Here's Lake Superior in one of its many moods. We had a snowstorm that kept some of us at home all day Sunday instead of going to church while others of our church group fled home to Wiscsonsin. Still others were stranded at the rec center where we were to meet for church and fellowship… Continue reading Sugar on Snow Snowstorm
Author: Arla
Sunday in February
Sunny Sunday MorningFamiliar sight at our house. Benny actually sits for a story these days.Playing with the blues.Elv with his brothers for the afternoon. Very nice birthday gift. No time to really write anything this week. Just posting these pictures for Lisl and Jenny quick. More later, about Elv's birthday and his brother's visit.
February, The Busy Month
People used to eschew something they called the February blahs. I simply don't understand. Our February calendar is always full. It's the month we realize that school has been half over for a couple of weeks already; but our books aren't quite to the middle, yet. It's the month for Elv's birthday.… Continue reading February, The Busy Month
Winter Work
If I Had A Camera
I have a camera; but it is very old and many of the settings don't work anymore. Oh, I can get wonderful outdoor pictures with it, but indoor pictures are blurry and "disturbing", quote Geneva, and maddening. So last week went by in a blur and that's exactly what the resulting pictures… Continue reading If I Had A Camera
A Few Toddler and Other Pictures
They played on this landing and these stairs almost constantly. Playing more Rook.This will have to do till later. Besides being frustrated with my camera; I am otherwise occupied with tax work, laundry, and chasing dust bunnies. The rest of February will go flying by in a whirl of Valentine's Day stuff, our colonial living history… Continue reading A Few Toddler and Other Pictures
Winter Picture Post…Happy Things
A Home Winter Collage for the Children Far AwayFrost on the Windows in This Old HouseWhich one of you girls did Gladys Martin send this plant home with? A Rabbit's Foot Fern. It is outdoing itself this year, gloriously.A Fine Winter Morning of -16*Smoke From the Boy's CabinThe Current Work TableUncle Amos and Auntie Carol… Continue reading Winter Picture Post…Happy Things
The Story of the Lost Book and the Pink Notice
Once upon a time, in a land nearby, there lived a family who enjoyed reading books. The man of the house was a logger and sometimes the logging took his family with him to "the bush". When the whole family went logging most of the people in the family had time to read books. So… Continue reading The Story of the Lost Book and the Pink Notice
Home Scenes
The Stove That Keeps Us Warm All WinterNew Mantel DecorFixing The FireGetting Grandpa's FlashlightAbraham LincolnCurrent Baby ToysQuiet! I'm On The Phone.
Except Ye Become As A Little Child…
A Benny Post These are not good pictures at all, but they'll have to do for now. Benny lives in a world of doting uncles and aunts and all adults. Last night he figured out how to turn the lever to run the little electric train. Imagine being the midget among giants, having a… Continue reading Except Ye Become As A Little Child…