All Things Home and Family
We have been living on the job in the woods. I carried the fresh picked strawberries along with jam making tools and ingredients and made jam there. Nothing to it. And there wasn’t much. By the time I finished up, I got to wondering where else I could get my hands on more fruit of… Continue reading What’s Happening At Home
True to Skrivseth form, I have been thinking and talking about framing some of our photography from the late Sony camera, and not getting it done… for several years. Mom has often accused those of us in her dear family who show this good-idea-not-done thing of this: “Once you say it, you think it’s done”.… Continue reading Puttering with Photographs
Pots of geranium bloom on our doorsteps. We have had these very plants for five years. This spring when they were set outside, they didn't get their usual trimming...they looked so nice already. I would advise giving plant food to get these kinds of blooms. I am a haphazard plant person, so I can't tell… Continue reading Current Events
The daises came blooming right on the end of the trillium again this summer. Daisies grow anywhere: ditches, fields, woods, pastures, and along the roads here in Northwoods Beach. They grow over the graves of good men, says legend, thus the expression "pushing daisies". They are hardly ever bothered by pests and are grown world… Continue reading Daisies For You
Canoe rides and water play. The men enjoyed loading the red and white canoes on each their Jeeps. Elv and I took Clark's boat and perused the Billy Boy last week one evening. We found the yellow flags blooming.One of the beaver condos we pass. He caught one lonely fish, but pronounced the fishing a success since he hadn't… Continue reading Summertime
It is funny what you can do with a phone camera and Picasa. Now anyone can create a magazine worthy picture. Someday, Brad, when you are 35 and everything around you is too big a deal; just come back to this spot and do this again for an hour or two. All the big deals pull… Continue reading Reflections
All of our daughters are away from home just now, depending on each other as friends. Two of them are married with little ones of their own. This list is from my heart to our girls. I learned these things from watching my Skrivseth Aunties and from my own mom and her sister's… Continue reading A List For The Girls
Amy gave the old root bound and beautiful hanging potted house plant a "hair cut" and couldn't bear to throw the lovely leaves away. So we decided to root them. The blue jars make perfect vases for the project.I found these books at the used shop this week: Stones Into School by Greg Mortensen, It's… Continue reading Summer Stone House Living
June is slipping away quickly. The green we waited for so long is glorious. Now our tiny door yard of lawn is enclosed with an almost solid screen of leaves providing us a bit more privacy than at any other time of the year. We love it. No it doesn't keep the noise of our… Continue reading June At TheStoneHouse
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