We’ve had a tough week

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It started out great. My adopted daughter from India, Monique, and her family came to Minnesota and we all met at son, Bill's on Sunday for a family get-together. For a change, it wasn't...

Yep, it’s still raining

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But luckily, we had a fairly nice day on Saturday when son, Bill, and his family came up for a visit. He and Mason had gone to the recycling center to leave off some...

My ham and bean soup turned out perfect

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Make that perfect plus! Wow — I sneaked a taste as I ladled it into the jars and even I am impressed. Now we have 14 pints of nice bean soup sitting on the...

Now we’re working on two barns!

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As if one new barn wasn't enough, now we're working on two barns. After Will came home with five new bottle calves, and we got such a good deal on several more, we suddenly...

It’s sunny and warm!

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Finally, our cold snap has broken. I'm running around outside in a T-shirt. Hooray! I have to laugh at our wild turkey hen. At first she was terribly shy, running off when I got...