Seek The Substantial

We’re going to break the Cozumel vacation into a couple of parts, building to a crescendo of fun and excitement. Up first is the trip to Galveston. We’re all excited about the drive: This is us driving over the bridge between Houston and Galveston: We checked our bags first thing…

I’ve got some serious catching up to do. Last month we had Jenson and Thea’s birthday parties and as you might imagine, good times ensued. Sweet Sweet and Ryan: Darius taking a break: The incredibly large slide: The birthday boy goes up for yet another slide down: On to Thea’s…

Sweet Sweet was out of town last weekend and as a result, I had a little bit of time to kill. Earlier in the week I was wondering if someone could smoke ribs or brisket while using a simple charcoal grill. Turns out that you can. But before we get…

No apologies, just been a tad busy (not really). So these pictures from probably a month ago of the garden in no way represent how it looks today. It’s gotten to the point that the tomatoes were tilting the cages, to the point that they were falling down and I…

We had Grace’s B-Day over at Marilea and Blake’s house during Easter weekend. Here’s Grace opening presents. Grace, Saralyn, Jensen and Darius. Dad, Hogan, Thea, Marilea and Sweet Sweet: Mom makes Grace a new dress, complete with bonnet.

This is a yearly ritual for those of us who have dogs that are Blue Healer, Husky and Australian Shepard mixes. Blue, just so happens to be one of those dogs and it is time that she starts to shed her undercoat. We are not killing chickens here, this is…

Sweet Sweet and I traveled down to Castroville a few weekends ago to attend my Grandmother’s birthday and family reunion. We stayed at the Landmark Inn in Castroville. This was our room. This was the sink in our bathroom and Sweet Sweet wanted me to take picture of it for…