Thoughts from the Ridge

Some people have asked how the dogs are doing with the cats....they are ok.  Here is Mobi eating dinner when Dale comes up for a drink.  At ...

Sunday we attended a birthday party for Joslyn.  She is now 4! The cake:  Opening presents...important stuff  ...

I wanted to thank everyone for their kind thoughts the last couple of weeks.  We have had an abundance of kind words, cards and flowers.  I ...

We all know I LOVE going to Orlando.  My latest trip wasn't any different.  I did have a great time.  However, there wasn't any ...

This is a hard post to write.   Some of the posts below were set to post (pre-dated) before this occurred.   My dad passed away...

No he wasn't in trouble.  We actually had just cleaned the bed and such and Kevin was putting it all back together.  This is Mobi...

 This time of year, we often have fog first thing in the morning.  It can be quite beautiful.  

So it has been awhile.   What has been going on?   A LOT!   Many of you know my dad has been very ill since Jan.   He spent about 6...

We had a very dry winter...OK; it hardly seemed like we had one...that is until mid-Feb.   Then we had snow almost every week.   It was...

Venezuela Edel-Zartbitter Edelcacao, also known as Precious Dark Chocolate, is a 56% cacao chocolate bar. While at the less bitter end of th...

Today new chocolate is the Ritter Sport Gebrannte Mandel (Roasted Almonds). Like all Ritter Sport bars the chocolate is a smooth, soft, not ...

Introducing Chip and Dale....no not that Chip and Dale ....our two new Kittens: Chip is the one with the white chest and feet.  Here is c...

I am so late in posting...but here goes...On Christmas Eve, Kevin snapped this picture of a small herd of deer out in the back pasture area....

After receiving the Christmas box from Florian's family  I was overwhelmed with new chocolate options. There were a few limited edition ...

Today we got a Christmas box in the mail.     It was from Florian's family.  How very nice they thought of us.   It is always such fu...

You may know that I LOVE Mickey Mouse and LOVE Disney Parks.  I would go every time I hear a friend going  But I cannot.  I was in Orlando ...