In earlier blogs I described the excitement we experienced when we were able to purchase land two miles from the town of Wheaton. At that time, we had no idea of the varieties of activities that the little piece of land would provide our family. Farmer Carl came to the rescue again when I mentioned to him, I was thinking about building a play area for our children. Carl knew where we could get used telephone poles and he helped…..
(I’m giving my blog readers a valentine story that was published in my book titled, Holiday Adventures for Kids. Consider it my valentine card to you. I hope you enjoy it. If you like the story, feel free to order your very own copy from Amazon.) *********************************************************** The steep, snow-covered hill was perfect for sledding. Tina and her five-year-old brother, Timmy, had made many trips down the hill on their red plastic sled. “My teacher told me to remind you…..
Over thirty years ago when we moved from our house in town to our newly built country home I brought along an unusual object. I don’t know why for sure but I just couldn’t part with it. It was a twelve foot white picket fence that stood next to our stucco garage in town. Even back in 1980 I was an environmentalist and had a love and concern for our earth. So it didn’t take me long to figure out…..
