Recently we went for a drive, one of my favorite drives is to make a large circle and go by Shell Lake and Bass Lake. Shell Lake only had...

After a week of Physical Therapy and doing all of my exercises religiously my shoulder is showing some improvement. It no longer keeps me aw...

Kauppala is shop in Finnish.  Aunes Kauppala is a quaint little place that is open from May through October ..but only on Thursdays throug...

This is a wedding photograph I uncovered this morning.  It is one of my cousins..she was married on Jan. 14, 1961.  Congratulations on 49 ...

My friend Aune owns a little shop in the "town" of Snellman.   Now Snellman is one of those towns in Minnesota where if you bli...

Who can resist the puppy breath or the  extreme cuteness of a little puppy?  Well it seems my Son In Law cannot. He got a new puppy..doesn...

The phone rang before eight yesterday morning..mail sorting time.  It rang twice before Far Guy lept out of bed to answer it.   I paid no at...

Well I guess it is about time I spill my guts. I fell back in September, I am a klutz sometimes. I was taking a photograph and lost my footi...

This is the picture that hangs next to the french doors.  I believe it is of Multnomah Falls in Oregon, the falls are along the Columbia R...

That is correct..I finished the blankety-blank curtains. Far Guy did such a great job upstairs finishing the window trim..I told him I woul...

This is a photo taken at Far Guys Grandparents farm.  Left to right: Far Guys Dad( Marvin), Grandpa ( James). and  Uncles (Jim) and (Ron...

The "Grands" and my handsome and handy Son In Law Andy..helped put up the big tree. The children were impressed with it's ta...

Last summer I had the unique opportunity to meet someone who practices a lost art.  I met her before I found out that she had a blog, she ...

It was 36 below zero this morning.. just another chilly day in the state of FROZEN. If you are dressed in layers, and resemble a polar bear....

It was 27 degrees BELOW zero this morning..that is -33C for my Canadian friends. I just get cranky when it gets this cold, okay that is untr...

We went to a hobby shop yesterday, and Far Guy met a bunch of other "train people" ..it was rather funny.. You see Far Guy has O s...

This is a big day..it is one of those "Blue Moons" ..that's what it is called when we have two full moons in the same month. T...