It snowed again today and we had a frost last night. Well I hope I am not spamming you. This is the fourth blog of April and there will likely be a fifth, Maybe that calls for a fifth. We are getting out more and walking the shore. We have seen the work boat and […]

Ha! Ha! You must be joking, April snow? But I guess the joke is on me. Story time: April 8-10,1973 was the worst Iowa blizzard on record. I was at Iowa State University in Ames Iowa. It was sooo windy, you couldn’t stand up and they had to shut down the University. There were nineteen

We seem to be well into spring, it even got into the seventies today. Our daffies are blooming like crazy. We have started taking the shore walk for Benji’s noon walk and bringing a camera along. Benji seems to really enjoy it. We are looking forward to getting out on the water once the dock

The weather has just been playing with us. We got snow as an April Fools Day joke. I wasn’t laughing as I had to walk the dog in that sleety weather. Mother nature might play games with us but there are plenty of other signs of hope. The grass is greening up, there is birdsong

It is almost April and it really is beginning to feel like Spring might come after all. I put the dog’s warm winter coat into storage and he will get groomed on Tuesday. It is getting warmer and the sun is up longer. The daffodils are peeking up out of the ground and the grass

I had no plans to do a blog and was looking forward to some down time. I was shooting a few pictures here and there but not necessarily planning a blog. Then the storms that blew across the midwest went through here. It was quite blustery but not really a classic Nor’Easter and didn’t even

In normal times we would have a PI Day party at our house. We scheduled a PI Day party last year but decided to cancel it due to the COVID pandemic. We are still following COVID protocols and are not ready to have a PI Day Party this year. However we feel it is necessary

We are now three weeks post second Pfizer shot and we are slowly opening up. We have ordered takeout three times and been to the grocery store and a car dealer for service. We are adhering to the mask mandate and social distancing. It is refreshing to be able to do the things we used

Well, Mark had another birthday and celebrated in a big way. He is now officially older than the hills and the adage that “It is hard to teach an old dog new tricks” clearly applies. The birthday dinner was meat and potatoes and the Bday cake was a spice cake. This is kind of a

I had no intention of blogging again so soon. But two significant national holidays were scheduled so close together. Meg really wanted to celebrate Fat Tuesday even though there was no Mardi Gras parade this year. I guess we indulged a little just to help cheer everyone up. BOIDS Mammals Fun with Benji Just when