Winter at 5300′

Winter at 5300′

Living at the northern 45th parallel for most of my life means winter is a big part of my year. A really big one. And now that I live at 5,300’ instead of 830’, it seems it clings to our days longer than even a Minnesota winter can. Last ‘summer’ we went camping the...
back burner

back burner

I have this urge to start every long overdue post with ’Are you there god? It’s me Margaret!’  … but then I don’t. Because I’m not writing a letter to God. Nor is my name Margaret. Nor am I writing about needing to increase my bust size. Though I will say that most of...
a quick European Adventure photo update

a quick European Adventure photo update

Yep. That is the title of my post. Am I trying to be clever? Nah – just being honest. This really is a quick update with photos from what I have dubbed my European Adventure. Over the last few weeks I have been slowly working on photos from my whirlwind 92...
Nice is…

Nice is…

… I want to say ‘nice’ but something about that pun makes me want to scream. So I’m not officially saying it. But it is nice here. I am absolutely amazed that I spent 12 hours out and about, walking, seeing, eating, drinking, reading,...