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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 […]

For the most part, the software would not allow me to insert any space between the photos for comments. It’s one of those,”Talk among yourselves,” things.  Unexplained. But that’s okay.  Less is often more.   Above is a picture our neighbor took about twelve years ago. The little exhausted guy wiping his brow is James. You

We had this whole blank day, and yesterday I was determined we not waste it.  Days like this–good weather, free time, far too rare. So we hatched a plan to head to an apple orchard and found this one online, and this morning drove out there in person. Dannell and her guys joined us and

We had Happy Meals for lunch. This weird thing was the big attraction. Here they are on the big slide: Then when the afternoon got hot, they went to the shade. I ventured over there, wondered what she was looking at. Just this: Thank goodness for kids big and small and wonderful fall days.    love,

Sometimes I need a few, get lonesome for them. Dan texted yesterday asking if they could come for supper. Yes. Here’s p.j. helping with the cake for her dad’s birthday. Whoops, not a grandchild.  That’s my baby. Here are a couple cousins who were so hilarious and giddy during supper that Heidi finally sat between

First we got cracking right away and did errands: paid a bill, looked at used refrigerators–Pinky is rusting away and it’s time to start considering options.   But we opened a fridge and there were dead bugs in the freezer and moldy french fries in the bottom, and Lydia about died.  NOT. THAT. ONE. No, no,

Jay took Tim, Julia, and Kari and headed to his parents for the day.    Those little circles are filled pastry Lydia baked to bring along. It was rainy and overcast at first, but later warm enough for a walk. There was good food, cards, a couple boat rides, cousins, all in all a really great

 Yesterday we tackled this room on the agenda and cleaned this place up.  Bags went to ARC. The closets were cleaned.  The only one left is that back right-hand closet where all the sewing crap is.   I feel like that closet is a separate project.  See that big gray tube going to the water heater? 

It was that kind of night.  Dan called late in the afternoon about coming by, and yeah, we’re all for it.  I made a pasta salad and Heidi brought food, and I made sandwiches and it was lovely. The kids were dying to get down to this basement under the family room to attack the

She invited us for lunch. On Easter there was so much snow still this trampoline was stuck in a snowbank.  That was a very big bummer to the kids who love it.    They imagine Pam jumps on it every day.  Here they found a little tree frog near the woods. This little fake rodent made