On the way home from the Houston trip that I blogged about below, I made a stop in Dallas/Fort Worth. The land was beautiful, the scenery lush, and the cowboys…well…something to be reckoned with! Big trucks, big hats, and tall boots seemed to surround me everywhere and I was eating up every last morsel. I never realized how much I like that southern charm until I was personally in the midst of it. When I entered a few of the shops there I was automatically greeted with the southern drawl, “Well, howdy ma’am! What can we do fer ya today?” I smiled graciously and said with the little (or no) charm that us northerners have, “Just looking for some cowboy boots for my nephew Wyatt, thanks!”
When I arrived in downtown Fort Worth unbeknownst to me the cowboys walk the longhorn steer every morning and afternoon from the pen to the rodeo which is down the street. What I loved the most about this was the real life cowboys on their horses! I felt like I was on the set of a John Wayne movie! I have to admit, I have never met a real cowboy in person. They rode their horses and kept the steer moving where they needed to go. For a northerner like myself, this was quite a spectacle. I’m sure I looked like such a tourist with my big camera in hand, eyes wide open, huge smile plastered on my face, in awe of a few cows? Oh well, I’m corny, I know. But I liked it!

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The bitterness of the cold weather doesn’t always have to be so bitter. It has been a miserably wet blizzard the past couple days. Schools have been closed, people getting stuck in their driveways, businesses shut down, dry skin, sore joints, just to start, but this morning I woke up and to my pleasant surprise I saw… (pause) the sun. One beautiful part of winter and snow is when the sun comes out and little specs of sparkly snowflakes begin to sprinkle across untouched landscapes. I saw this as a perfect opportunity to share a picture, or two, or several. I hope you enjoy my take on this blistery little piece of Heaven. Warm Regards, Jennifer M.

I’m not a huge fan of dressing your dogs up in little outfits, like a tutu or a sweater, or whatever people come up with these days, but I COULD NOT RESIST DRESSING THEM UP FOR HALLOWEEN! I think these are hilarious! The only thing better than seeing them in these pictures is seeing them in person! Taylor walks around like she is a SUPER DOG! And Tank doesn’t know if he going or coming, if he’s a dog or a pumpkin! It’s sooo funny and I thought I would share these special moments with all of you! Enjoy!

A wonderful thing about waking up early in the morning is the sun and light is so different. The fog has yet to dissipate and the light that comes through is like no other. When I woke up this morning and I saw this beauty shining in through the back windows and went straight for my camera. I hope my neighbors weren’t too offended that I was still in my nightclothes!