Deer in May

Kevin took Riley for a walk on Sat. May 2nd. I’m not sure if Riley has ever been out in the yard; he has always been content to stay inside the fence. But I think he thoroughly enjoyed strolling around in the wild for a bit. And actually, yesterday Sweetie...

boat launch!

here’s one final thing to share, our boat launch on April 24th. first, here’s the fancy new cover that kevin installed. Because the top pole of the roof snapped in two when we pulled the boat under our big pine tree out front, we had to get a whole new...

Happy Mother’s Day!

That’s addressed to you, mom…but suddenly it’s already late afternoon on mother’s day and another day has gone by whoosh…. we bought a 25-lb bag of powdered skimmed milk a few weeks ago. i found it on some site that sells bulk stuff but...

fun & excitement in the times of Coronavirus

well…today i kept reading so much bad news that i became overwhelmed. this happens too often. i think we all have to try to find a little relief from it all, if we’re lucky enough to be safe and healthy. in april i decided to finally tackle the...

at the start of april…

these two ducks were enjoying the bird seed scattered on the ground in back of the house. Riley had no interest in them at all. Kevin bought this remote for the upstairs TV. we probably won’t lose it. it’s funny, we’ve only ever had one TV, but he...

happy birthday, dad

dad would have been 83 today. he was a really good dad. 1974, when he was 31 years old. This is one of my favorite photos – amy and dad in 2006. celebrating his birthday in 2009 – I don’t know what year this was, and i’m assuming it was...

on the first day of may, wrapping up march…

Yeah, pretty lame that i’m just doing this now. same excuse as before; it’s now 11:30 on this sunny friday morning and at least i’m out of my jammies, but only just. lots of time spent reading reading reading about the coronavirus; the latest news is...