The dreaded diorama

Nora's project this month was to make a diorama of either an urban, suburban or rural community. She decided to create a replica of Grandma Jo's farm. While the size of the board wasn't large enough to keep everything in its exact location, we have a pretty recognizable farmstead. We like to joke that Rick got all "E"s on the project!

June Horse Camp Reprised

I just got some cute pictures of Nora and her Buddies at Horse Camp, so I thought I'd post a cute one!
Ana, Nora, Grace, and Kate

Halloween Night

While more time would have been better, Nora claims that I was "born to make costumes!"

Sense much fear sound bite  Frank Oz sound bites

Halloween is coming, mwaaaaaaaaaaaa

Ahsoka Tano and Yoda

Vincent Price Laugh sound bite  Scary sound bites

Check back for more after the weekend!

Paul Bunyon

I think there are a few viewers who will recognize this recreation of a past photo - I guess we should have taken it in black and white!

Fishing in July

Here are the two fishers from this summer. We rented a private cabin just north of Bemidji on Beltrami Lake for a week. Needless to say we ate fish for supper every single day!




































































There's a good story attached to this last picture. It was too dark to clean the fish so Rick hung the stringer over the dock for the night. When we came out the next morning, only one of five fish was on the stringer and the carcass of one was scattered around the sandy bottom. All we can figure is that some animal helped himself to the bottom fish on the stringer, letting the rest slide off and swim away, with only the the top one being too small to slide over the ring.
Somebody had a good meal!

Summer Visitors from Europe

Mona's family came to stay in early June, before taking her back to Nuremburg: Mona, Leoni, Christine, Jochen.



In July, Gun and Lisel came for a short visit from Stockholm!