We were blessed with a visit from grand-daughter Beth the last couple weeks. She swam in the lake, went fishing, made friends with a baby deer and a horse, and I think maybe got a tiny bit accustomed to life in the country. I can remember being just […]
This barn dates to at least 1859. That’s how long the present family has owned the land. It’s still in use.
About halfway between our place and the village where sits our post office and a few other establishments we visit as the need arises, the road passes by Clayton Mountain. Now visitors usually complain that it is not really a mountain. And as mountains go it certainly doesn’t seem very impressive. […]
I’ve been going through one of my periodic bouts of wondering just what this blog is for. All my posts recently have seemed hastily written and poorly thought out. Which is not to imply that any of the previous ones were ever any better.
Summer is started to come on now and it is […]
Tricia’s costumed quilting demo last week netted an invitation for a repeat performance Saturday at a celebration in the neighboring town of Strawn. Once again I went along for the ride, armed with a stack of my native plant brochures.
The day started off with a parade and then we settled in on the […]
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