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Priceless Heirlooms
This past week I’ve been updating a genealogy book I compiled about 10 years ago, at the request of my great-aunt who wants it for a family reunion in a couple of weeks. It had been awhile since I had taken time to work on genealogy, and I always enjoy it, so that was a fun diversion from some of…
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Old Fashioned Lemonade
I like to make old-fashioned lemonade. Okay, I cheat a little bit, in that I use bottled lemon juice rather than fresh-squeezed lemons. It’s a lot less work and tastes almost as good. I also like to use raw sugar which adds to the “old-fashioned” flavor. Old Fashioned Lemonade Recipe 1 cup lemon juice 3/4 cup raw sugar (Can use…
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July Monday
The weather in my neck of the woods: Just beautiful! We had 3 uncomfortably warm days last week. Otherwise, we’ve had no hot weather to speak of. Things that make me happy: Sunshine with temps in the 70s! Books I’m reading: Don’t laugh. I almost always have this many going at once… Perfectly Invisible by Kristin Billerbeck (by my bed)…
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The Workbasket – June 1952
This issue of the Workbasket magazine is from 59 years ago– June 1952. Such a pretty lacy crocheted doily on the cover. I can’t quite make out what’s in the dish, though. Can you? I think maybe it’s candy and/or nuts. I can’t think of anything else a 1950s housewife might keep in a fancy dish on the side table.…
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Holiday Getaway
We enjoyed a camping trip over the long weekend. Our friends, the B family, joined us for part of the time. They had never been camping before… nor had they been geocaching. We were happy to introduce them to the fun! One of the geocaches took us up a very long, bumpy road to the top of a mountain. It…
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Interview with Ocieanna (and book giveaway)
In May when I got to go to the writers’ conference one of the authors I was excited to meet was Ocieanna Fleiss. I had read and enjoyed Love Finds You in Victory Heights, Washington and Love Finds You in Lonesome Prairie, Montana (which she wrote with Tricia Goyer), so I recognized her name on the schedule. Ocieanna taught a…
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North Idaho Backcountry
Sunday was a gorgeous day for a backcountry drive and a little Geocaching. The temp was in the high-60s/low-70s all day and it was sunny with pretty puffy clouds. Lyle planned a route taking us down along the St. Joe River and then up over Moon Pass back to I-90 and then home again. We found 5 Geocaches and were…
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Hiking in the Springtime
I never get tired of the lush greenness of the woods in our area. We spent some time hiking and geocaching while we were camping. The sun finally did come out and it turned out to be a beautiful day. The sunlight filtering through the trees on the new spring growth was just breathtaking. There are quite a few caches…
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Housekeeping in the Woods
When I was growing up, my brothers and sisters and I would play in the woods by the hour. We would set up elaborate “houses” and visit each other. This past weekend I found myself doing the same thing with my own family. We had been planning for awhile to go camping at Priest Lake for Memorial Day weekend. Friday…
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There and Back Again
And so I guess you’re probably waiting to hear how my trip home was, aren’t you? After my oh-so-colorful experience of taking the Greyhound bus to Seattle (and then on to Tacoma) on Thursday, I can’t say I was especially looking forward to repeating the experience on Sunday. I was to catch the bus at 8:00 a.m. in Tacoma and…
