All Things Home and Family
We visited these amazing gardens on our way home from Ryan's wedding. I wanted Amy to see how this was done.Hanging gardens over the entry to the gardens proper.The children and a friend. :)I took this one for you Clark. You will want to go here fully equipped for a year and a day...they sailed away.... … Continue reading Chicago Botanic Gardens 2013
It came, Lisl! Your beautiful package made my day. Who wouldn't enjoy a package containing soft, white fabric, lace, and fun wooden buttons all done up in charming home made envelopes and handwritten notes. Lovely!You didn't know it, I realize, but I wanted fabric for a much needed jacket for Ryan's wedding. God knew that… Continue reading Thank You, Lisl
Elv and I had opportunity to be in Duluth yesterday, and we grabbed at a chance to see The Rose Garden in full bloom. Garden roses were everywhere in groupings of colors and kinds. There were mowed paths and water fountains and benches to sit and look or dream or visit as you wish. The… Continue reading Don’t Waste Your Life
The wild grapes are yielding bountifully this year in spite of our ignoring them consistently for many years. We tried to make juice one year and a couple of times we tried jam. Failure on all the tries. These grapes are wild and sour. But this year, I can ignore them no longer.… Continue reading The Neglected Grape Arbor
Lance moved into his own house last weekend. He is pretty excited. I am posting these pictures for the part of the family away from home. I hope this helps you all to see what you wanted to see. We equipped the house with lots of quick window treatments. It seemed as though God was smiling… Continue reading What’s Happening At Home Again
We have been living on the job in the woods. I carried the fresh picked strawberries along with jam making tools and ingredients and made jam there. Nothing to it. And there wasn’t much. By the time I finished up, I got to wondering where else I could get my hands on more fruit of… Continue reading What’s Happening At Home
True to Skrivseth form, I have been thinking and talking about framing some of our photography from the late Sony camera, and not getting it done… for several years. Mom has often accused those of us in her dear family who show this good-idea-not-done thing of this: “Once you say it, you think it’s done”.… Continue reading Puttering with Photographs
Pots of geranium bloom on our doorsteps. We have had these very plants for five years. This spring when they were set outside, they didn't get their usual trimming...they looked so nice already. I would advise giving plant food to get these kinds of blooms. I am a haphazard plant person, so I can't tell… Continue reading Current Events
The daises came blooming right on the end of the trillium again this summer. Daisies grow anywhere: ditches, fields, woods, pastures, and along the roads here in Northwoods Beach. They grow over the graves of good men, says legend, thus the expression "pushing daisies". They are hardly ever bothered by pests and are grown world… Continue reading Daisies For You
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