Far Side of Fifty
Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Wistful Wednesday: Christmas1965

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My baby brother and I reminisced about a trip a long time ago. We drove with our parents and our other baby brother to California in 1965.  ...
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Bubble Lights

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We got the downstairs tree up.  This year it will have one stringer of Bubble Lights for the entire season.  Last year we put them on the tr...
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Monday, December 12, 2011

Hand Carved Ornaments

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Every year we try to come up with a new design for a Christmas Ornament.  We give them to family and friends.  This year we made 64 ornament...
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Sunday, December 11, 2011

Chance: Duck Update

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Something or someone tore up my duck..it is in pieces.  Someone must have been playing too rough and been so excited that he just ripped off...
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Saturday, December 10, 2011

December 10 2011

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We still have minimal snow.. I took this photo on December 08, 2011…and two days later it still looks the same.  Not enough snow to cover ...
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Friday, December 9, 2011

Ice and Medical Updates

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The other day..when things were still normal…we stopped by Leech Lake to walk Chance.  It was still about zero degrees F so it was good ice ...
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Thursday, December 8, 2011

Say a little prayer

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Tuesday Far Guy, Chance and I took a little road trip.  We went to Duluth.  It is one of our favorite places..it has a great Train Shop and ...
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Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Wistful Wednesday : Christmas 1969

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This is a photo of Far Guys Maternal Grandparents.  This was taken in December of 1969.  The year that Far Guy and I got married.   I am n...
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Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Waiting for snow..

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We are waiting for snow..no I have not heard that any is coming.  The ground is barely white. My prediction of no measurable snow until Febr...
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Monday, December 5, 2011

Christmas Parties

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I am not a big fan of Christmas parties. I am all partied out.  The two parties I was expected at are over..I can breathe a sigh of relief. ...
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Sunday, December 4, 2011

Chance: I Killed My Duck

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My name is Chance and I killed my duck.  I ripped out is innards and sent them flying..innards were everywhere.  Far Guy said “Stop already,...
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Saturday, December 3, 2011

Cold Feet

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We checked out the water coming out of Fish Hook Lake yesterday.  The lake seems frozen for the most part. The ice is not safe yet..for dogs...
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Friday, December 2, 2011

December: Christmas Lists

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It is the second day of December.  22 more shopping days till Christmas.   We have a skiff of snow..not enough to cover up the grass.  We ha...
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Thursday, December 1, 2011

Playing With Dolls

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I never was much for playing with dolls.  At the Museum we had a naked doll.  I shivered every time I passed her case. I was tempted to cov...
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Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Wistful Wednesday: Relatives

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This is an old photo from years ago.  I found it among the hunting and fishing photos in my Father In Laws album.   I finished that scanning...
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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Back to Brown

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It was unseasonably warm one day..it was almost 50 degrees .  So all the snow melted.  Let’s all say AWWWW together. So our second snow ha...
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Monday, November 28, 2011

The Five

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We have five grands and it doesn’t look like we will get anymore grandchildren. They are growing like weeds. I took the above photo in Ma...
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Sunday, November 27, 2011

Men at Work: Making Lefsa

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Last Wednesday evening was the making of the lefsa.  Jen learned how to make lefsa from Andy.  His family makes lefsa. Lefsa is mainly potat...
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