All Things Home and Family
The grass is greening up. Yes, we are in December. Headed into the weekend that we usually have us a delightful blizzard or at least a snowstorm here in Wisconsin. Not this year. We're disappointed. We're disappointed in more than one way. Green Christmases in Wisconsin are not actually unheard of, but they're rare… Continue reading Snowless Winter?
<!--[if !mso]>st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]--> We are home from another big weekend with our children, grandchildren, siblings, in-laws, and parents; a wonderful ingathering for Thanksgiving in Nebraska. Even though we love all of our family immensely; it is great to be home to our own little home in the north woods. I’ll admit immediately… Continue reading Our Real Life Now
It is a cold, blustery November day. It is a cozying-my-cottage type of day inside. First thing I did was to dump out the "fresh" coffee made from a generic can of coffee grounds from Wal-mart. Only thing that stuff is good for is the drain, truly. Found the last of Gabe's home roasted beans… Continue reading Posting From My Hearth
A glimpse into Sunday evening at home while everybody was here the other weekend. On the menu were those little pig-in-a-blanket snacks of a mini hot-dogs individually rolled in it's own blanket of dough and baked. The girls moved the prep operation out to the dining room table for space to work and immediately had… Continue reading How To Get Children To Work
We are having cold, rainy days. Tonight we are to get our first snow. Supper should be warming and comforting. We have a pack of wild rice from Bemidji, Minnesota that I have been looking forward to cooking up. Wild Rice Soup 4 or 5 medium potatoes 1 lb Venison Sausage 1 cup… Continue reading Wild Rice Soup
I left them on the curb at ORD this morning. I kissed that baby and made myself buck up and not cry. They disappeared into the maw of steel and glass. And I can't believe I got back into my car and drove away. Everybody was home this weekend. And we had… Continue reading Empty House Full Heart
Fall turned quickly from dry and sunny to cold and rainy this week. These pictures are already outdated, but since they document our few lovely fall days; I shall post them here. I hoped to create a memory for our grandchildren. So we headed out to make a leaf pile to play in. Benny will… Continue reading Leaves and Other Things
Here it is. First we had a pile of white oak timbers sort of sanded off, measured, and cut to length. Brad is the builder. He has been so kind and patient with our brainstorms and gets enthused with us. I wanted a little coffee buffet and he seemed happy to help. So from our… Continue reading A New Coffee Station
I get to stay at home today. I can sit here and read a book or scribble a blog post. I can clean this messy house or not, as I wish. While I revel in such a day, I will most likely work on laundry and regular house work. What richness: a whole day… Continue reading A Day At Home
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