Far Side of Fifty
Sunday, June 12, 2011

Thinking Positive!

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I am writing this late Friday Night.  The Grandboys are coming to visit, bringing their parents and their dogs. They are going to put the ...
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Saturday, June 11, 2011

The Lupines In Bloom

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I have many different colors of Lupines. Could you get lost it this purple color? Perhaps you like peach? I love the peach. Perhaps pi...
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Friday, June 10, 2011

In the Yard

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These little birds are so ugly that only a Mama and Papa bird could love them.   Far Guy reported a while back that there was a nest with an...
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Thursday, June 9, 2011

Blue-Eyed Grass and Lupines

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The Blue-eyed Grass is blooming.  It is a very small in stature Iris and not a grass..the person who named it must have been having a bad da...
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Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Wistful Wednesday : May 30, 1943

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"Most of these relationships were forged when the world was a dangerous place and life was uncertain. Couples were forced to confront t...
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Tuesday, June 7, 2011

The Rookery

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On Sunday afternoons I usually get to pick someplace that I would like to go for an adventure.  Last Sunday I asked to go to the rookery.  W...
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Monday, June 6, 2011

A few wildflowers

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As most of you know I love Native Wildflowers.  Last year I wrote about a number of them and what bloomed when.  This year I am trying to fi...
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Sunday, June 5, 2011

Minnesota Wildlife

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A few days ago Josh and Hunter saw a wolf, very near our houses. It was in Hunter and Kate's yard next door. They got a photo of it..it ...
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Saturday, June 4, 2011

Chance: The Chipmunk Battles

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Hello there!  It is just me the handsome blogging Border Collie.  I have been too busy to blog.  I have been engaged in a war. I have my e...
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Friday, June 3, 2011

Yellow Lady’s Slippers

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Last Monday I noticed that our Yellow Lady’s Slippers were blooming.  It happened so fast, but right on time.  We had 16 blooms this year..t...
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Thursday, June 2, 2011

Indigo Bunting

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This year were are fortunate to have Bluebirds and Indigo Buntings in our yard.  The Bluebirds have finally decided which house they wanted....
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Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Wistful Wednesday: 1963

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It is High School Graduation in our area.  It is traditional to host an open house to celebrate the graduates accomplishment.  We went to an...
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Tuesday, May 31, 2011

The Oaks

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Burr or Bur( if you prefer) Oaks surround our home in the woods.  They are the last to get their leaves in the spring.  They are in bud fore...
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Monday, May 30, 2011

Decoration Day

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Before we called it Memorial Day..it was Decoration Day. It was always May 30th and it began in the South with women decorating the graves o...
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Sunday, May 29, 2011

Growing Like Weeds

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The “grands” are growing like weeds. I always like to take pictures of them all lined up…tallest to shortest. This was in 2004, the year ...
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Saturday, May 28, 2011

A strange deep voice

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Thursday afternoon the grands arrived, all five of them at the same time!   Chance was so excited! We have a new tween, someone turned twel...
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