Saturday

Well, it's Saturdy and in the South, well, the whole country, it's football day...and the Hogs took a bad beating in Alabama...dang it. Nuff said

I took the grandson to bowl...his first time, and he beat me. I wanted him to win, but not that much! He had a good time, so it was worth it.

SG

Thursday

Wow, its Thursday already. This time last week I was happily ensconced in the Doubletree in Little Rock, enjoying that free cookie. And thanking the powers that be (you know who you are) that I made it down I-40 in one piece.


Tomorrow I leave at noon to go pick up my grandson from Kindergarten and spend the afternoon with him. He is out for parent teacher conferences, and his mommy (my daughter) has to DO parent teacher conferences, because that's what they pay her for. So we get to spend the afternoon together. I have no idea what we will do. Probably something that involves spending my money.





Oh well, what else are they for but to love and spoil, right?


Enjoy the weekend ahead and the unusually cool temperatures.


SG

Outdoor Wednesday

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I just dont have anything for Outdoor Wednesday. I do have some shot I made last weekend, but they are in my phone and I can't get them out. So I will resort to professional ones.

I visited the William Clinton Library in Little Rock. The last time I was there was not long after it opened, and the grounds are now just lovely and mostly green...

Photo Credit - A.C. Haralson

It's worth the visit, and no, it does NOT look like a trailer! It is a beautiful, clean lined space.
Enjoy and Happy Wednesday...

Outdoor Wednesday

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Here is my contribution to Outdoor Wednesday. Sunday we went for a drive/let me out at the flea market outing. One of the times I got to get out of the car was at Thorncrown Chapel. It's a wonderful chapel in the woods outside Eureka Springs. We were lucky, no weddings at the time. It's a popular place for that...and it was designed by Fay Jones, who is a local, was on the faculty here at the U of A, and a contemporary of Frank Lloyd Wright.

It has a lot of trees around it, and when you sit inside, its a wonder....it looks like it is floating in the sky!

It's hard to get a really good shot of it with a small digital, So this is a professional shot. It's worth a trip and a popular wedding place!

Happy Wednesday everyone!

Gooseberry Patch

Gooseberry Patch has a new blog and they are on Facebook and Twitter! I love this site. They are putting out a new cookbook and I haved a recipe in it. This is the second time I have gotten a recipe in one of their books. They sell them online, and in Cracker Barrels. Check them out!

You'll love them.

SG

Today's Giveaway

I found this great site that hosts give-aways every day! Go check it out....
(Click on the title of this post for the link)
SG

On cooking....

I went to see "Julie and Julia" the other day and it was such a sweet and funny movie. I may have to buy the DVD on this one!

What fun it would be to do that, although I dont think I am up to Julia Child...anyway, its been done. However, I do have a LOT of cookbooks. So here is what I decided to do. My younger daughter and her friends want to cook. They want to, they just dont know how. So we are going to have cooking school at my house once or twice a month, and I am going to document it and post it to this blog.

Stranger things have probably never happened....stay tuned!

Outdoor Wednesday

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We went on a little drive this weekend, checking out the place where we are planning our wedding, and stopped at this little country cemetery, because it is so pretty and interesting. It is called Crosses Creek Cemetery, and I think one of my friend's family is buried here.

It has a small, neat chapel....

A lot of the graves are marked with rocks, no names.

It has tables I think they use for decoration day most likely,

And an outhouse.

Did I mention it is in Madison County?

Nice gestures

On Monday I received a nice surprise from one of our graduate students - flowers! In appreciation for helping her. Sometimes they mention me in their dedications, but I think these are the first flowers I have gotten. Really brightened up my day....

It has some lovely full size roses

Some tea size roses and some Zinnias.
And it came in a mug with seashells on it...love that beach stuff! What a great girl, and her husband picked it out. While he was at it, he sent her roses. He is very well trained for an engineer....

Outdoor Wednesday

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This is not a new picture, but it is interesting. Its a spring built by my Great-grandmother's Grandfather, James Hudson. It's called Hudson Spring and its in Johnson County, Arkansas. It looks rusty because the water has a lot of iron in it. This spring has survived for over a hundred years. I love it...