I happened to look out the window this afternoon and saw what I thought was a grasshopper on one of the flowers. Grasshoppers have been turning my plant leaves into Swiss cheese, so I went outside to go squish it. Instead what I found was a praying mantis! I’m no National Geographic photographer, but I [...]
Instead of taking one big vacation this summer (like we did last year), Ryan and I are trying out the “staycation” and taking short visits to local sites. Last weekend we drove 40 minutes up to Hutchinson to the Kansas State Fair grounds for the annual fair. Earlier in the week our region had heavy [...]
After raining most of the evening and almost the entire night, we awoke to see this sight in our backyard this morning. Our sump pump is still working virtually non-stop around the clock, emptying the basin about every 30 seconds. So far, no water in the basement! I didn’t take this picture until a couple [...]
Samantha and I went on a very short/easy nature walk today and combined it with an old hobby of ours – Geocaching! Geocaching is a “sport”, or game, where people hide stuff out in the “wild” and list the GPS coordinates on the official geocaching website. Then, people hunt for the caches using their own [...]
I went to fill up last night on my way home from church, and was greeted with regular unleaded gas that was less than $2 a gallon! I’ve been saying for a while now that as soon as gas hit $1.99/gallon, we’d throw a party, so be expecting your invitation in the mail soon…
We’ve finally posted our photos from our trip to Ireland, Scotland, & NYC. You can view them at our photos page. If you’d like, you can also go back and read our posts about the trip (and other trips) by viewing all posts with the “Vacation” label. Feel free to leave your comments about the [...]
We came home today to find a kitten lounging under our front porch! It was clearly lost and all alone. I brought out a dish of water (it reached 100 degrees F today!) and tried to coax it to come out and drink but it was pretty unsure of me. After a while it ventured [...]