The month of September has seen Kim dealing with some unusual critter situations.

Normal folks celebrate Memorial Day with fun summer activities.

Wonder where I've been??? (Sometimes I wonder too...)

I just got home from a 2-week mission trip to visit our missionary friends Dave and Jen Bell at their infant rescue home in Kenya. Here I'm holding one of the precious babies they are caring for.

It's been a wild past 4 months of traveling! Since our Patagonia/Antarctica trip in November, we've spent a month in Africa, then came home for a short time before going back to Kenya again for 2 weeks. And in between, we've celebrated Thanksgiving and Christmas and a few grandkids' birthdays. And now we're getting ready for Easter. And in my spare time, I'm helping my daughter Emily coach the Shenandoah High School girls' tennis team.

It's been a too-hectic pace for this girl. I'm ready to store the suitcases away and stay in our cozy cabin for awhile.

And sort through my thousands of photographs that I've gotten behind on. And blog. I've missed doing both of those. I've got oodles of photos and stories to share, but I've been too busy catching up to catch up. If you know what I mean...

In case you thought I'd dropped off the face of the earth, I haven't. And I haven't given up blogging either. Stay tuned as I begin bombarding you with photos and tales of my recent life adventures, from the other side of the world and from my very favorite place on earth, right here in the middle-of-nowhere, USA. 

I'm finally...

...catching up.

Who is this handsome young stud, all spiffed up and sitting at his own desk?

Ever since the Gray compound cat Julia died early last spring, we've been catless.

The goldfinches are feasting on sunflower seeds just outside my kitchen window, storing up energy for their long migration flight soon.

This is what Kim found when he went out to take care of the chickens about 6 am. this morning.

Got ourselves a new ride last week!

Less time on Facebook means lots more reading time.

Two weeks ago I decided to leave Facebook.