All Things Home and Family
This is the house my dad grew up in. We went back the other day just to see it again. Right now we have reason to think about houses and what they mean. Living in two houses at the same time makes you do that. So I don't know what this house meant to… Continue reading What Is A House To You?
In spite of grumbling yesterday; the tide has turned. We have a house on the job now, and the weather has returned to near normal temperatures. It's amazing how the head clears when the air does both in the weather and in that we get to live together as a family again. Cheers!!
First about being in limbo: Elv is working an hour from home and staying there in a the "Tamarack Residence" at Heartwood this week. The room is a little duplex with lots of bunks, a very modern fireplace, a teeny kitchen, a massive, many partitioned rest/shower room, and tile floors. We thought about… Continue reading Just Ramblings
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
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
My mom has a birthday in a day or two and will be one year older. I bet you thought I was going to say how old she is. Not me. Mom is forever young in a lot of ways.Mom teaches us to enjoy work. Work is therapy. Work is a healer. Work gets your… Continue reading Happy Birthday, Mom
We had a picnic last night at the Ojibwa Park with our two nieces from Sahth Cahrahlahnah. They take a lot of ribbing for their drawl. But, they pass it right back so it is okay. They brought a real watermelon for us. Let's have none of your wimpy, seedless tastless versions. This is the… Continue reading Sunday Evening Picnic
~ Havilah Glory was born this morning in Thailand to Dru and Lisl Lattin. The name is creating some interest and exclamation in our world. Is it my fault for naming Lisl such an unusual name...maybe I started something? Aunt Eva called me when Lisl was three days old and said, "Don't you dare change… Continue reading This Day In June
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