The Scarlet Tanager is a regular at the grape jelly feeder. He is a handsome bird.  Far Side

 How in the world did our Great Grandson get to be 7 years old?  He just completed First Grade now onto Second Grade in the Fall.  His birth...

 Sometimes you cannot avoid all the muds holes in life. Great Niece Aubrey has to have another bone graft surgery, this will be her 10th or ...

 The Trillium are in bloom.  Such pretty blooms. There is a Large - Flowered Bellwort in the photo too...the yellow flower above the left bl...

 Last week we witnessed flag delivery high on the hill where my parents are buried.  A few vehicles parked at the bottom of the hill and chi...

 When we were going through some of my parents "stuff" we found a letter.  It is from my Uncle Arthur written to my Dad on January...

 I have to back up a bit in our recent family history.  Back to February 24, 2024 the day of my Mother's funeral and interment.  ( Just ...

 The Hoary Puccoon or Lithrospermum canescens ( doesn't that roll right off your tongue!) is blooming in the ditches now.  It is a small...

 I finally caught a Oriole at the Grape Jelly!  Such pretty birds that only stick around here to eat and rest before heading North.  He is i...

 Noah was 25 years old yesterday, I must have been off in la la land, or forgetful city.  Anyways our oldest Grand Noah is now 25 years old ...

 Nothing better in the Spring than to see the striking green color of ferns that survive our Minnesota winters!  It helps that we are gettin...

 Last Summer Baxter gained a bit of weight...of course it was all my fault...I am the Treat Lady.  ( No one else could possibly give him any...

 Imagine small sprinkles of sunshine all over your lawn.  With the rains came green grass and abundant sunshine for the bees:) I am going to...

 The Double Flowering Plum is in bloom, the blooms are sparse most likely from last years drought. Perhaps this shrub needs a total cut back...

 Construction is happening in Osage.   Far Guy took this photo near the Dam.   It was a mess on Thursday, but the wait was not long to get t...

 I am REAL. tired. of changes in medications.  My last Arthritis medication by injection was just. not. working.   It has taken two months t...

 Yesterday we traveled to Grand Forks ND  to see my Doctor for yet another medication change.   I was tired or forgetful  after 5 hours in t...

 We have this bush in our side yard just on the edge of the woods.  Far Guy uses the twigs for stems of his wood carved flowers.  If you eve...

 It was very smoky on Sunday.  I took a few photos on our way to have late lunch/early supper with my brothers and their wives on Mother...

 The Marsh Marigolds are blooming.   Tractors are in the fields.  Far Guy saw two rabbits in the yard yesterday so maybe we will have lots o...