He hand-caught a Rainbow Darter… it was about 4-6 inches long. A cute, shinny silvery thing. Of course, it was dead. But he wanted to “Plaque” it. We explained that it costs hundreds of dollars to do that to a fish, and it was better reserved for “big” catches. So, he decided to save his [...]
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Wreaths have never intrigued me… until I moved here. Wreaths are the unspoken beauty symbol in our neighborhood — and for years, I’ve caught myself taking different routes when I run errands, just to see what new wreaths pop up as the season/holidays change. Wreaths are expensive… and I’ve noticed that all the good ones [...]
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The new curtain over the off-centered window looks awesome…. but it still needed something else. So, while I was busy adding pom-pom fringe, I set my son to lay out the stencils on a board we had sitting in the garage. He painted the words, and when it was dry, that artistic instinct in him [...]
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It could be considered a bad sign when your heart starts to race the minute you drive into the parking lot at Rural King. This store is a farmer’s supply store, and is basically a pile of vintage just waiting to be discovered… and it doesn’t even know it. There are galvanized metal washtubs in [...]
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I took that blank canvas board that has been sitting in my garage for at least five years now, and threw some book pages on top. The book has also been sitting on my shelf for about five years… a memoir from an author I have never liked. Funny, now that I’m ripping pages out, [...]
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We were all playing kickball out on the,yard. It was a cool night, and the breeze was picking up the leaves on the trees, causing them to make that swaying sound. I looked at my son, and said, “this is good sleeping weather…” He looked at me dumbfounded, so I added, “you know, when it’s [...]
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He bought this little red wagon for me, on my birthday, during our first summer at the lake. It’s been used to haul wood for the fire pit, weeds that invaded my garden, leaves, rocks to edge the garden, kids, sand, turtles and frogs. It has been the perfect addition to the lake house, [...]
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The boy, wearing the same bathing suit costume as last year, spied a turtle. Or more than one, for that matter. He camped out on the hill, net in hand, for hours… stalking the turtle. The turtle, you see, could “hear him,” if he got too close to the water. Once again, he could be [...]
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