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Monthly Archives: June 2011
Horny Footstool
Ha! I bet that got your attention. This is one of the coolest footstools I have ever seen. This was a footstool down at the Wadena Historical Museum. They have a really nice Museum and they are open year round, … Continue reading
Wistful Wednesday: The Headwaters
This is an old family photo. We are not sure exactly who it is. We think it might be Great Uncle Herman. I wish we knew for sure who it was. It is a marvelous old photo. Where: This … Continue reading
Rockets
No not the fireworks kind of Rockets but the one called Hesperis matronalis..a non-native wildflower. We found a patch growing near an old farmstead. Old farmsteads in Minnesota usually have some Lilacs and sometimes Dame’s Rockets. This was a good … Continue reading
Posted in Flowers
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Guitar Recital
Yesterday was our grandson Noah’s guitar recital. Just like a piano recital..but with guitars. Noah has been playing guitar for two years. This is second recital. He said “I am nervous but not as nervous as last year.†I was … Continue reading
Museum Update June 26, 2011
Well I have almost eight weeks down..the time I spend at the museum goes quite fast. We are seeing a influx of tourists especially on rainy days. They are tired of entertaining their kids in a cabin..so they all come … Continue reading
Posted in Far Sides Thoughts, Historical Society Museum
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Bad Medicine Lake
Just a little ways north of us is a lake called Bad Medicine. We drove up there one evening to scout out the public landing just incase Jen and Andy want to explore that lake someday. The landing is great, … Continue reading
Wild Iris
It is summer now, we have had summer for three whole days..and it has rained and rained. Finally yesterday afternoon we saw the sun. That has been our weather pattern, it rains for three or four days or the wind … Continue reading
A Gull and A Changed View
Far Guy and I were in town on Monday, one day before summer arrived along with the cool weather and the rain. Far Guy wanted me to take a few photos so he pulled over into the Casey’s parking lot. … Continue reading
Posted in Area History, Far Guy
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Wistful Wednesday: A Flower Picker
I guess I used to pick my Mother’s flowers. She took a picture to prove it. My Mom took this photo and she wrote “Pickin my flowers again.†Apparently I was a repeat offender. It also looks like I might … Continue reading
Posted in Farm Life, Flowers, my mother, Wistful Wednesday
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The Yellow Slippers
I did get just a few photos of the Yellow Lady’s Slippers on the back driveway. This year there are seven blooms. Ten years ago we had three blooms. You have to be patient! The seventh is there but … Continue reading
Posted in Lady Slippers, Minnesota
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