May 2016

busy people

 There was a lot of energy at the lake this weekend. Tons of it. The rectangle pool was full of hot water–that was the hot tub.  The little round pool had only a little water in it for the babies. The other pool was for cooling off in after sitting in the hot tub. Whatever […]

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julia

She’s been taking gymnastics all winter, and she’s getting better.  With a million cartwheels through the house and around the yard all day long, to be expected, I guess.    Anyway, she loved being part of this group, and had a totally great time. These from yesterday, where the mud was plentiful. And this–I knew

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cabin weekend

 Summer’s here!  She found a mosquito on her arm and was sure she was dead of Zika virus. Zika has not made it to Wisconsin so far that we know of.  Time to repaint the dock.  First we scraped it as much as we could:  Look how pretty the evening was:  Back inside, who knows

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the antique shop

 Up at the lake there are numerous antique shops, tourist little town that it is.  But then there’s this one–it’s big, outside town, and full of rambling nonsense and treasures. This is where Kari’s taxidermy bobcat came from, back in the day, the one my dad bought her when she was tiny. Anyway, we went

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