just took this photo… and needed to add it! Our boy, and our dog.

Weekend blogging again! Guess that proves that my weekdays aren’t as thrilling as my weekends. Friday night Kirk and I went back to the HS our kids graduated from for the homecoming game. Danae’s college fall break was this past weekend so she was “home” (as much as a college student with friends to visit … Read More

It’s been a wild & crazy & fun weekend! Cara arrived from Cincinnati around 2pm on Friday. By 4pm Kirk, Cara and I were on the road to the Cities for a wedding (Cara’s friend). Kirk had spent the day in Rushford (flooded town) volunteering doing flood clean up, so he got home by 3:15, … Read More

I took advantage of having all the kids home this weekend and got some pics. Yes, they are in the chicken pen!

The story of the Miss Violet… Twenty-five (or so) years ago I bought my mother-in-love a purple African Violet. She had an incredible green thumb (probably from growing up on a farm). Mom managed to start many violets from that first one over the years giving starts to family and friends, as well as happily … Read More

What do you think? Is this overdoing Halloween? Just a little? This is for real…I took this picture in the Fleet Farm parking lot TODAY!

Apple Butter, Applesauce, Apple Cake, Apple Pie, Apple Slices… my life is apples, apples, apples! Will we ever see the bottom of the wagon again? We are definitely out of room in the freezer…so no more applesauce (unless we buy another freezer). Now I am making apple butter, which I like to can instead of … Read More

About 8:30 tonight we got a call from Bob & Sandy Reynolds. Bob had an apple pie in the oven and they wanted us to come over for some of Bob’s famous pie…so without any hesitation at all, we hopped in the car and joined them for some fabulous apple pie (made with apples from … Read More

I thought I’d start my blog today with a peaceful looking place in the woods…doesn’t this look like somewhere you’d like to spend a summer? I actually know the person who owns the place! Kirk and I had a wonderful weekend doing things we enjoy AND being productive…which we also enjoy! Friday night I threw … Read More

Friday night surprise party table decorations. I used a glass cutter to cut the bottoms off used wine bottles then put the bottles over a tea light on a plate with grapes from our grapevines and other stuff from the yard.Saturday afternoon….Kirk picking apples! The apples cooking til soft….on the grill burner… Kirk running the … Read More