And then we loaded up all our soggy towels and stale crackers and came home again. I called my dad tonight to wish him Happy Father’s Day–he and mom were at a graduation party today. We talked a little while and he said, “Would you like to talk to your mother?” It made me laugh […]
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The swamp above, and the fish house below, Jay cleaning fish. And inside, Father’s Day cards being made: It was a pretty nice Saturday night. love, Val
a foggy night in june Read More »
We had a big fire and burned all our papers from the 80s. All the gas bills, bank statements, pay stubs, gone. The receipt for the sod, for the bunk beds, for the vacuum cleaner? All gone in smoke. It was quite a decade. The boat made it into the water for the first time
The kids are happy they’re big enough to drive the tractor. Wow, everything turned green all the sudden. The bikes were out too. Not sure why t.c. and Julia are walking their bikes here. This summer he’s no longer even like a little kid anymore. He’s seven now, still waiting for his front teeth to
On Saturday we went to my parents’ place in Wisconsin. My parents made lunch for all this crew and we had a really good time. Inside this old log cabin are the toys–the dress up clothes and jewelry, the trucks and balls and pogo stick and who knows what all else. They keep busy for
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It’s too late to sift through all the pictures from the weekend. (It was fun.) Tomorrow maybe. But this picture made me laugh right out loud. That’s Dan, standing in the bathroom doorway supervising his kid in the tub. See the kid? The grin? The big red goggles? Oh my goodness. Yes. love you all
A lot of branches came off the pine trees, probably in those last heavy snowstorms a few weeks ago. Okay, this is a sight I didn’t want to see: Him, way up in a tree. He’s trying to figure out how to get a branch down that’s hung up on other branches. Nobody wants that
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They hauled all the tools and crap over with the tractor, saved a few trips. Julia wanted to test the water. The results: Very, very cold. Is it straight? Is it level? Why is this thing so flippin’ heavy? Of course, a helpful canine joins in. She hurt her tail yesterday at some point. They
It looks terrible, where the snowplow tears up the sod, but a little raking brings it around. They played video games by the hour. We have a really old Family Feud video game from the 1990s. That one is funny to play because it requires everyone cast their memory back that far. Who were sports
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