I took another woodcarving class.  This one is different.  Two pieces of bark are glued together and then you carve.  When you have it rough...

Far Guy’s Grandma Tracie loved a party.  She would be excited the entire week leading up to her birthday.  The Sunday closest to her birthda...

Every year the Robins show up to claim Far Guys step ladder that is under the eave of his garage.  The nest is high and dry and most likely ...

Minnesota has forty-two different kind of native orchids.  Two kinds are in bloom this week.  A week ahead of schedule. Usually they bloom F...

The Wild Blue Phlox is blooming.  There are great patches of it along the highways. I took my photo on the back driveway in the shade.  This...

The mystery plant that appeared in Far Guy’s flower bed has been identified.  It is a pretty native perennial. It finally bloomed and the ...

Hiya!  It is me the blogging Border Collie!  The weather turned warm and sunny.  Me being a partly black dog and all..well I get a little wa...

It never fails.  I get Poison Ivy or Pi.  I have a few spots on my leg that are questionable.  I am using the Jewelweed Soap on them.   Abso...

This is just one of the old family photos I found in the trunk last winter.   This one is clearly marked.  Tommy and Tippy. That would be...

Far Guy’s Lilac finally bloomed.  I am not sure what kind of Lilac it is?  Could be a late Lilac. It has droopy flowers.  I am not sure wher...

We drove up to visit Jen and Andy and the grand boys at their summer campsite.  They picked up two of the grand girls along the way..and we ...

Hiya!  Chance the Border Collie Blogger is reporting for blog duty! It is a good thing that I get an allowance for blogging and being the b...

Chance and I watched the birds for quite some time yesterday.  We were relaxing..in between baking bread, doing laundry and catching up with...

Well lets get on with summer! We had brats on the grill, baked beans and raspberries for supper last night.  I wore my heavy fleece lined sw...

On Wednesday morning Madison graduated from the eighth grade.  She attended a parochial school and next fall she will enter the public schoo...

In  May of 1945 a little girl was born.  She would be Far Guys big sister but she didn’t know it yet. For almost five years she would be an ...

I felt good enough on Monday to go on a little trip through the local wildlife refuge. We found some Yellow Lady's Slippers. The litt...