Our neighbor pointed out fish guarding their nest near the shore. These were the only two kids we had with us. It was very quiet. A few years ago they were very foolish squirrels. Now? Very quiet. Jay spent about ten hours installing this vinyl snap together flooring upstairs. I’m delighted. It went together in […]
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Jay went up on Thursday by himself and got the water on, put the water softener back in place, had the heat on a little bit. Kirsten and her dogs showed up in the afternoon, nice surprise. We had a good time. The swamp is thawed, and in the evening, the peepers are already starting.
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These people were there. It was a bit boring in the snow, but Jay did a lot of work in the field, and I worked in the house. The kids had on a show called Skin Wars. It was interesting–interesting concept, interesting characters. By seven hours of it, I’d had enough, but who knew body
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Here we have two aunts entertaining an unruly toddler: My grandpa’s tractor in the destroyed hoop shed: Beginning construction on a new hoop shed: Julia, in a very fine school jacket of Kirsten’s from back in the day: Frog hunting: The little girls and the mama: They brought this pipe from the field to the
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It was very quiet at the lake. None of the neighbors were they or any of the other kids. In fact, Jay was driving with Kirsten back to Florida so he wasn’t even there. He’s flying back. I can pick him up from the airport shortly. Little bits of fall are starting to appear.
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We took this little child on a boat ride for fun, and partly to get her out of Heidi’s hair while she was packing. She likes boat rides. The other child came along and we would have taken her alone, but she wanted her dad along too. Cool. What I did not expect was the
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She drove, with her friends, from Florida to spend the weekend with us and meet this little peanut. These two came along too, and they love Wisconsin. The little brown one chased balls in the lake until she was shivering cold. The brindle guy smelled everything and escaped for a romp through the lily pads
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Was spent at the lake in the rain, worked hard to keep this baby under control. Not. This is the baby who runs us around. She’s helping with dishes here. After a little while she tried to drink the dishwater, which Grandpa did not allow. James made it up to the lake, which was a
Alicia’s parents bought the cabin next to John and Dannell’s so we’ve been having a fun summer. We loved the neighbors who were there before and miss them. They were just lovely. But this has been a good answer to that–them having sold the cabin to Mike and Theresa. So Alicia’s mom brought over a
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We had cake when we got back. And that’s the end of that, Tim. I hope fifteen is a great year. We love you so very much. Love, Mom and Dad and Everybody
