One evening we drove to Bismarck to visit my brother, his amazing and wonderful wife, and my terrific nephews.  My Cousin Lisa came over as well.  It was an evening filled with thunderstorms, so we ordered pizza and had a great time while the wind blew and the rain splattered.…

Papa Richard brought Max in next to the barn so that Auntie Dot could lead the kids around the yard one night.  This was one of the highlights of our time in Valley City.  There were always two cousins together on Max’s back at a time, and Dot got and…

After a week of freedom to ride his bike whenever he wanted on long, spacious driveways at both Grandma Robbie’s farm and at Grandma Kathy’s house, Mr. TOF  mastered riding his pedal bike with zero assistance  from anyone.  He rode almost all day, nearly every day that the weather was…

After a long day of packing and organizing and cleaning to prepare for our departure the next morning, I had read that the full moon on Friday, June 13 was a strawberry moon.  The last time a strawberry moon had happened on Friday the 13th was 95 years ago, and…

She didn’t crash land . . . this time.  

The biggest reason why we spent last week in North Dakota was because YaYa was attending band camp at International Music Camp, which is a fine arts summer school located in the peace garden on the border with Canada.  I spent a week at this camp five different summers of…

We spent the week in North Dakota.  I have much to post about this over the next few days.  While driving hither and yon throughout the state, on the highways and byways  we spotted: 7 dead raccoons. 4 dead deer, one of which I think might have been the one…

I came across this list of questions about reading on another blog I was reading, and I thought they were intriguing, so I’m posting my answers too. Do you have a special place in your home dedicated to reading? I do not really have a particularly favorite place to read,…

Mr. Trouble on Feet loves the hose.  Dr. Peds took note of this, and gave him the job of using the hose to water the grass that we are growing outside the back door where we had to do some landscaping.  Mr. TOF is authorized to use the hose three…