When I moved to South Bend, IN; I knew it was a great arena to live. I moved to an area that was full of things for my youngsters to do, plus where I knew they would be safe. I had been told that when it’s hot, go to Kennedy Water Playground. It was a […]
Author: Missy
Great Plains Zoo is fun
I thought it was cruel plus inhuman, but when I was told they were found dead, or killed. As you are walking into the Great Plains Zoo & Delbridge Museum of Natural History there is a thank you sign, but it thanks people for visiting plus supporting their cause, but the Great Plains Zoo & […]
The zoo is a must do
As you are walking into the Great Plains Zoo & Delbridge Museum of Natural History there is a thank you sign, it thanks people for visiting in addition to supporting their cause, the Great Plains Zoo & Delbridge Museum of Natural History is open 361 mornings a year. There are more than 1000 animals from […]
We appreciate the corn maze at Thistleberry Farm.
Living in South Bend, IN has more than just a nice locale to live. It has museums, casinos, and other fun locales to go, and one thing I loved was Thistleberry Farm, but every year, starting in mid-October, they had a corn maze! By the time Halloween came around, and they had their spooky hayrides, […]
The days may be mild, but winter nights are cold.
For some reason, many people think it is always hot and humid in Alabama. Summer can be brutal, but winter is my favorite time of year. The days are in the low to mid fifties, but nights are cold. We get very little snow, but it is often near freezing at night. On those cold […]
Fall in Birmingham brings less humidity.
As a teacher, we need to corral their attention and get them to do their work. Fall, in most areas, means the temperatures are going down and is the signal that winter will be arriving. Fall starts in September in Alabama, just like it does in the rest of the US. The difference is that […]
Como Zoo wasn’t just a zoo.
When I was in Minneapolis, I wanted to pay a visit to Como Zoo. I was going to be in Minneapolis for about four days with my daughter, for book signings. I told her if we didn’t get anything else done, I wanted to go to Como Zoo. The day before we left, we went […]
Weisman Art Museum was my wedding destination.
I wanted my wedding to be someplace unique. When people walked away from my wedding, I wanted them to have had an experience they would always remember. It wasn’t going to be just another wedding. I read I could book guided tours of the Weisman Art Museum in Minneapolis, MN, for all the guests that […]
I traveled over 3000 miles to Lowell, MA
I hadn’t been back to Lowell for almost five years. I went to California for college, and that is where I stayed. I’m not saying that I didn’t miss Lowell, because I did. It was the people and the area that I missed. Had I not moved where there was sunshine 90% of the time, […]
We came to Lowell for Winterfest, and never left.
My husband and I had been thinking about moving for his new job. He was going to be working in Boston, MA. Since Boston is only thirty-one miles from Lowell, we were checking there and in other areas within that circumference. We were moving in the new year, and thought it would be a good […]