Dana-Papaw-74th Anniversary

Dana-Papaw-74th anniversary

Winter Visitors 2011

These pretty little gold finches spend the winter with us every year. They've discovered my feeders loaded with sunflowers. A whole flock of them come each year, but they'll be gone by spring break.

Cold and Rainy Day

Here's what you do on a cold and rainy winter day. We bought this firewood from a guy out in Pert. He has it cut, split and stacked, but we have to go get it. The other night, when David and I went to get it, there was still snow on it from the sleet and snow we received a few days earlier.

This fireplace is right next to my chair and I love sitting beside it with a cup of coffee. Today we're watching playoff games and throwing another log on every 30 minutes or so. In front of this is about the only warm spot in the house.

Harris Family Christmas 2010

Couple of Desktop Pics

These make pretty good desktop photos if you want to download them.

Hamburger Cookout

My grandparents, age 95, and my mom came for lunch today. Jodi and I made burgers on the grill and, boy, was it good. We took a couple of pictures, including recreating the famous picture of my grandpaw kissing David on the head at David's first Christmas. That picture was taken by the Palestine Herald Press and was in the paper on New Year's Day. The headline was "out with the old..."

Savannah at Octoberfest 2010

It was beautiful weather at the 2010 Wonderfall Octoberfest in down-town Palestine. This was Savannah's first time to march in a parade. They looked and sounded great and we had a great time.