Author: velish23

Retired corporate executive, farmer, vet assistant and office manager--in that order. In retirement, I am pursuing my passion for growing my faith, making art, researching my genealogy, and enjoying photography and design while living life with my best friend and husband, and our little Yorkie mix, Gibbs, who has rules and disciplines very much like his namesake from the television show NCIS.

Change is Good

It's time to change things up again because change is good...sometimes anyway.  I was wandering around over at my new friend's website yesterday: The Pioneer Woman.  You really should check it out...she's a hoot! She had ten rules of blogging listed and they were great rules. I read every one. Many I had already discovered from two … Continue reading Change is Good →

Veteran’s Day and Remembering My Mom Repost

I've never repeated an old post before but I didn't want Veteran's Day to go by without thanking all those who have and are serving our country in the military and I didn't want the four year anniversary of my mother's leaving the earth to go unacknowledged. I don't have time to write anything new … Continue reading Veteran’s Day and Remembering My Mom Repost →

Favorites of the Week – Signs, Signs, Signs and more Signs

Each week will choose favorites for my Favorites of the Week (FOTW) page.  It might be one favorite or it could be 28. The item(s)  will be featured on the Home page on Monday or Tuesday and will remain on my FOTW page until the following Monday. Hope you enjoy. I'm sure these shopkeepers would love for … Continue reading Favorites of the Week – Signs, Signs, Signs and more Signs →

Fingerprint Friday – Memories

Fingerprint Friday was started by Beki, at The Rusted Chain. It was inspired by the song by Steven Curtis Chapman that contains the line..."when I look at you, I can see the fingerprints of God." To participate and/or visit all of the blogs that do, go to the Fingerprint Friday Post on Beki's blog and follow the instructions.Taken right after … Continue reading Fingerprint Friday – Memories →

Mini-Vacation Photos Part One

I took somewhere around 350 photos on our mini-vacation to Pittsburgh. We traveled up through Tennessee (Chattanooga, Knoxville) through a tiny bit of Virgina (Bristol) and then through West Virginia. We normally stop over for the night in Beckley, W.V. but this time we left early enough that we decided to drive straight through. Ten … Continue reading Mini-Vacation Photos Part One →