Far Side of Fifty
Sunday, October 16, 2016

Hunter Moon

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Last night as the sun went down the moon came up.  The Hunter Moon. We waited and waited…Chance kept sighing.  It seemed to take forever. ...
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Saturday, October 15, 2016

Chance: Observations

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I got a new bed, I sleep on it sometimes, it helps my hips at least that is what they say. The wind blew and blew yesterday.  I don’t like...
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Friday, October 14, 2016

Miserable Week

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I had great hopes to get a whole bunch of “stuff” done on my list this week.  I still have a couple of days left but it is doubtful that the...
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Thursday, October 13, 2016

87

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My Mother is 87 years old today.  This is the only photo of her in Grade School.  She grew up speaking German only, and when she went to F...
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Wednesday, October 12, 2016

Midway Memories: Bucky, Mitch, Freddie and Billy

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The Austin Minnesota “gang.”  Bucky and Mitch Buxton were brothers.  Freddie and Billy Grover were brothers. The Grover’s were a very larg...
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Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Frost

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The frost did most of my flowers in.   They look so sad.  Sunday mornings 28F or –2C eh! was too much for the plants.  My cousin Art said it...
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Monday, October 10, 2016

90

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My Dad was ninety yesterday.  We celebrated with a open house gathering in the afternoon at church.  Cake, ice cream, cookies, nuts, mints, ...
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Sunday, October 9, 2016

The Hills

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The Smoky Hills were showing off one day last week. The Aspen or Popple is golden.  Aspen is a fancy word…for Popple.  It is a worthless t...
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Saturday, October 8, 2016

Mints

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I just finished a batch of homemade mints for a gathering this weekend.  They are drying out a bit on the counter before I pack them away in...
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Friday, October 7, 2016

66 Years and Counting

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My parents have been married 66 years today.  They were married in the evening at a candlelight church service and had a dinner afterwards a...
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Thursday, October 6, 2016

Yard and Cooking Report

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Leaves and more leaves.  We had gale force winds yesterday and many of our trees are now bare.  The wind was from the North West and it had ...
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Wednesday, October 5, 2016

Midway Memories: My First Days

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I went out on the road in June of 1968.  I stayed out until Labor Day that year.  Then I went back home to finish my last year of High Schoo...
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Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Back on Track

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Busy days…I am unpacked and have the train cards on my desk, if I have some free time I can color a bit in the evenings.  I will eventually ...
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Monday, October 3, 2016

Busy Man

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My husband was a busy man whilst I was gone, he washed the windows and totally took apart the screendoor windows and washed them.  He carrie...
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Sunday, October 2, 2016

Retreat

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Retreat is just fine.  I made more sympathy cards.  Once I completed that project, I started something new to me.  Stamping.  Not sure if I ...
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Saturday, October 1, 2016

Newfangled

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Trying something new today... I have never used my IPad to blog. First I had to learn about the camera.  That was fun, I especially like ...
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Friday, September 30, 2016

Water Tower Down on Second Street

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We got a “heads  up” from one of Far Guy’s classmates that the old water tower in Park Rapids was going to come down. I took a photo on th...
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