January 2023

not much

It was a very quiet week, lots of snow, a little youth basketball.    Last Sunday a whole bunch of kids were going to sleep overnight, and enjoy the holiday on Monday. Well, vomiting occurred before they even arrived. That sleepover never happened. Just this quiet week. The clouds were so pretty that night, and […]

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youth basketball

Youth basketball has been a bright spot this winter, fun to get out of the house.  We’ve been to enough games that we recognize the players and the opponents. The fans are predictable too. These were taken at games in Woodbury.  We haven’t been to any games over there since before Christmas.  It was a

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sleepover

They’ve been wanting to have a sleepover for a while, but the holidays were busy, and it wasn’t that many weeks before that we closed up the cabins. Anyway, the day finally arrived. Elin was happy. This was from breakfast, hashbrowns, pancakes, scrambled eggs: I heard their voices, chatting, and peeked through the railing to

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santa repair

The base on the big inflatable Santa broke last year, and I attempted a repair, but it didn’t hold up. We also have another identical Santa in the basement that ripped a huge rip. I sewed it, but never felt like it would hold up to any wind or elements. Anyway, we decided to see

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after the snow

It’s beautiful, winter at its prettiest.  Already this year there’s as much snow as normally happens in an entire season.  They say it is good for the ground water, aquifers, all that. Okay, not arguing.  School has been closed, travel difficult, but not today anymore. The tree has been taken down and it took a

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