Five Pines

I apologize if this post is going to offend any of my readers out there, and if you are a smoker it may. Some months back the county that we...

Worked at the Niles hospital today, got home early (about 3:00), made dinner, went to a meeting at church and just now got home. Caleb is at...

Two of my favorite girls It was a good day today. After church I asked the family if they would please help me do some cleaning and straig...

Thanks to my online friends for checking on me. And to my friends and family for calling me. I am better today. I missed work Wednesday and ...

I'm home sick today. I don't like calling in to work but there's no way I could work today. I barely made it through the day ye...

About 11:00 yesterday the band was on their way to state competition. They had a police and fire truck escort leading them out of town whi...

Wish us luck!! We are headed to the Detroit Ford Field for State Marching Band Competition tomorrow. This is the highlight of our season....

I've had several occasions lately where I found myself in an awful situation. I was in the presence of the perfect photo opportunity w...

Here's what Emily, Jordan and Aly looked like when they left the house a few minutes ago. They are out roaming the neighborhood meetin...

My Mother's Orchid Society had an orchid show this weekend. It's a wonderful place to take my camera. Here's a few of the shot...

There are two cemeteries in Hartford. One is newer where people are still buried today and the other is a very old cemetery, almost ancient....

I decided that I am only half of a wanna be photographer so I went and bought the new Adobe Photoshop Elements 6. I figured that if I reall...

It's Thursday. I'm down to the last two days of my week off (4 if you count the weekend). It's been a wonderful week. So nee...

Jordan is taking her drivers test tomorrow and has some anxiety about the whole thing. If all goes well then after the test Craig will tak...

Last night we had a surprise birthday party for Caleb and Jordan. And we actually pulled it off. They were completely surprised. Most al...

My precious daughter was stung by a bee today. She was at the school outside for band practice. The phone rang and I saw from the caller id ...

So I get off work at 6:00 tonight. I'm in my car driving home. I'm tired and I just want to get home and curl up all cosy for the...

I took these pictures almost 2 weeks ago on a walk next to a cornfield. There isn't much green left on the stalks now 2 weeks later. So...

I have an hour before we have to leave for Jordan's band competition so I thought I would sit down and blog for a few minutes and visit...

I grabbed my camera and went for a walk in the woods today all by myself. These are the woods behind the cottage. It's not huge but th...