A couple of weeks ago, I climbed aboard “Billie Jo” (we named our trucks after the girls of “Petticoat Junction”) and headed to Broken Arrow, OK with Clint. Here is the gallery of pictures I took there and back. A couple of notes:

As we got near the consignee in Broken Bow (the only directions we were given were to turn down the road and look for the construction), a hawk was soaring above us and I said, “look, he’s gonna guide us to the construction site.” Well, he did!! The pictures below are of the guiding hawk.

The picture of the church is in Kansas. It is the only thing on the horizon for miles and miles. When you first see the steeple in the distance, you expect to be coming upon a town. Nope! Nothing but the church.

I just love the old neon signs and I truly believe that every single one in these great United States should be restored!! Just wish I had the money to do it.

We also love old bridges and these great steel behemoths are getting harder and harder to find as the all the bridges are being replaced around the country.

Love, live and cook (or not) on the road!!

So many people I know just hate winter! While autumn is my truly favorite season, I love winter too. It holds such promise. I collected a few quotes about winter:

I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure of the landscape. Something waits beneath it; the whole story doesn’t show. –Andrew Wyeth

While I relish our warm months, winter forms our character and brings out our best. –Tom Allen

If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome. –Anne Bradstreet

Clint took me on yet another picture taking trip to a conservation area about 10 miles from the house. As we drove around and into the area, I snapped a lot of pictures from the truck window and was thinking about how gloomy it looked. I figured all my pictures would turn out just being these gray blobs of stuff; the “stuff” of winter. But, ALAS… I found some great color out there. The colored stuff that holds the promise!

Love, live and cook in these days of winter, so you can get out and enjoy the warmth of spring!!