Welcome to our front porch. Here’s the view to the southwest, from the front porch. The man on the front porch. He’s quickly become the quintessential Colorado gentleman. No, there’s not a pistol smoking in his holster…yet. The view of our front porch, from below. It’s up there at the top. Standing on her front […]
When the sun shines as much as it has this week in Kansas City, I start longing for some good summer food. So I picked up these juicy cucumbers at the River Market, sliced them up, and threw together a tangy dressing to douse them in. Just a few simple ingredients did the trick: raw apple […]
Climbing the hill to the Gateway Arch. The glowing Arch! Ms. Lindbergh is ready to climb aboard the Spirit of St. Louis. The two people in St. Louis I love the most. They are the reason my Mother’s Day is special!
Showers. Lots and lots of soaking, drenching, freshening, muddying showers. Rainy, rainy days around these parts! Convertible rides and silly gypsy girls. (More than one of each.) Extra-golden (oops!) lemon meringue birthday pie. Happy Birthday to the man with the extra-golden heart. (Yeah, that would be El Dorado.) My favorite part of April? Spring. Every […]
This morning El Dorado and I kicked into gear bright and early. (I kissed sleep goodbye at 3:30 A.M., and he was only a couple of hours behind me.) We leaped into our gleaming (though somewhat dusty) yellow stagecoach, strapped the papoose in, and galloped westward across the misty Kansas prarie! Kansas boasts a good bit of history. […]
