All Things Home and Family
Dad, did I tell you how we lost and found the Graceton Depot? The Aunties and Trenda and I decided to go driving around to see the old places. When we drove into Graceton and crossed the tracks the old depot was missing. The Aunties noticed immediately and set up a howl of… Continue reading Another Post About Visiting Northern Minnesota With The Aunties
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
Does any of you recognize this building? Our family, the Skrivseths, do. Too tired tonight to explain...just home from a weekend with "The Aunties" as Trenda and I dubbed them, but till later, here is a teaser.7/10/11 Okay, I'm back. It's the little Mennonite Church in Graceton, Minnesota. The doors have been closed for years… Continue reading A Little Old Church
Elv and I parked the Jeep by the shore in Kitch-Gami park in Duluth last night. It was about 48 degrees and the water was a grey green color in real life. I wondered why the camera picked up the blue that we couldn't see. The seagulls thought we were bringing hand-outs and kept watchful… Continue reading Lake Superior Winnowing
~ We had a few days of hot summer, but the northland cool weather has returned. ~ Yesterday we put up a worktable in the sitting room down stairs under the AC for scrapbooking.~ And we took down a big, old bookcase in the process of making a workspace. Charlotte has dreams of painting… Continue reading Just Some Notes On Life At The Stone House
So far it is just gently raining. I can hear the rain and feel the sweet coolness through the open window. Will we get the hail and wind? We have a bear now! He was investigating the compost pile the other evening. Elv took the Jeep over there and honked him off, but he only… Continue reading Morning Storm
I noticed something yesterday. I took a pickup like this to town to do my grocery shopping instead ofThis. (These are just google images of the two vehicles.) Is it just me or do people notice vehicles? I don’t mind driving old, not-so-pretty vehicles as long as they get me from point… Continue reading Rainy Day Ramblings
This is true for watching nature, looking closely at a flower, or even tackling a clean-up job. The same is true for our relationship with our Savior. Our life- long perusal of His Word and our endeavor to live righteously in the Spirit constantly reveals His holiness and our unworthiness. Even in our worship… Continue reading The More You Look, The More You See.
Charlotte asked me this question.But I want to know, how did you do projects like that when your kiddos were small? Till I make sure my men are fed, have clean clothes, and habitable living quarters; there's not much time left for painting projects. Which makes me depressed, because it takes FOREVER to get one… Continue reading Projects and Messes
Well, there is snow in Wisconsin. Lots of it. Almost two weeks ago the children and I headed down to Nebraska and I blithely informed Elv that I was seeing the last of snow for this winter. How wrong I was! There was snowfall in Nebraska, too! I was going to come home to… Continue reading Perspectives
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