And as it has just passed midnight, yes we have. When we got home I read her my old favorite, “Bedtime for Frances,” and she loved it, even grabbed the story book to kiss Frances who was not going to sleep. p.j. introduced me to these children, “That’s my grandmaw.” They laughed. Julia gets so […]
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It’s snowing tonight, first snowfall of the winter. Here are some pictures. Snow is great, photographs well. Too bad it’s such a mess and the months of winter loom. Okay, this little girl told me about her boots, “Spiderwebs are in them.” I told her to vacuum them tomorrow and then see if they still
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My parents hosted this party again this year. Everyone came, and it was great. Lydia was a crazy cat lady, and James came up with his costume shortly before we left, shoved a pillow under his shirt, and looked pretty ridiculous, his skinny self with a big belly. He teased his girlfriend, “Someday this is
party at the parents, 2013 Read More »
We do this at my parents. In our own neighborhood are people who have come here from all over the world. Not everyone participates in Halloween. In fact, hardly any do. So we could walk blocks to find participating households. Over at my parents, everyone participates, so we go there. Kirsten and Heidi came too,
trick or treating, 2013 Read More »
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.
pumpkin carving, 2013 Read More »
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
and the dock is removed, October 2013 Read More »
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
