This is the day that my other baby brother was born and my baby brother and I told everyone his name was Jody, I was nine and my baby brother was six. A neighbor lady visited Mom in the hospital and said "What a cute name for your baby" ... and so he was named.
Not too much snow left yet.
June the snow bank is barely hanging in there.
Far Guy had blood tests and a chest x ray. No pneumonia although his white blood count is up, after two days trying to get a script to the correct pharmacy I recalled a bottle that had a fill left on it. Who knows when or if the script will get to the correct pharmacy. No one does their job anymore. Anyways...I am trying my best to keep Far Guy out of the hospital.
My other baby brother called Wednesday morning, our brother in law Dean was in an accident and life flighted out to St Cloud and the puppy Lolli was with the Highway Patrol. We went to the scene of the accident to get the puppy. We found out later that Dean has a broken sternum. I took Lolli and gave her a quick exam...she seemed okay...everything worked. I dropped her off at my baby brothers, he has Baxter and dog food. He discovered a small spot near Lolli's anus after she pooped...he took her to the Vet and she has a rectal bruise. Poor puppy. My baby brother and his bride, Baxter and Lolli went to St Cloud to see how Dean and my sister were doing. My sister Julie was on her way to work at a Regional Office in Thief River Falls when she got the phone call about the accident....so she had a really long drive. We are thankful that Dean will be okay eventually, he will have pain for a really long time.
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March 26 1961 my baby brother was seven years old, my other baby brother was five months old and I was 9 1/2.
It must have been close to Easter that year as my baby brother has a bunny amongst his seven candles.
Not sure who the hair dresser was most likely my Mom...those bangs of mine will take a long time to grow out..those curls were made with those spongy pink hair rollers.
Happy Birthday to my baby brother! Welcome to your 70's.
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I am working on the Video for my Mother's funeral at the end of the week. I am waiting on a few photos and then maybe I can call it done. I have a limit of about 100 photos.
Had lunch yesterday with Far Guy and my other baby brother and she who sees robins first...they were on their way back from Western North Dakota.
Today I will work on the photo boards for the funeral, I picked up possibly the last batch of photos at Walmart yesterday.
I did some laundry and finished a book.
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It is my other baby brothers birthday today. We will have root beer floats later today...his favorite.
Here he is on his first birthday in 1961.
My parents had that chair for a really long time. There is a photo of me in the chair in 1952 and when we cleared out Mom and Dads home in 2022 the same old chair was in the garage...threadbare but still rocking.
Happy Birthday Jody!
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My other baby brother is 62, how can that be? I was 9 years old when he was born. We graduated from High School 10 years apart and both got married the same year we graduated.
Here he is in 1961 when he was 1 year old. Looks like Mom was taking the photo with her Kodak camera and others were standing around....not sure who is holding the cake. This photo was taken at the house on the farm.
Happy Birthday Jody!
He lives right next door to us...well next door country style...I can walk there!
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We got a little over an inch of snow. There are seven inches at the snowstick.
It was light and fluffy...a dry snow....so it was easy to shovel.
The snow sparkles are hard to photograph. Everything looks so much better in the sunshine!
My other baby brother stopped by to say hi in the afternoon. I just opened the dining room window and let all kinds of fresh air in while I talked with him.
Supper was a old recipe from my sister. Far Guy requested it.
Chicken in its own Gravy
3 large skinless chicken breasts cut in half. I flour them and then put them in a baking dish with some butter in the bottom to brown Bake 350 degrees about 30 minutes turning the pieces as they brown...you can speed this up if you use the broiler.
Then mix together 2 cups cheese ( I used shredded Co Jack), 1 can cream of chicken soup and 1 can evaporated milk in a saucepan and heat it up.
Pour over chicken and cover with foil bake about an hour. Serve over rice. If you don't cover it with foil the cheese sauce gets a little brown...but it still tastes good.
You can use any cuts of chicken...without skin. This makes six servings and freezes well. Four servings headed for our freezer. It is also really good over wild rice. You can also use what ever kind of Cream soup you wish the original recipe calls for Cream of Mushroom...and I am not a fan.
I should put dates on these recipes...I think this one is from about 1990.
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My baby brother brought his bride, daughter, son in law and grands over after the storm last week...the kids all used the electric shovel. My brother helped to shovel...they moved lots of snow so that made it easier for me.
Here they are hiking back to their house. Photo taken Wednesday December 30.
Later that day my other baby brother came and moved a lot of snow with his big old snowblower.
Here he is moving snow behind the bird feeders.
On New Year's Eve day we puppy sat for Baxter.
He did not like being left with us. He was a turd. Good thing I put a leash on him or he would have ran back home. He ignored us both for most of the time he was here, I walked him outside and we played on the snowbank named June...he likes being up high and sliding down the snowbank...he also chased some leaves....but he was just miserable. He would not take treats from my hand until I had him on the leash. Most of the time he was here he hid under the dining room table and closed his eyes every time I got down on the floor to make eye contact with him....it took him almost four hours to get his toy off his blanket and drag it under the table.
Oh so pathetic!
He is a 17 week old puppy...he let me touch his ears and nose and he has a soft mouth and finally ate some dog food out of my hand. He growled at me several times....I growled back! He is right at the age where he is bonding with his pack and he has decided I do not belong. My brother and his bride hiked over again yesterday...I had my brother put him on the leash...I took him to the snowbank to play and to do some leash work and then I released the leash and praised him....he promptly ran to my brother.
We will work with him a little at a time. I think he is a little stuck on himself...but will eventually like me. I am not sure if he is stubborn (like G'Day Mate was) or just needs more socialization. My brothers Grands went home...so he is a puppy adjusting away from some of his pack. He has only been with my brother for 12 days.
