Never too old to travel!
Our last stop in Texas had us following the website advice: “kick up your heels” in Ft. Worth Stockyards Historic District. And if you like all things old, new, and cowboy, too . . . well, you’re in luck! Cross-Eyed Moose A short walk from Springhill Suites Ft. Worth Stockyards (a stay we heartily recommend) […]
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At the core of the Magnolia brand is the desire to make homes beautiful but with a focus on family and practicality. We want to create spaces that families want to gather in. Joanna Gaines It’s enough to visit the area known as The Silos of Waco, Texas, where Chip and Joanna Gaines have assembled […]
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We didn’t consider ourselves strangers in Waco, Texas, even though we’d never been there. After all, we’ve been Fixer Upper fans and watchers of Chip and Joanna Gaines for several years, so we felt right at home in Waco standing at the Silos. But the chance to visit the actual city blocks with relatives brought […]
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Magnolia Market in Waco, Texas, offers great home goods but also the creativity and design sense of Chip & Joanna Gaines.
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If you visit downtown Waco, Texas, so you can tour the buildings around The Silos, prepare to be amazed. Chip and Joanna Gaines, creators of the TV series “Fixer Upper” on HGTV and owners of The Silos, expanded at least four downtown blocks into properties that support product and design elements made famous by the […]
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“Sure. Let’s go see what this place looks like. I saw it on HGTV. But I’m telling you: I’m not buying anything. Watching my weight, you know.” Well, you can guess how that turned out. It was our first day in downtown Waco, Texas, at the Magnolia complex. And now, since Discovery+ network has just […]
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From the blog of P. A. Moed comes this week’s challenge — photos whose subjects begin with the letter S. Above: SUNSET in South Africa on the grounds of Thornybush. 2. STORKS at Volubilis We went to the ancient ruins of Volubilis to learn more about civilization there, but found that we couldn’t take our […]
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This week, Seetal invited us to share “the things you love that makes your world spin or things about your world that make you delirious with joy.” A simple task, right? Perhaps for some, but not for me. I have many things I’m in love with — family, my hometown of Knoxville, teaching, and volunteering. […]
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Every line tells its own story, even the very tentative ones. Gillian Redwood It’s been a striped world this past week with American flags waving in the wind at the Inauguration, so Leya’s interesting challenge is a welcome one: Striped and Checked. Although we don’t specifically search for stripes, we find patterns in architecture, lighting, […]
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It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness. Charles Spurgeon For this week’s challenge, Patti (P.A. Moed) asked for pictures showing emotions. “Easy,” I thought. But then I realized that most of the photos I take show people who are happy — happy at work or play, with […]
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With the challenge from Anne Sandler whose blog Slow Shutter Speed features macro shots of flowers with welcome tips for improving any close-up shots. So, like Anne, I, too, am sharing flowers and a pretty seashell, but ending with something I love to get close to: good food! Flowers in the rain, like the tender, […]
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What a year it has been, this 2020! So happy to see it pass by and usher in a new year full of hope and expectations for better times ahead. My favorite photos of 2020 are not necessarily the best quality, as a photographer would judge them; they are simply reminders of moments we to […]
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All good things must come to end, we suppose. And so it is that we are concluding our series — Road Trip 2020 — with this last post. And what a trip it has been: Knoxville, TN; Staunton, VA; Gettysburg, PA; and on to the Eastern Shore of Maryland before looping back home. We took […]
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Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy. Thich Nhat Hanh In these days of protecting ourselves from the coronavirus, it’s sometimes hard to tell if anyone is smiling. After all, our mouths may be upturned, but no one can see past our […]
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The small-town charm of a seaside town, Onancock, VA.
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One thing you hope you’ll find on any road trip is something unexpected. So, imagine us driving along Maryland Hwy. 333 outside Oxford, MD on our way to Assateague, VA and finding this little collection of white buildings. Although all were closed and locked with no one onsite to talk to, we took pictures, savored […]
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Although we left St. Michaels, Maryland, reluctantly, we knew we wanted to see Oxford one more time — and stay again at The Robert Morris Inn. But what route to take? You can drive from St. Michaels along Hwy. 33 through Easton and enjoy the scenery to Oxford, or you can take the Oxford-Bellevue Ferry. […]
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For those following our blog, you already know that we love houses. We’ve even been known to drive leisurely through towns, down side streets and back roads just to get a glimpse of how and where people live . . . as we showed you in our posts on Georgetown, SC and Annapolis, MD. So, […]
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