It’s Oct. 22! Combine national Nut Day with Make a Dog’s Day!

Each October 22 is both national Make a Dog’s Day and national Nut Day! Frankly, I’m blessed because I totally … More

Blowing a raspberry? A dog?

Can a dog “blow a raspberry?” It appears that our granddog Bucky can! Our daughter lives in Tennessee and sent … More

Here we are on Aug. 26, 2026, and its another national Dog Day, which is celebrated every year on this … More

Ouch! It was very chilly here in Naples, Fla., this morning (Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026) with the “official” temperature at … More

Cooler weather has arrived across Southwest Florida, but not like the cold that has gripped much of the U.S. over … More

Today (Thursday, Dec. 18) is the annual national Bake Cookies Day for 2025. Our daughter, who lives with her family … More

While it was chilly here in Southwest Florida this morning (Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025), it was downright cold for family … More

Our granddog Bucky lives in Tennessee with our daughter, son-in-law and two granddaughters (with a grandson due any day now!) … More

I recently posted a photo of snow in Iowa City, Iowa, that was taken by a friend who just moved … More

Whoooeee! Boy am I glad that I’m a child of South Florida! Yes, we’re having some chilly weather her in … More

It was a “brisk” start to this morning (Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024) here in Naples, Fla. However, that was just … More

We just returned home from a great visit with family in Tennessee! It was wonderful to see family and it … More

We have been visiting family in Tennessee for several days and I just received what will become our latest refrigerator … More

A year later, the price of gasoline is even lower in Tennessee. We again drove up to see family in … More

Our visit to family in Knoxville in Tennessee has been punctuated by a vicious cold snap. It was a very, … More

We are visiting family in the very cold state of Tennessee (it is forecast to be 25 degrees today, Saturday, … More

How about that! Our daughter, who lives in Tennessee with her family, grew this big zucchini in their yard along … More

This week’s winter storm across the eastern portion of the United States is bringing you another view from Tennessee. We … More

A winter storm has brought havoc across the eastern portion of the United States today, but there is a nice … More

Today (Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023) is our last for this visit to family in Tennessee. We’ve been here two weeks … More

Brrrr! I’ll take warm weather over cold any day … and we got a blast of cold this morning (Nov. … More

Although Halloween is a day behind us on this Nov. 1, 2023, the corridor of our room at a hotel … More

For our trip to Tennessee to see family, I drove up in the family “truckster” (actually, a Honda CR-V) and … More

We’ve come to rely on the wonderful “maps” app on our iPhones, but they can sometimes still lead you astray. … More