Welcome to the local wildlife refuge. We had a very small gathering that Sunday so Lance and Kristine "hosted" a Crex outing for the afternoon and evening. We all got into four vehicles and headed over to Grantsburg. Crex Meadows is the most beautiful spot in Wisconsin in April. Do go over to the webpage. You'll see… Continue reading Crex Meadows On a Sunday Afternoon In April
Category: Northwoods Events
The Week In Words
Actually, the week started last Saturday instead of thinking in the usual way that it starts on Monday. Or that's just my way of notching my stick, I suppose. Anyway, it's Saturday again. Last Saturday at this time Elv and I four-wheeler-ed up to our lamp-lit cabin and clambered down the snowbank… Continue reading The Week In Words
It Is Now Winter
Happy December From Our House to Yours
Sailing
(I wrote this on a potential posting on FB and it wouldn't post. FB is such a loser!) Blogger! Yeah Blogger! Our fall picnic by the lake finally materialized yesterday. Almost! It was a windy day so while we loaded our food and paraphernalia( this word is such a lark...parafERnalia! Ha!) I… Continue reading Sailing
29th Anniversary
It is time to post again. What shall it be? Well, the purpose of this blog is to update our family and friends. So then, I guess I ought to post the things we've been doing.Elv and I had our 29th anniversary the beginning of October. We just got around to taking some time off… Continue reading 29th Anniversary
Good Taste Matters
Amy posted about choices and finding joy and contentment wherever we are today. Read it here. She did a grand job of saying it well. The quote at the top of her post set me back just a little. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as… Continue reading Good Taste Matters
Weekend In Pictures, My Version
This is a Canada AnemoneThis is the cabin right now. Watchers while Elv and I worked on building a usable outhouse. I didn't post a picture of that important edifice.Then we went down to the shore and enjoyed the lake for an hour.I combed the beach for fairy tears and found a few, too. The… Continue reading Weekend In Pictures, My Version
Snowshoeing
Starting Out At The CabinElv's and Brad's snow shoe tracks.Coming Up Buck MountainLance wondered just how much good these snowshoes were doing.As long as we without snowshoes stuck to the snowmobile track we didn't sink down into the snow.On a Sunday afternoon tramp up to Buck Mountain behind our cabin.
It’s February
It's the month of the celebration of LOVE...Valentine's Day. The annual couples supper is planned. The couples from our church and others in acquaintance are invited to attend a supper in the conference area of Norske Nook in Rice Lake. We always have a guest speaker. It's the month of Our Wedding Anniversary… Continue reading It’s February