Stone House Scribblings

It's that fleeting week in May when the ditches and bogs bloom in golden pools of Marsh Marigold. When we're driving Rt 77 between Hayward and Minong, I always think we should stop and get a picture. But we're habitually focused on our destination and who has time? I put the house plants out on… Continue reading Spring Finches & Marsh Marigold

It finally got warm out. Now we can begin summer. Blossoming and gardening can proceed. Charlotte and children walked with me yesterday. Of course the boys had to ride their bikes out ahead. When we got to our turning around point, they were picking themselves up from a "crash", which obviously hadn't amounted to much.… Continue reading Happy Stuff

If I had a big house with a grand entrance or a great hall I would add one of these to that room so that as you came in you'd see it first thing. On the other hand, I hope that we would just be this to any comers, guest or family member. It's a… Continue reading Enjoyable Work

Tomorrow is another day. New mercy. New energy. I thank God for rest this night.

Just a picture post. Words later. Please enjoy. Goodnight.

They all came back. The fancy daisies, Jacobs Ladder, lilacs, spirea, and the Gladys rose. And the beaver pond are bigger n better than ever. It's mother's day weekend. Do you remember where you were and what you did for Mother's Day last year? I was finally hitting the wall about lock-down messing with our… Continue reading The Return Of A Garden

Elv says it's a clear bright, starlit night out there. It's a cozy, fire-in-the-stoves evening in here. Oh my, but it's good to be here. We saw a moose on Cty Road 3 tonight on our way in. He was sort of mottled looking because he's changing his coat right now, but big and moose… Continue reading Buck Mt Cabin

Today, Elv and I worked on house keeping chores inside and outside the Innsbruck. Elvs has an only slightly raised eyebrow attitude about my latest brainstorm to renovate the window treatments here. It's a good plan. You'll see. There's my first and only glimpse of Mt Rainier. I was in Seattle for an hour yesterday… Continue reading Innsbruck

Mom remembers this Sunday afternoon. This is Sid and Ruth ... that first winter as a dating couple. Aren't they just so beautifully dashing? Mom pulled a couple of albums out this evening. The years are squished down into photos with a few captions. Memories. Mostly happy memories. And it all flew by so quickly!… Continue reading Swift Transition

The way that you are now is not the way that you will stay. Shaye Elliott Ted Miller said almost the same thing in a sermon. "Things will happen in your life that will change you. You'll never be the same again." I don't know why this truth startled me so. I could easily see… Continue reading The Inevitable Changes