So gloomy today, fits my mood.  Don’t know if it is the endless weekends of rain or my impending birthday but more (and heavy) rain is predicted for the next 3-4 days and my birthday…

Weather around here is crazy, I guess it is everywhere.  Average high temperature for April 9th is 69F, today it soared to 80F .  The pollen numbers are to the sky.  Not that I saw too…

Easter flowers stayed nice all week. Nothing says spring like a grocery store bouquet of brightly colored mixed flowers and a bundle of tulips. The candleholders are a gift from my parents, purchased during their…

We buried my Uncle Joe on Thursday in a cemetery behind a small country church in Bethel Valley. The cancer he had fought against for so long finally won.  Our family gathered at the graveside…

In January I had plans to update smithposts… weekly but time has once again slipped by and, well, it’s a month later almost to the day.  Not sure whether that means life is so exciting…