Nope nothing is on fire..it is a plant. Geum triflorum to be exact, better known as Prairie Smoke, or old man's whiskers or old mans bea...

Far Guy's Uncle Willard is the story teller, I am only the translator. This entry concerns Far Guys Maternal Grandparents/Great Grandpa...

Vacation Bible School! This was taken in June of 1957, I was almost six years old. I would be the chubby blonde on the right, my brother Ca...

Recently Far Guy encountered Wicked Wanda. She might just be summer help at the Pharmacy, she might be a Pharmacist..I have never met her i...

It has turned cold here, it froze a couple of nights, and friends in Canada report snow. I would not appreciate a spring snow...thank you ...

Our Granddaughter Madison or Maddie as we call her, except when she is in big trouble, which hardly ever happens, loves horses. She reminds ...

Today I am launching a new series, It will be called A Thousand Words. It will only have one photo and may or may not be accompanied by wo...

It will be a busy summer, with lots of picnics and celebrations. Minnesota people tend to be a bit more social in the summertime. The long...

The Yellow Ladyslippers (Cypripedium parviflorum) were a little shy this spring. These are Far Guy's plants, it was his "wild id...

This is a photo of Far Guy's big sister Jan. She had a birthday last week, she got older. This photo was taken in 1951 when she was six...

Finally, the Lilacs are blooming. They seemed to take forever this year with our cold windy spring. The farm that I grew up on had a row of...

I have a big Rubbermaid container out in my garage filled with shells from our last visit to Florida. I thought I might use them someday, I...

Connections made through blogging with the right attitude can make a difference in your life. When I first began to blog, I told Far Guy, I ...

Thanks for voting last week, these are the photos that Far Side entered in the photo contest at the local animal shelter. You all did great...

Adam broke his elbow last week, he got to have a blue cast. He was jumping on the trampoline and landed wrong. Luckily he did not require su...

Ten years ago early one morning our first grandson was born, Far Guy and I missed his birth, but as we walked into the maternity ward, a sm...

This is a photo taken in 1959, my brother, Arvilla (our wonderful neighbor lady, whose farmhouse I wrote about yesterday), Carla (her daugh...

Today in Minnesota, one loon egg has hatched and we are waiting on the other egg to hatch..the new baby loon is a fuzzy ball on the nest wit...

It was a landmark, the big white farmhouse with the big red barn and a windmill. The lonely house stood empty. Memories are all that rema...

Old people called it "Decoration Day." The day in May set aside to strew flowers on soldiers graves. The day to pause and think...