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March 24, 2013 No end in sight...where winter is concerned.
On Thursday, the 21st of March, our ladies group went snowshoeing again. Some had wanted me to take them in to a creek with a tall falls east of where I live. Well, we have had more winter in March...
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March 28, 2013 Short and Sweet! But, still winter....
This is another Lake Superior "ice gem" I found a couple of days ago. This past week, I have found just a few....but, the few were pretty. It is always nice to find ice forms that are just a bit...
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March 29, 2013 Won't be pretty ice much longer!
I am going to add some in the larger size today, tho I know once published, won't fit inside the edges like they do so perfectly while I am writing this. Facebook is still not allowing me, and several...
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April 1, 2013 April Fools.......Not!
I was out walking on the beach with Toby the other day, looking at remnants of what was some beautiful ice formations. We had had some rain and everything up here that wasn't soggy, knee deep snow was...
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April 4, 2013 Memories of yesterday.........
Yesterday, Toby and I took a walk down memory lane....so to speak. I was at my mom's in the morning and we played our usual Wednesday Scrabble. Good for both of us to keep the mind in shape! Plus,...
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April 9, 2013 Signs of Spring
Well, as you can see by the photo, there is no shortage of snow around here. We had about 8" over the weekend followed by another inch or two. It was looking like serious winter again. I half...
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April 12, 2013 Snow, snow....go away-come again some other........
This, is Shadow's almost one-year old daughter, one of the twins. She is staring at me in the basement window....about 6" from my face. They watch what I am doing in my basement office on a regular...
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April 16, 2013 It Ain't Over........
This was yesterday morning, April 15, 2013. It was snowing like a son of a gun and heavy snow to boot! We had 8" on the ground, already, when I took this in the morning. The deer are doing a lot of...
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April 19, 2013 April Blizzard!
This is what my yard looks like today. It was 20 degrees when I got up. So, the cooling temperatures from the 29-30 degrees we had all day yesterday made for a lighter, fluffier snow on the upper...
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April 24, 2013 Was that winters' last hurrah?!
This was one of the sights that greeted me on the shore of Big Bay, Lake Superior, yesterday. The last trip on that beach, recently, had all the ice gone and the sand beach bare for Toby to walk...
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April 28, 2013 Spring has sprung......I think!
I think we finally are on our way to spring. It made high 50s yesterday and I don't believe it froze last night. It was 40 degrees when I got up. It started out with 10 drops of rain and mostly blue...
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May 10, 2013 Seasonal Changes
This is....."Grumpy Robin!" Well.....it looks grumpy, doesn't it? Given the changing "spring" weather we have been having....it's enough to make anyone grumpy. There is mud, snow, rain, mess....more...
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May 17, 2013 Extremes in Temperatures!
Yesterday's hike in the woods with Toby left us both sweated up. It wasn't exceptionally warm yesterday, as it was earlier in the week. But, this neat area we were in has gotten to the point there...
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May 25, 2013 Hard to get inspired......outside!
"Sharing" The young deer and the yellow-headed blackbird are sharing some seeds and corn treats on the ground. As you can see, a lot of the grass is still not greening up as well as it should....
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June.....really!? Where is spring? June 2, 2013
I took this photo of Toby getting ready to cross the creek, yesterday. We had just had a storm the evening before so the water level was up quite a bit. We had walked across, right there, on the tops...
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June 8, 2013 Adventures are where you find them........
Yesterday, being it was such a beautiful day, I decided to take the long way to town to do my errands. Lately, with the high price of gasoline, I go every other week. I loaded recycling and Toby,...
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June 17, 2013 Hmmmmm.......
Yesterday was the big family get together at Tom Lake. It was Father's Day and my dad's 82nd birthday. Two of my brother's boys have birthdays this week too.....plus a few others....so, it was kind...
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June 26, 2013 Summer is here!
The thunder storms are rolling through this afternoon. I kind of expected that to happen sooner or later, now that it warmed up and is giving us summer temps. Yesterday was 84 degrees. Hot! I was...
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Summer of bugs!?..... July 10, 2013
Here is a photo my husband took yesterday morning while I was working on Hovland Arts Festival paperwork and writing checks to all the vendors for their credit card sales. The deer were really busy...
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July 13, 2013 A what to do day.......in the summer, even!
While I am trying to decide what I should do with today, I will show you what I did yesterday afternoon. I have been out with my DR Field and Brush mower doing trails now...it's marginally ok for...
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