This is turning out to be a good old-fashioned winter. Continue reading →

This is our farm road through Western Valley, during a snowstorm.

A wonderful friend died suddenly this week – my mother-in-law, Pat O’Connor. She was greatly loved and we’ll really miss her.

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This is gun hunting week, so we’ve been mostly staying inside and keeping our heads down. Continue reading →

We’ve finished planting this year’s prairie! We rented a seed drill from the DNR and, after the usual fiddling and readjusting, it took us about a day and a half to plant most of the seeds. That’s a lot faster than when I do it by hand! Continue reading →

We’ve been having lots of beautiful Indian summer days, but today winter has finally arrived. The temperature dropped steadily all day; there was a brisk northwest wind and periodic snow showers, alternating with sun shining through the clouds. Continue reading →

I haven’t done a blog entry in a long time because I haven’t been taking many pictures. It’s been raining nearly every day and I’ve been taking some very wet walks. Continue reading →

This is a view from the top of the Knife Edge Point, looking south. It was taken on October 20, 2007.

Ladybug and Box Elder Bug time is here again. Every fall the box elder bugs spend a month or so on the sunny walls of our house and garage, and too many of them find their way inside the house. Continue reading →