Hola friends! I'm a children's book author and wanna-be-farmer. I love cake. I'm also a tiny bit obsessed with all things vintage. I've New Mexico roots with Florida, Washington, Texas, & Maryland branches…leaves have yet to be determined!
We had a really big rain/wind storm the other day and I learned something new... Crabbers, (Watermen? Fishermen? Guys who go out on boats and drop pods for crab...Crabbers?) whatever you want to call them, are simply crazy! Nuts! Loco! Ya'll, I watched their boats bounce back and forth, to and fro, side to… Continue reading Crabbers are Crazy & Lemon-Lavender Pound Cake
I’ve been working on getting this video together for awhile now. It’s still not right. I’m still terribly bad at tech(anything)! But you still want a peek, right? RIGHT? I knew ya did! Enjoy! P.S. (Do people still say P.S?) New-Old Farmhouse life is so much fun!
It's time again for Vivian Kirkfield's 50 Precious Words Contest, hurray! The What- Write a children's story with a beginning, middle, and end. ONLY use 50 words or less! Is she kidding? Nope! Can it be done? Yep! Want to see for yourself? Go ahead...Click Here! But before you head over to Vivian's blog where… Continue reading 50 Precious Words Writing Contest: THE VERY HUNGRY FOREST
You're back, yay! Ready to see the inside of our new-old-farmhouse? Great! But first, why don't you grab a few boxes and help a girl out, ha! Too bad it doesn't work like that. Want to hear a funny story? It goes like this... It was a dark and windy night (I'm afraid of the… Continue reading Our New-Old-Farmhouse!
Today is the day! It’s Get-the-Keys-to-our-new-Old-house day! And not just any old house mind you, a beautiful HISTORIC farmhouse that sits right on the water! It. Is. Gorgeous! And it's on base. On the water. A FARMHOUSE! And I can't believe they're letting us live there. And it's on the WATER! Want to see it? Of… Continue reading Today is THE Day!
Hooray for Christmas! Hooray for Santa! Hooray for twinkling pine trees, and hot cocoa, and chocolate-candy-fudge filled with nutty-nougat centers topped with marshmallow-creme snowman blobs and twisted peppermint candy-cane crush! Sorry, that got a little winded and weird, but I can't help it, it's Christmastime and I am giddy about every last bit of… Continue reading BURRO’S CHRISTMAS WISH: A Holiday Contest Tale
I love book trailers. I don't know if it's the music, the art, the creativity, or all of the above, but I just can't get enough. And since it's Christmas and there's that whole 12 days thing, and since It's the season for sharing, and since I can't bake you a Christmas cake and send… Continue reading The Twelve Days of Christmas Picture Book Trailers
