It was fun. Heidi brought kits with patterns and little, tiny knives, unlike the usual big blades we operate. The pattern is placed on the pumpkin, the rollers sketch it on the pumpkin flesh, and good luck to you. I’m in awe. These squirrels are old enough to understand and do this. When. Did. That. […]
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Today was Kirsten’s birthday. Well, technically it’s after midnight, so yesterday was. It turned out great. My parents came, and everybody did. We haven’t had a party like this for a few months, but it was nice and loud. Here he’s counting, not giving anyone the finger. Time for gifts: After their big wild bath,
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These pictures were taken when no camera is normally grabbed for a cute picture. This is the wrapping up of the cabin for the year and it is not pretty–not like leaves in trees, or funny, wild babies bowling. This is just a straight up mess. We can’t leave anything fabric or paper because mice
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It was a beautiful, cold evening, and the dock is way too heavy and the plan is that this dock is not going back in next spring. We hope we can replace it with something less unwieldy. And then inside were baths. Here’s Alicia with p.j. helping her supervise, and the dog also near. Oh
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On this dark, cold Saturday, Dannell took the notion that we should all go bowling and started looking for a bowling alley in rural Wisconsin. She located this one by phone, four lanes available. Four lanes is all they have, but that was great. As we entered the bar Dan asked, “So what are the
It is beautiful back there. Some claimed bear poop was found. I am not sure. This is the Barbie house Heidi made out of an old book case. They had so much fun with this all weekend. And video games of course, Dan trying to assist people far too stubborn and clueless for their own
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It was cold, but mostly okay. Except for today when it rained and snowed. John and Dannell had their tenth anniversary. This was their gift, this crazy pumpkin trio. We all enjoyed it all weekend. We played some games. Here’s Scattigories, where we do not keep score or follow many rules. It’s too much fun
the last weekend at the lake, 2013 Read More »
For the most part, the software would not allow me to insert any space between the photos for comments. It’s one of those,”Talk among yourselves,” things. Unexplained. But that’s okay. Less is often more. Above is a picture our neighbor took about twelve years ago. The little exhausted guy wiping his brow is James. You
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We went. It was beautiful, wonderful, perfect. First was a church service, a Catholic mass. We are not Catholic, but it’s still lovely. Then the kids sang. This is the kid rolling around on his grandfather. It’s a little aching to be there, at a grandparent occasion, seeing how the kids light up when they
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