We woke up hoping for more snow — but it was mostly melted — darn. So we decided to take our car out as far as we could on the jeep trails of the preserve and then do some more hiking. We were wishing we knew how to get to the beautiful canyon where we […]
Vacation Day #1: Snow!
Howdy all! Jason and I are back from our vacation in the Davis Mountains in west Texas. We had a ton of fun — we went hiking every day except for one “rest day” when we went on another adventure — more on that later. We left Austin on Friday, December 22 and drove to […]
peace
I’ll be pretty busy the next few days and doubt I’ll have time to post — but here’s one last Christmas card I wanted to share! I took this photo at Jason’s Grandma’s house when we were there over Thanksgiving. It made me feel so peaceful and happy. AND it reminded me of a stamp […]
merry and bright
Does the photo on the cards look familiar? (Hint: See banner.) Too bad the sun wasn’t out when I took these card photos — they really are “merry and bright”! The banner photo is the true color. I took it back in November on this day at Indiangrass Preserve and thought it would be perfect […]
Number 36
Hi everyone! I’ll post the cake recipe as soon as I get a chance. Have a sledload of things to do so it might not be until after the holidays. So, the party yesterday was supposed to be a HOLIDAY party — but — unknown to me — Jason told everyone it was my birthday. […]
The cake.
Here it is, all ready for the party. I only make this cake once or twice a year — this is the first time for 2006. It’s got chocolate fudge, mini chocolate chips, and baking chocolate inside. The mini chips all melt into the batter and create tiny pockets of chocolate. Melted white and semi-sweet […]