* Beautiful fall days. * Leaves to rake. * Brad doing his school work in record time. * New grandbabies. * Sunday afternoon singing times. * Photography worth framing. * Wood stoves to keep us warm in winter.
Concern…or Complaint
How To Tell The Difference Concern 1. something that affects or is of importance to a person; affair; business2. regard for or interest in a person or a thing he felt a strong concern for her3. anxiety, worry, or solicitude4. important bearing or relation his news has great concern for us Complaint noun1.… Continue reading Concern…or Complaint
Spectacles
Anniversary Camping @ Two Lakes Campground
9/24/10 Evening at Two Lakes Campground. Our camp is on Owen Lake. Before dark we enjoyed the brilliant yellows of the hardwoods against the wet and blackened tree trunks with the rippling water behind. It’s rather chilly out doors tonight. I am wearing my sweater, socks and shoes. Feels quite cozy. Listening to Pickin’… Continue reading Anniversary Camping @ Two Lakes Campground
Electric Train Set For Christmas
Instead of the standard gift exchange at Christmastime this year we’re considering one gift for the family. Brad is the right age for the once in a life-time train set and the rest of us has good memories of other train sets of Christmases before. Years ago, Elv’s mother picked up a train set and… Continue reading Electric Train Set For Christmas
Just a Picture
By The Shores of Gitche Gumee…
So I looked it up after one of you mentioned these lines…By the shining big sea water… from the Song of Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. By the shores of Gitche Gumee,By the shining Big-Sea-Water,Stood the wigwam of Nokomis,Daughter of the Moon, Nokomis.Dark behind it rose the forest,Rose the black and gloomy pine-trees,Rose the… Continue reading By The Shores of Gitche Gumee…
Our Lake In Autumn
I spent a couple days by Lake Superior this week. I took a lot of pictures trying to capture a little what the lake is to me. It’s hard to explain what it is that gets my complete attention at any moment or during any activity. I’d find myself standing in the middle… Continue reading Our Lake In Autumn
The Stove Is In
Maybe some of you have an idea of how impressed and happy and pleased I am with the completion of this project! Remember those old boards I was playing with last week? Well here they are installed and making us happy. Even Elv is convinced. I’m dreaming of sitting around a snapping fire with… Continue reading The Stove Is In
More Fall Work
These old weathered boards are going to be on a wall in our house. I planed and sanded them till they began to be clean, but still quite rustic. Most of these have two coats of water-based varnish on them. And we think they’re beautiful. I won’t speak for Elv. He’s happy to let me… Continue reading More Fall Work
Stone House Scribblings 