Author: Arla

Especially for Jube, because he asked about them.  Well it paid off wonderfully, to plant those bulbs while it was snowing last fall.Last fall when we planted them, I had high hopes for this show. Six months is a long time to wait for results, but well worth it.

                                   Things I Have Learned By Experience    1. To eat protein for breakfast. All that health hoopla we have been reading and hearing about is true. Protein keeps us alert. Wakes up the metabolism properly for the day.… Continue reading Protein for Breakfast

     I think the family gets a little in a hurry to go over to Crex Meadows each spring. It was cold and windy again.  But if we wait till the wild flowers are blooming, it is harder to see any wild life (water fowl).  So it is a trade off.     We… Continue reading The Colors of Spring

 Graber boys and their treehouse. I found this in Elv's mother's photo album last weekend. This picture conjures summer memories.  There are three boys here. You'll easily see two of them.  The third is opposite the leaning boy standing in the leaves there. Jen, Frank, Brad, and Amy with Grandma Graber.  The children will look back… Continue reading Spring Days At Home

YesterdayToday, May 2,2013      So far, we have a foot or more of snow. Yesterday afternoon when it started to snow we had bare ground, hints of green grass, happy robins, and even some flowers up. The flowers are still up, I guess, under that snow. Maybe we can have spring/summer next week.  … Continue reading Just For The Record

Jube, you wanted to see tulips.  They do not have flowers, yet.  This is just to show you that they are truly growing and when there are flowers; I will post pictures of them.   These are planted right in front of the boys cabin where you lived when you were here last year. The neighbor… Continue reading For Jube

    ~ Tea and scrap booking parties with friends.    ~ New kittens scrabbling all over Susan's living room.     ~ Pretty dishes.    ~ Fresh flowers. Roses, daisies, lilies, and carnations. Oh, and tulips.    ~ The innocence of girlhood. You can see what I mean in the Emilee collage.    ~ Friends. … Continue reading Current Happy Things

   Because I have no good titles for this weekend. We had intentions of having a long quiet weekend at the cabin for our 30th anniversary. That was back in October. Now it is April. So finally!     We drove up in a snow storm. The roads deteriorated steadily so that by the time we… Continue reading Can’t Think of an Appropriate Title

    Our good Sunday afternoon actually started at church. We had about 23 people  at church yesterday. (The spring breakup vacationers and travelers and migrant workers will start trickling home this week. They are in for a rude arrival with winter still hanging around here.) So our carry-in was cozy and eventually the after… Continue reading Sunday Afternoon At Home