Four of our little grandkids came to help pick up sticks in the yard after a spring storm. Then both of our daughters and their families cam...

I filled the cart and porch with mums early this fall and they lasted about two days before the deer discovered them. :( About the only plan...

 Even though it's the height of summer, the mornings have been cool enough that we've enjoyed eating our breakfast on the patio by t...

  In July, our grandsons helped Ken do some work on the dry creek in our Missouri yard, moving some rocks around and widening a portion of t...

We've been blessed with more snow than any year we've lived here in Missouri, and it's a good thing since we've had much les...

 Our three oldest grandsons helped us string party lights and put together a fire pit in August and we have enjoyed it so much. Several wien...

  Spring 2022 and we are SO enjoying our beautiful backyard with the dry creek working great, deer still coming around, and everything green...

We are just loving the dry creek we had put in last summer. We've seen it through three seasons now and I can't wait to see it in th...

We are still loving our Missouri home and have recently made some big changes to the backyard here. To add beauty and control the flow of ra...

The deer have been a constant delight (and an occasional annoyance when they eat the things we plant) but they are never more stunning than ...

  So happy to get a little snow on this January day. Not much of it stuck, but it sure was pretty coming down.

The woods to the west of us are just lush on this last day of July 2020. We've had lots of rain and the creek is full, which is just how...

We've never had a screened porch before, but I can tell you now that I don't ever want to be without one again! Our wish-list for a ...