With Christmas approaching, we’re dashing around madly
Of course part of the family is coming to help us celebrate Christmas so I'm pulling out a ham and figuring out what goodies to make between now and then. (Of course there is...
Our beavers say it’s going to be a dry year
They've built up their dam extra high this spring. And as we haven't had any rain in two weeks, I'm beginning to see why. Using this dry spell, Will spread a good layer of...
From 78 degrees F down to a near blizzard
Our weather is so Minnesota April. We nearly always get that last big storm, and I was hoping it wouldn't come this year, after we had a week of beautiful warm weather. Our family...
The medallion goes up
This weekend, David and his friend, Ian, helped Will place the beautiful medallion Will had crafted up into place. Will tried to do it himself but that didn't go so well. And after a...
We enjoyed another fantastic family day out at Byrns Greenhouse
For the last 11 or so years, as much of our family as possible met at the Byrns Greenhouse near Zim, Minnesota, for our family buy-them-out-of-flowers day. Okay, so it seems to me! As...