Baxter is a work in progress.
Looking toward his home feeling real SAD!
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It snowed again, not much about an inch just enough to shovel.
My other baby brother came by and cleared out our yard.
He is working on June the snowbank. He stopped moving snow for a quick visit.
We puzzled...Jen and Andy are ahead of us. They are remodeling Adam's bathroom...he is getting new cabinets, a new paint color, some wallpaper and a new floor.
We are in a winter weather advisory for a few days....supposed to snow and maybe blow around.
We have no place to go so we will be safe at home.
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It was a reasonably warm day 31 F or -1 C eh! Time for some social distancing out on the patio.
My other baby brother and she who sees robins first came over first. We enjoyed catching up with them! We were warming up after their visit and my baby brother and his bride and daughter Ellie and Grands were hiking over...they were exercising their new puppy in hopes that he would sleep real good as his first night was hard for him.
This is Baxter and he belongs to my baby brother and his bride. He is a Mini Australian Shepherd and he is almost 16 weeks old. He will be a regular visitor in our yard. He is a happy well socialized puppy that likes kids. He is a fluffball!
My baby brother and his Grandson Cruz who was trying out a snow board. He did quite well and will be zooming down hills before long.
Miss Marley was trying out some short skis and perfecting her moves.
Kids and dogs it doesn't get much better than that!
There is one more Grand but he was having a bad day...sometimes that happens.
It was a wonderful break in our day to have visitors.
Thank you everyone for the Anniversary wishes we appreciate them all!
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We had a fine day yesterday. We recycled and made a drop off at the Local Food Bank where there was a line outside but also a grocery cart outside for donations. I had a few things that we were never going to use...so maybe someone else can benefit.
My other baby brother stopped by...she who sees robins first sent over blueberry muffin mix, disinfecting wipes and several jars of canned venison. (She reads the blog.) He wore a mask and we talked at a good distance outside...one of his daughters and several of his grands tested positive for Covid....they are all doing okay...their symptoms were like a bad cold.
We had the venison for lunch and it was fantastic.
Our snow melted...cause it warmed up a bit.
Far Guy has been watching a series on his computer in the evenings...every once in awhile he would laugh out loud...sometimes he would say "you have got to watch this!" I decided to watch for myself yesterday afternoon...funny stuff...just the break we need in our ever so serious lives. The series is on Netflix and is called Norseman. I give it a 10 out of 10. Not everyone may appreciate the humor...but we sure do.
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I come from a deer hunting family. I went hunting with my Dad and learned from him how to walk quietly in the woods, how to properly place a shot and how to gut out a deer. My brothers are hunters too. Far Guy comes from a deer hunting family. Far Guy and I deer hunted together for many years. We loved being in the woods together...now we live in the woods and I hunt with my camera. (Less clean up!)
"Our Woods" sixty plus acres owned by my brothers and I are the hunting area. We live on the South part and my brothers live to the North. There are a number of good places to hunt here.
My sister in law "She who sees Robins first" is a hunter. She had real good luck yesterday morning and got a really nice buck.
She was just thrilled!
This deer's relatives decimated her small container gardens last summer.
My other baby brother and she who sees Robins first.
They will process their own deer meat. They are really fussy about fat and hair... the meat will be properly cared for and it will be canned. Canned venison is the best way to eat deer meat if you ask me. The flavor is wonderful and it is fork tender. I have a jar from them I have been hoarding...now I can open that one because they might share a new jar with us!
A fork buck was taken by my cousin's fiancee on the first day of the hunt. His first deer so he was real excited about that.
So our woods have yielded two deer this hunting season...I believe each hunter can take two deer this year. The hunt ends next Saturday....so there is still hope for my brothers to get their deer.
It is fun to see enthusiasm for hunting.
Photos are from facebook.
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I found a pattern for a pocket shawl on the interweb...it had a long fringe so I adapted the pattern...and it had small pockets...so I changed that also.
As I worked on this project I wondered who I would give it to...two people came to mind...I think I have it figured out.
I learned a bit about this larger project...I have yarn to make a another...a bit of a different pattern... perhaps sometime this winter I will start that project.
I am back to smaller projects with a quicker finish again. (gifts)
We did our Wally World pickup...they are out of the 20 ounce bottles of water that Far Guy likes for making his coffee...we have to use bottled water or buy a new coffee maker every few months.
I finally got the French Door washed up and sparkling...two more windows to go and I can cross windows and doors off my Fall work list.
My baby brother came by with his huge mulching tractor...the wildgardens were done in no time! Stiney (his little dog) tracked him all the way over here and then went back home by himself...Stiney has not been feeling well...he is old and has liver issues....but he was running like the wind yesterday. It is hard to have old dogs...you never know from one day to the next how they will be. (Stiney has been on many walks through the trails to get to our house so he knows his way around.)
My other baby brother and she who sees Robin's first came to visit and give us the Covid report...some neighbors tested positive but are feeling okay. Scary times we live in...is there any rhyme or reason why some people get so sick and others have mild to no symptoms?
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My other baby brother was born 60 years ago. ( I became the favorite big sister!) Hardly seems right that he should be 60...but time marches on. My baby brother and I were so excited to get a new baby brother...as I recall we both wanted a brother!
Since I was nine years old when he was born I spent lots of time with him. He drank from a cup when he was six months old...cause he refused bottles....and was a pill to put to sleep every night. It was often my job to rub his back and talk to him as he fell asleep in his crib. When I thought he was asleep I would sneak out of the room...most times to the sound of him waking up cause I left him alone...and so I had to calm him down yet again. I am not quite sure why he couldn't just cry himself to sleep...perhaps it was just a way to keep us both out of trouble.
He was a cute kid!
