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Yesterday we hosted a birthday party for Lydia. In lieu of gifts, we asked the guests to bring items to pack in shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child. Lydia and Luke have both enjoyed packing shoeboxes for several years. We were joined by family and friends, along with two volunteers on the Operation Christmas Child year-roundContinue reading “Operation Christmas Child Birthday Party”

A guest post by Lydia Tyndall. Mark Twain is one of America’s most well-known authors, and he is from right here in Missouri. Samuel Langhorne Clemens, who would later adopt the pen name Mark Twain, was born on November 30, 1835 in a two room house in Florida, Missouri. Halley’s comet streaked across the skyContinue reading “Mark Twain”

Our family has a long tradition of entering items in the Life and Arts department of our local fair. This year I entered only one item, which was in the antiques category. It was an old McCall’s pattern catalog from 1910. Lydia entered several items. The most impressive is the grand-champion double-knit globe hat. InContinue reading “Fair Entries”

Lydia and Luke like to entertain themselves by playing with the garden hose in the driveway. Today they rigged it up on the basketball goal and created an outdoor shower. Luke had the idea that we could bring out the toiletries and they could take their regular showers outside. I am always being accused ofContinue reading “Outdoor Shower”

Today’s post is by a special guest: Lydia Tyndall! Jacques Tyndall Basic facts Jacques Tyndall is a red merle Miniature Australian Shepherd. His full name is Jacques Jaykay Tilty Heady Doggie Not A Whiggy Lick-A-Face Tyndall. He lives in Brookline, Missouri with his family.  Early Life Jacques Tyndall was born at Circle G Mini Aussies.Continue reading “A Biography of Jacques Tyndall”

We have a lovely warm, sunny afternoon here at Tyndall Acres today.

We celebrated Keith’s birthday on January 4th.

Earlier this year, Lydia and I walked every trail at Wildon’s Creek National Battlefield. (Actually there was a tiny trail we realized only recently we had missed.) Anyway, lately we have been going again and taking Jacques with us. Now it is our goal to take Jacques on every trail there. We are off toContinue reading “Jacques at Wilson’s Creek”

Lydia and Luke’s birthdays are both in the fall, and a dear dog-loving friend gifted them both Australian Shepherd T-shirts. They are fun to wear, and Jacques approves.

We just returned from a trip from the gulf coast of Florida. We stayed in a condo on Belleair Beach, which is just south of Clearwater Beach. I had some “goals” for this trip, things I wanted to get done. I had them listed on the Notes app on my phone. Somehow I accidentally deletedContinue reading “Florida”