student teachers HAD to be a member of a professional organization as part of their graduation requirements. Although it is no longer mandatory, social studies […]

Travel

December 26, 2012

What a whirlwind party we had over the holiday/birthday. In two days WE, Renee and I, had — 517 visitors!!! That’s almost a quarter of a month’s worth for me! […]

Travel

It’s Christmas Day, Renee’s 16th Birthday. Welcome everybody Come on in. In honor of Renee’s country _______________________, all the print will be in green, because in ______________________, it’s __________________. […]

Hobbies

Sunday Post: Christmas

Jake has done it again – a post to challenge my photographic abilities. I haven’t been too successful with night pictures or inside pictures. So here is my trial. Thanks […]

Travel

Book Review: A Black Cowboy’s Ride Across America

It’s not every day that a good book about both […]

Travel

Romance in Tulare County

If you’ve been reading my blog recently, you’ll notice that several blogger friends are wanting to get together. Several have suggested that they want to come to Tulare County. I […]

Travel

Friendship

This is a short post (Quit saying YEAH!!!) because I spent my night surfing and reading blogs, old and new. But I’ve been pondering this recently. When does friendship start? You click […]

Hobbies

Day Trip From Woodlake to Three Rivers, CA In Search of Snow

Winding Through the Backroads Out of Woodlake, CA We got […]

Education

Weekly Photo Challenge: Delicate

Delicate suggests many diverse meanings. Curiously, now and again what seems delicate may actually be quite strong, and conversely, when something appears heavy, mechanical, sturdy or awkward may have delicate […]

Travel

Christmas Sweater

When my first husband, Mark, went to Bible College, and worked, and worked some more, I worked at the college as a secretary, and had such fun with the other […]

Travel

Christmas Crafting

Before I begin I must express my extreme sorrow over what has happened in the school in Connecticut and publicly share my sympathies to all the families. Words cannot express […]

Hobbies

SUNDAY POST : Concept

Concept is hard to visualize. It can be anything and nothing all at the same time. Without concepts, we can work, and play, but we can’t do it sustainably effectively […]

Hobbies

You’re Invited to Renee’s Online Birthday Party

Featured Blog Who’s Renee? I started following Renee and […]

Hobbies

Ye Olde Christmas Greeting

Dearest Friends Near and Far, * […]

Hobbies

Why Fly Through Cyberspace With a Vanity Blog?

There are basically only two things one can do with […]

Hobbies

Travel Theme: Circles

Definition: A circle is the locus of all points equidistant from a central point. Ailsa of Where’s My Backpack, dreamed up a theme that made my mind go in circles trying to […]

Hobbies

Weekly Photo Challenge: Changing Seasons

A dear friend gave me wool yarn from Australia to make a warm sweater as a departure gift from Colorado Springs. It was summer, and even in Colorado we weren’t […]

Hobbies

Walnuts Change Clothes for the Winter

I hated walnuts until I moved to Tulare County. We couldn’t have been relocated into a better place than when my first husband and I moved here August 1, 1985, […]

Travel

Book Review: Entertaining an Elephant

Thank you and congratulations to Larry Otter, the 30th “LIKE” on my new Facebook page, GOLD STAR! Thanks to the many others that also pressed “LIKE” Many of you are teachers, […]

Hobbies

The End of Fall

Tulare County, approximately the size of Connecticut, has two climates. One is mountainous – the Sierra Nevada, home of the Sequoia National Park. The other, home of over 400,000 cows, […]

Personal Stories

The Answer Is…

We didn’t have to wait until Friday. Tonia Hurst, a California gal, picked up on this little tendril right away. Congratulations Tonia!!! Gold Star Tonia Hurst!! Now, since you have been such […]

Book Reviews

Book Review: The Everything Theory

Dianne Gray became my blogger friend four months and three weeks ago now, and we have rallied blogger chit-chat back and forth between our blogs. As I read her blog […]

Hobbies

Guess What This Is

Every once in a while you come across things that are just too cool not to photograph. So I offer this picture to you. What in the world is it? […]

Travel

Originally posted on Sue Ann's Balcony:
Many adolescent boys are disengaged and unmotivated at school, and their results reflect this. Boys are not hard-wired to sit at a desk…

Hobbies

Kids at Avila Barn

Avila Barn used to be just a summer place to visit, but now it’s open all year long. I’ve been practicing taking people pictures recently. I wanted to test my […]

Photo Challenges

Weekly Photo Challenge: Reflections

As I reflect on my blogging experiment this first day of December, I realize that it has gone from experiment to addictive hobby. I am thankful to all of you […]

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Month: December 2012

2012 in review

Weekly Photo Challenge: My 2012 in Pictures

December 26, 2012

Renee’s Online Birthday Party

Sunday Post: Christmas

Book Review: A Black Cowboy’s Ride Across America

Romance in Tulare County

Friendship

Day Trip From Woodlake to Three Rivers, CA In Search of Snow

Weekly Photo Challenge: Delicate

Christmas Sweater

Christmas Crafting

SUNDAY POST : Concept

You’re Invited to Renee’s Online Birthday Party

Ye Olde Christmas Greeting

Why Fly Through Cyberspace With a Vanity Blog?

Travel Theme: Circles

Weekly Photo Challenge: Changing Seasons

Walnuts Change Clothes for the Winter

Book Review: Entertaining an Elephant

The End of Fall

The Answer Is…

Guess What This Is

Kids at Avila Barn

Weekly Photo Challenge: Reflections