Engagement photos finished. Future bride and groom on to their next adventure. Baby Girl and me on to our next adventure. Baby Girl rode Faith We rode til sunset on scenic country roads. Walk. Trot. Cantor. No “nose to tail” riding — real riding. Layla, my faithful ride on Sunday…. and today. Just … Read More
Sunday Afternoon, Part I
Baby Girl’s BFF, Kate got engaged to her BF, Jon, on September 26, 2012. Jon and Kate asked me to do their engagement photos I was honored We consider Kate one of our own our kiddos and Jon too! They are tying the knot on May 11, 2013 and we are SO excited and happy … Read More
Patio pick-up
Last weekend we accomplished more than I expected to, but less than I wanted to. Does that even make sense? My weekend to-do lists are always lofty, and rarely completed, but most of that is my fault for procrastinating or lingering too long over morning coffee with Kirk. We know how to drag out … Read More
Wordless Wednesday
Salem Glen Vineyard & Winery Rochester, Minnesota
Day trip
Saturday morning we got our weary bones out of bed early to join our friends, Dave and Jo Lynn, on a trip to Minneapolis to Bauer Brothers Salvage. A warehouse FULL to the brim of used building materials and architectural elements. This place would make American Pickers go ka-ray-zee! Dave and Jo Lynn were picking … Read More
Wordless Wednesday
County Road 7 Zumbro Falls, MN Tuesday, September 18, 2012 7:40 AM 7:41 am…
in the yard
Yesterday was a beautiful day to be outside and in the garden. Noticing that the mice and other critters were starting to snack on the jack-be-little pumpkin/gourds in the garden, I made an executive decision to harvest them. Leaving the eight or so ones that were half-eaten, I got busy collecting the rest of the gourds. … Read More
Celebratory ride
Spent a couple hours on Labor Day riding horseback with my boy. My celebratory gift to him for landing a job, getting his own place and rockin’ the teaching job! First step: Introducing rider to horse. then I introduced him to my faithful ride, Layla. After the boy got in the saddle we had him … Read More
Garden beauty
Canned some more tomato/basil spaghetti sauce today with some of the tomatoes and basil in our garden. While I was in the garden gathering some basil… surrounded by the zinnias and dahlias I found myself surrounded by several hummingbirds too by the time I ran in the house for my camera, several had left but … Read More