Day in the Life at the Pond...

Build a pond and...


...they will come...

...to read...

...they will come to laugh with good friends...

...they may even come to fish, even if a sign says...

...NO FISHING ~ But who cares...

...these friends will never tell!

Life is good in the pond above & below...

Enjoy your day!

Do You Paws for Life?

Stop and think for a moment...what can be rescued only to teach us to be gentle, love us unconditionally, be there to greet us no matter what the day brings, & never minds if the house is clean....?? I call this wonderful circle of living, "Paws for Life"...

Two of our rescue dogs, Muskie & Bella~Cinderella...



And remember those who are not with us anymore taught us just that being together was very important....



And together these three always were. That was over twelve years ago... dear Sam, beautiful Shelly the Sheltie & a little black kitty named "Smitty" never to be forgotten...

And today the loving cycle of "Paws for Life" continues as this little girl lovingly welcomes her new rescue dog...

Ashley & Jake


Do you have a "Paws for Life" story? If so, please leave me a comment...

So~What's in a name?

Many years ago my husband & I, with three small children tucked under our arms built a Victorian Farmhouse on some of Maryland's beautiful rolling hills. The first week we moved in we planted this willow tree dreaming about the day our grandchildren would climb it. Little did we know it didn't take long for our own children to climb it, because just as our children-the willow tree grew strong & fast...and little did we know then, twenty years later, what our youngest son would build ...
...just as his father had built before him ...
...an empty house that would become...


...our home...


...and back then our youngest could only watch not knowing then that one day, twenty years later, he too ...


would build another home on the propery we call a carriage house, that would include a soap kitchen, wood working shop & more found...


...Under the Willow