Our children from Thailand and Nebraska came home to join the rest of our family for camping last week. We did everything: camping, Rook, outdoor cooking, singing, canoeing, fishing, and talking by the hour.
The Distraction Of My Life
I spent a good portion of my days this week with this little sweetheart. He is a gentle, mild baby. He is also a clown. He loves to play and tussle. Yesterday he took to whistling. Dru thought I was weird when I said so after they got back from eating out with Melinda and… Continue reading The Distraction Of My Life
Twenty Years Ago
Twenty years is a long time. It's long enough for the children to grow up, get married and move far away from home. It's enough time for the albums of pictures to be falling apart from all the handling. It's long enough to forget which year is was that we took that trip to Idaho.… Continue reading Twenty Years Ago
Cause and Effect
Remember that poison I put out for the chipmunks to enjoy? Well now, the mice got it too, and no, they do NOT go outside to die. So that's the rest of the story. Now I get to hunt for carcasses in the hard to reach places where ever my nose leads me. Brad found the… Continue reading Cause and Effect
Reading and Concentration
Elv was listening to a someone on the radio explaining how that we have lost the ability to concentrate due to our busy and varied lives. We sit down to the computer and plan to Bible study, but we check the weather, our blogspot, the news, and our emails on our way to E Sword… Continue reading Reading and Concentration
Making Everything Fit In a Little House
Cleaning at our house is more about getting rid of clutter to make space than getting rid of dirt. We have plenty of dirt, too, but the real issue is usually how to arrange our tiny spaces. So yesterday I cleaned out the one closet we have on the main floor to make shelving room… Continue reading Making Everything Fit In a Little House
Bounce And Critters
The Bounce seems to be working. We've had three nights of a quiet ceiling now. The first two nights we heard the chipmunks come in and then quickly leave. Also stuffing tin foil as a temporary stop in the hole around the boiler lines coming in may have slowed them down. Now… Continue reading Bounce And Critters
The War On Chipmunks
Is he a cute little bugger? No he is not. The chipmunks have moved into our house. They have a chipmunk dance and multiple domestic squabbles every night above our heads on the upper side of the bedroom ceiling tiles. Back when they were content with the old… Continue reading The War On Chipmunks
Saturday Evening
It's late Saturday night. The house is clean, the lawn mowed, the garden freshly tilled, and Elv put a lot of tools, canoes, and stuff away. He took the trash away and washed the pickup too. In short we had a perfect Saturday finished off with rain.Next week, Frances starts Drivers Ed. I admit that… Continue reading Saturday Evening
Crex Meadows and Other Adventures
We went to the wild life refuge over by Granstburg last Sunday. Crex Meadows is home to thousands of birds. We saw a few of them including swans, ducks, eagles, osprey, sandhill cranes, and a lot of little birds. When we got home we spent considerable time looking at our pictures and trying to identify… Continue reading Crex Meadows and Other Adventures
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