Here is a list of Pick-Your-Own Farms in Oklahoma. Pick your own berries, vegetables and fruits. Even some Christmas trees!

Looking for fresh food? Download a copy of the 2008 Local Food Guide (listing of farmers’ markets and other local food sources in the Tulsa area.) from the Kerr Center Web site.

TulsaNow is working on a new Downtown Shopping Guide that will feature all the shops, places to see and do, and restaurants in downtown Tulsa. Check out the KTUL news clip and the TulsaNow Web site for more information.

I’m looking forward to home-grown fruits and vegetables this summer. Here’s how to find out where to buy them - Local Harvest.

Join a food cooperative and eat better! Here is a list of Food Cooperatives in Oklahoma.

Academy Award-winning actor Tim Robbins directs the L.A. Actors’ Gang in 1984, based on George Orwell’s 1949 classic novel. Choregus Productions presents the play Apr. 8-10. Tickets are $29 and $15. Recommended for mature audiences. For more information or to purchase tickets, see the PAC Web site.

Last night, I had a raccoon visit my backyard at 4:30 am. I managed to get my camera out and take his picture through the sunroom window!

I am blessed to have a small area of unused farm land behind my house, as well as a drainage ditch that has been dammed up by beavers. This results in all kinds of “critters” coming by. This past week, we had this Tri-colored Heron (I think that is what it is.) as a visitor. He caught fish in my “drainage ditch!”

Waiting?

Moving up to the drainage ditch - creek.

Looking for fish.

I know one is in here somewhere!

Got one!

Tasty!

I will never forget that night. It sounded like a war zone with guns going off all night long. We found out in the morning that that was the trees breaking. The next day, some people couldn’t even get out of their homes because of fallen trees. I will take a long time before our trees recover from this storm.

Photos of the damage from the ice storm that hit Oklahoma on December 3, 2007. 

This photo was taken in Broken Arrow after the storm hit:

These photos were taken in Tulsa during the clean-up phase which is still happening in March. I heard on the news that they have picked up enough tree debris to fill up the new BOK Arena 2-1/2 times!

If you enjoy traveling in Oklahoma, you might be interested in my resource, Oklahoma Scrapbook. The Oklahoma Scrapbook is a 290-page trip planner, learning tool, and memory book, created for families to use before, during, and after exploring the state of Oklahoma.

It offers a list of over 150 travel destinations located in the state of Oklahoma. Each entry includes a brief description of the destination, as well as its hours of operation, admission charges, address and/or directions, and contact information. Each destination is listed by geographic area (Green Country, Frontier Country, etc.) as well as alphabetically and by city/town.

In addition, there are recommended topics to discuss, books to read, and activities to do that are related to each destination. For instance, when visiting the 45th Infantry Division Museum, the topics suggested are World War II, Korean War, Germany, and Hitler. A list of books and activities for follow that relate specifically to these topics.

Although it was created for families, my customers have included adults without children as well as educators. For more information or to order, go to my Web page: Oklahoma Scrapbook by Cindy Downes.