Due to popular demand, today's post is about our table, hand made by my husby and finished for Christmas Eve, 1999. It's been the sc...

Now wouldn't you love to invite them over to dinner? I know you've all had one. Some of you might have had several. You never f...

A 'Cute' of puppies For over 35 years, we have raised Old English Sheepdogs. I love them. To me, they are the perfect breed. Hap...

Muffy. Okay, she got bigger . . . We only lived in Winnipeg for eight months. It was a beautiful city. It just wasn't home. But, in ...

There it is! In my little hands! Photo Credit My book, Carving Angels, was delivered today from the publisher, Cedar Fort. It is ex...

Kids and food and . . . the Table When we moved to Winnipeg, we brought everything we owned. In one of my Dad's cattle trailers. He ...

Mark, right and Erik, with Grampa Tolley in the background To complete his master's degree, my husband had moved our (then) little f...

Cute. Or slimy. You decide. Twenty Froggies Twenty froggies went to school Down beside a rushy pool, Twenty little coats of green, ...

Today, I am featuring a guest post by one of my favorite bloggers, Ginger, at 'The Amateur Writer'. A fellow 'rancher', she ...

Admit it . . . this looks like fun! Okay, we weren't supposed to do it. In fact we had been strictly forbidden. But we were kids. Is...

Family games - mischief made legal On the ranch in the evenings, particularly the long, winter evenings, opportunities for entertainment...

And each of the eight brothers had a sister . . . My Mom had eight brothers. And each of them had a sister. My Mom. Most of the time, th...

Worth fighting for . . . In the Stringam household of eighty years ago, all food was prepared from scratch. Processed or instant food...

Okay, he's cute! The family was at the movies. Again. We had popcorn and treats. Soft drinks. And the quickest route to the bath...

Red Mittens - not just for hands any more! Photo credit:  polarbearstale.blogspot.com We were shopping. I will admit, here, that s...

My Dad was big on responsibility. Like lots of dads. And he tried to teach it to his kids. Like lots of dads. With more or less success. Li...

City Kids! My cousin was visiting. For two whole weeks. She was a city girl. But the only difference between a city girl and a ranch ...