VIOLETLADY AT HOME

We have a new addition to our family!!  Her name is Liz Taylor in honor of the great actress.  We call her Taylor and she is 8 months old to...

Never waste any time you can spend sleeping . --Professor Frank H. Knight, in class at the University of Chicago, 1936 (Frank Knight was a ...

It has been a long time since I have written an entry on this blog, but here it goes.  Things have been super busy since my last post five m...

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY TO ALL WHO ARE IRISH OR IRISH FOR A DAY!!!!!!!!!!  

Autumn has arrived here in coastal Delaware although the temperature today was supposed to be a high of 84 which is somewhat warm for Octobe...

My mother was a "South Jersey girl." She was born and raised in New Jersey until she met and married my father and forever after l...

I recently returned from a great little vacation in New England.  My sister and I drove to Andover, Massachusetts to visit my daughter and s...

If any of you have been checking in and see that I haven't posted anything for quite awhile -- I will be back soon.   I am just in a blo...

Memorial Day, originally known as  Decoration Day, was proclaimed in 1868 a national day of remembrance of those who died in the Civil Wa...

I hope you all have a Happy Mother's Day.  I won't be able to be with my daughter and grandsons, but the love between us will span...

I think I have been watching way too much mainstream television.  Dancing With The Stars, Celebrity Apprentice, Access Hollywood and the lis...

I am joining Little Red House's Mosaic Monday today with photos of my dear little Beau who left this world two weeks ago today. Vi...

I have been trying to write this post for a day or so and am finally feeling like I have the strength to put thoughts into words and onto th...