Hi, friends! Summer is wrapping up in northern MN; there was frost in our area last night, but it didn't go below 39 degrees here at the House on the Hill. Whew! The apple trees produced like mad after last year's drought and late spring frost. Even the Linden tree didn't bloom last year. And... Continue Reading →
Werewolf Costume
A couple of years ago, youngest spawn was unexpectedly at my house for Halloween (it wasn't my turn), without a costume. My sister came to the rescue and we took a quick trip to the closest store with costumes, 30 miles away. The plus side of shopping for a costume on the last day is... Continue Reading →
Tea With Auntie Linden
What, you don't name your trees? This is one of our favorite trees. Mine (Laura) shades my whole front yard in the summer. Lois' shades the old wood shed/ice house at Cook's Country Connection. Listen, if Pocahontas could have Grandmother Willow, we can have an Auntie Linden. And like Grandmother Willow, the Auntie Linden in... Continue Reading →
For Fox’ Sake…
That may be my favorite blog post title EVER. On Sunday July 6, Mr. Wonderful, Male Spawn, and I took a day trip to the Vermilion Falls and Vermilion Gorge hiking trails. Northern MN has been getting a lot of rain and so I hoped there would be lots of photo opportunities. The weather didn't... Continue Reading →
Another Mysterious Burrow
We have been seeing a new critter in the pit at the House On The Hill and became mostly sure after consulting my North American Wildlife book and Wikipedia that it was a pine marten or a woodchuck (aka groundhog, aka the critter who lies about winter almost being over EVERY. YEAR.), yet it moved like... Continue Reading →
Horse Driving– Another How-to Not-to
This story is embarrassing. But it's also so damn funny that I can't not share it. It's been two three years since I last harnessed up my mini horse for a drive. (This is Laura by the way, not Lois.) He recently came back to my house from Lois' for some "retraining". That means he... Continue Reading →
An Easter Adventure
I know, I know, you thought I was lost. But I haven't been really lost; just preoccupied. My sister is opening a petting farm, and I am helping with the web stuff and taking photos. (AFTER you read this, you can go see what we are up to there. 🙂 ) We spent this Easter... Continue Reading →
Larry-isms #1 …
Happy St. Paddy's Day! Have you seen The Boondock Saints? Today would be a perfect day to watch it again. And in honor of Doc, I give you this clip (language alert). http://youtu.be/UACh3uTfjjU Mr. Wonderful reminds me of Doc...only without the cussing. ""Happy Saint Urkel's Day, Babe." (Like St. Urho's Day, but nerdier.) "Schmidget" (Similar... Continue Reading →
Middle Spawn Has a Blog!
Another proud parent moment--the Middle Spawn (AKA youngest Pajari Girl) is blogging!! And the title of her blog is... Musings of an Intellectual Badass. Because we Pajari Girls are the perfect blend of brains and brass. 🙂 A self-proclaiming LOTR nerd, her post on Lord of the Rings memes is bahahaha funny. Go say hi,... Continue Reading →
Through the Window
Every day, WordPress issues Prompts or Challenges. Today's was "Look through your nearest window for one minute and tell us what you see". I hereby invoke the right of Artistic License and also include what I THINK when I look out this window. I left it pretty much the way it came out of my... Continue Reading →
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