by Nancy Herkness | Dec 23, 2010 | Family, holidays, Home, Uncategorized
Every year as we decorate the tree, we remind each other of the signifcance of each ornament. “Here’s the skating moose from our trip to Banff!” or “That’s the Santa starfish your old girlfriend painted for you,” or “Oh yes,...
by Nancy Herkness | Dec 14, 2010 | holidays, Home, Uncategorized
The tree is finally finished. Yay! I thought I’d share the stages of decoration since the tree’s transformation from bare naked fir to glitzy Christmas totem took several days. Stage 1: Nothing but needles. The Fraser fir is a gorgeous shape though....
by Nancy Herkness | Oct 26, 2010 | Home, Uncategorized
My husband was sitting in the family room last night when the doorbell rang. No one was there. However, this is what met his wondering gaze: This may not look strange to you, but here’s the thing: those pumpkins were all intact when we put them on the porch. ...
by Nancy Herkness | Sep 4, 2010 | Home, Uncategorized
The tree in our back yard took a sudden dislike to our fence. It hurled not one, but two giant limbs down on top of it. This is the second limb protruding through what’s left of our fence after the first limb hit it. This is taken in our neighbor’s...