Archives for “Wildlife”
When most people think about wildflowers of Texas they immediately go to our beautiful state flower the bluebonnet; which I must agree are absolutely one of the most beautiful wildflowers that exist. But they don’t grow wild or even from seed very well in all parts of the state. You’ll find them in early spring [...]
Hi everyone! I wanted to share some beautiful pictures of my “second home” — the state of West Virginia. My dad got transferred out there with his company when I was a senior in high school. I met my husband there (and have now made an “Okie” out of him!) These pictures were taken by [...]
I had the opportunity to spend a few quiet days at a writer friend’s ranch established in 1895 here in the Texas Panhandle. We began the day drinking coffee and watching the sunrise from the back porch and ended each day sitting on the front porch taking in the fantastic sunsets. We’ve had a lot [...]
As the month comes to an end, I find myself getting more and more excited about my 34th book coming out and dancing faster with each day of my writing life. We expect THE COMFORTS OF HOME to come out of the gate at a full run on November 1. Also coming back into print [...]
My next release, THE PROPER WIFE, will be hitting the shelves next month. This book was a lot of fun to write – the characters of Eli and Sadie were such seeming opposites that getting them to their Happily-ever-after took quite some doing. One of the scenes in this book hinged on Sadie deciding she [...]
One thing I LOVE about living where we do is that there are animals. I’ll admit it – I am so not a city girl. When we first moved here, the pheasants charmed the socks off of yours truly. In the winter, we like walking to the school bus and seeing the different footprints in [...]
The Mexican Gray Wolves, (AKA: Lobos) exists only in the Southwest in the states of Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas in the early 1900’s. Now there are only 42 of them remaining. The lobo’s only have two breeding pairs in the wild so they are losing in the battle to stay alive. The US Fish [...]
