Wow we both made it to the end of 2025!  That in itself should be a reason to celebrate!  Our oldest daughter Trica still lives in Duluth M...

 Tucked into a Christmas Card was a wonderful surprise!  An Origami Crane!  Just perfect! Thank you Larry!   I have been following his blog ...

 This blog is eighteen years old.  Hard to believe its teen age years are almost over.   I usually give myself flowers.  Well here they are....

 Far Guy had a project. It had so many tiny parts, every time I walked by his work table I shook my head.  He has patience to find all the p...

 We are fortunate enough to have a Golden Retriever who loves us here at Jen and Andy's home.  She was real patient with us one evening....

 Christmas Eve and Christmas Day we had great food; smoked ribs, potato salad, cornbread and fruit....it was all delicious.   Christmas Eve ...

 Have yourself a Merry Christmas! Far Side

 Happy Christmas Eve!   Stevie, Jay and Far Guy at his paternal grandparents home in the 1950's.  I will guess 1956 or 1957. The boys ar...

 Going even further back...1966 Me, my other baby brother and my baby brother.  No tinsel was spared that year.  Photo taken in the living r...

 A blast from the past...45 years ago. Christmas 1980 at my parents home at the resort on Straight Lake.  Sunday was a quiet day, I had seve...

 Our woodcarving this year took many twists and turns.  We had a different design picked out but they are very time consuming so the first p...

 Happy Anniversary to us!  56 years...wow we are even impressed!  It was 20 below zero that day.   Then... and now... we hardly look like th...

 The Blizzard kept us inside all day Thursday.  I took some photos out the window.  It rained, snowed and we had wind gusts up to 60 mph.  I...

 I started this book back in the Spring...April I think.  Jen gave me the book and said "It is best read in snippets here and there....

 The Great Grandchildren were here on Sunday.  Wish we could bottle that energy! Hey Mikey! Cee Cee  Peach  Baby K  You can always count on ...

 Getting all the young adults together is hard, last Sunday worked for most of us to gather.  Adam drove from Western North Dakota...Adam...

 Here is a blast from the past.   Christmas 1995.  How time flies by. Photo taken at my parents home on the lake.  I did the lettering on th...

In this area of Minnesota and North Dakota right across the river many people say...  It's cold but at least it's windy.  It's h...

 There were two Sundogs but I only got a photo of one.  Photo taken out of the windshield when I was safely pulled over.  I stopped and took...

 About seven inches of it. Sadie barks at these deer.   The snowman family all sit on five gallon buckets and they are partially covered.  T...