More Glimpses of Logging and Living Near Heartwood
This wasteland was forest before the big storm. Next spring there will be aspen regrowth as high as your head here. Many years from now there will again be the beautiful hardwoods but not before the aspen has its day. The Wild River is brimful these days.
The Week in a Posting
This post is for my mom mostly, but the rest of you can read it, too if you like. I'm just catching her up on our life, again. First of all, we have to show you how Mondays work right now. Elv gets up and leaves the house at five or so… Continue reading The Week in a Posting
Logging At Heartwood
We are on our fifth week of logging over by Minong where the the wind took down acres of trees last month. Loggers from all around are working here to harvest and salvage the downed timber. Two of us families from church are living over here during the week right near the job. Our family… Continue reading Logging At Heartwood
Northwoods Entertainment
We found this guy at the Heartwood House where we will be spending the greater part of our weeks for the next few months. He provided us with some chuckles when we discovered he could be such a ham. Ah! nothing like a reason to smile while getting used to a different home.
2011 Camping With Friends
Camping where the men cook...always!Where couples can go out for a canoe ride anytime.Watching the non-stop ladder golf.Camping, where it's okay to ride the chainsaw.Camping where the canoes are always loaded and always on the water.This looks a little over the top, but it wasn't really. The boats were too loaded and not moving very… Continue reading 2011 Camping With Friends
What Is A House To You?
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?
Afterward
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!!
Just Ramblings
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
Another Post About Visiting Northern Minnesota With The Aunties
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
Stone House Scribblings 