Driving to Burkesville
Welcome to Cumberland County. This is my (very dirty) car, Chino, sitting in my grandparents’ driveway in Kentucky. Why is this noteworthy? Well, let me tell you. I’ve never been able to just drive to...
View ArticleRite Aid
When my sister and I would visit our family in Kentucky in the summer as young kids, we had a bit of a ritual. My cousins, my sister and I would make the long-awaited trip to…. RITE AID! To the...
View ArticleThe Cowboy Store
A little while back, as I was checking the facts for my Rite Aid post, I consulted my cousin/partner in crime Lauren about when Rite Aid closed and its Cowboy Store replacement opened. The following is...
View ArticleMelon-y Felony
I don’t know where to start. These are watermelon outfits. MATCHING watermelon outfits, no less. Granny loved to have her babies dressed in matching outfits. Why these outfits had to feature large...
View ArticleDynamic Duo
When we were little, cousin Lauren and I were a seriously dynamic duo. Every time I would come to visit, we got into all sorts of things at Granny and Papa’s. We had miniature chairs (which I believe...
View ArticleShowing Cattle
Yet another gem from the childhood summer adventures of cousins Lauren and Emily, here we have documentation of our days showing cattle. In preparation for our debut at the fair, Granny took us to the...
View ArticleChristmases Past
I stumbled across a few gems from Christmases in the late 1980’s/early 1990’s. Evidently, I used to be a Christmas angel. (My mother just informed me that this was not a good day. Apparently, I did not...
View ArticleCrafty Cousins
Christmas Eve night, the Dyer girls got crafty. My cousin Kristen had bought a gingerbread house kit at Sam’s club for $5 on a whim and asked us if we’d like to entertain ourselves by putting it...
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