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Communications
At times living in the northwoods, communication seem to be from days gone by. We are in what they call a 'dead' spot. We must maintain a land line because cell reception is not possible. We and our...
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My World
For the last week, I have been working out in the garage. It is a two fold project; one being -- I am taking all the photos from my parents and my grandparents, attempting to make them digital. That...
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Putting it in perspecitve
This post was sent to me by a friend through an e-mail. I thought, as today is my 66th birthday it is a fitting post to...
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Poof---its gone!!
Time - that is Where oh where do the days go? From the last weeks in July until now it has been a whirl wind!!!I managed to: Make the three youngest grands each 2 dresses and a nightgown. Had the...
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One Summer Project
A while back, I was visiting my friend Barb. She had just finishing shortening curtains for her granddaughter's bedroom, and proceeded to throw away the scraps.When I saw what she was throwing away;...
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Late Birthday Present
Last year, I took the youngest grand to Build -A-Bear for her birthday. When she showed her older sister her birthday present, the older sister was just crushed that she didn't get one for her...
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My World
I was down by the lake the other evening. The natural lighting was perfect for taking photos, and the winds were calm. Yesterday I found the following quote by Anthony Douglas Williams. His quote...
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The First Day of School
All my grands started their new school year today. Grand #1 is a Junior in high school, #2 is in sixth grade, #3 is in third, #4 in second and #5 is in first. I thought about them last night, going...
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"F" is for Football
We went to our grandson's (#87) sixth grade football game. This team has some real tradition for me. When the Raiders began they were called the Hollandtown Raiders, coached by Bob Wurdinger. Back...
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Goofing Around
When my granddaughters were here last summer, they had so much fun pressing their faces against the glass window. As I took each one's picture, they had to immediately see what they looked like. Boy...
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Its Pumpkin Time
Today, I drove to the butcher shop, and on the way home, I found a place that was selling pumpkins.Driving down the long driveway, I found a house and along the fence line were the pumpkins for sale....
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Color My World
Today the hubby and I took a day trip to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan!! Our fall colors are just starting, but in the U.P. they are near peak, and just beautiful. See for yourself!!!And that's...
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Swamp Cedar
I promised myself I'd blog on a more regular basis, and as I look at the date of my last blog, a month has passed. I just don't know where the time goes!!Many years ago, one of the old timers whom we...
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Strawberry Time
I'm back.... with a whole bunch of new ideas for blogging posts. My grandson was so upset with me when I said I hadn't blogged since October. I promised I would continue to blog and change it up a...
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My Maternal Grandmother
My maternal grandmother, Mary Toonen sailed to the United States from Holland at the turn of the century. She was a mere 16 years old, and accompanied by her new husband Henry Vissers. They settled...
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Guessing Game
Can you guess what flower this is? How about these? Give up? While I was out on one of our country roads I came across these beautiful fields and just had to stop and get a few shots. Have you...
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What would you do?
Yesterday friends asked us to join them on their pontoon, 'tooning around Pickerel Lake. While going around the lake, I spied this chair sitting in front of a very rustic cottage. I immediately fell...
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Day 1
Today is the official kick off of Granny Daze 2015. Yesterday, I made a round trip to Minneapolis picking up our son's two daughters. Our son in law is dropping their two kids off this morning....
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Day 2
On the seconded day of Granny Daze............ we created our bleached T-shirts. I had picked up some t-shirts at the Dollar Tree for a buck a piece, and some practice ones...
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To Dream........
Forty-six years ago today, we were married. Back in 1969, the catholic church had many more restrictions than today. For instance we could not be married after noon, so we had a 10am wedding. Only...
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Granny Daze -- Water
We couldn't have Granny Daze without a few days of beach time. The photos tell the story of how much fun they had swimming at Pickerel Point beach. That only grandson, had such fun teasing...
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Fun on the Lake
Today was the 50+ club meeting. We usually meet in a church basement with a pot luck and a guest speaker. Every August we come out of the church basement and pontoon around Pickerel Lake. Not just...
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Fairy Gardens
When the grands were here for Granny Daze, one of the projects we did was build individual Fairy Gardens. I picked out a fairy, little animal, and butterfly on a stick, on clearance last fall for...
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Haze
The smoke from the wildfires out west and Canada has reached northern Wisconsin. Like other parts of the northern United States our skies are hazy with filtered sunshine. Well, let me tell you the...
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Our "Bonus"
About thirteen years ago around this time, we first met our soon to be bonus granddaughter. Her mother was dating our son, and this little girl won our hearts. I can't believe she is 18 today!!!. My...
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