Tag: Family

Kitty play

The ball never really stands a chance. She devotes her energy to this game. She gets right in there and uses both paws to play.

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Cattitude

His Cattitude sign rests on the floor next to his cat perch. He lays in it for hours, sleeping the day away, and looks out and judges the dogs as they are being buffoons. He has little time for their playing and about as much interest in what the kids are doing as well.

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Chasing flies

Besides playing the game, we would enjoy watching the game. Sometimes I would sit in the crow’s nest and announce my brother’s game. Other times I would sit in the bleachers and spit sunflower seeds with my team-mates. Many times, I would stand along the fence line and hope for foul balls to be hit. 

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Welcome Rocky!

Welcome Sign as you enter the small town of Silver Bay, Minnesota. The statue on the left is named Rocky. He represents the Taconite industry that is the primary industry of the town. My wife is from this town and I enjoy visiting. Wonderful people to visit with and ?lots of beautiful scenery to photograph.

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It’s all relative

New Underwood – 31 miles. Rapid City – 50 miles. Hot Springs – 100 miles.

These are mile markers found along Interstate 90 heading west. They are all towns in South Dakota. Towns that I have been to. Towns that are part of my history. Towns that my family have lived in.

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Happy 45

Celebrated my 45th birthday the other day. Woke up early and enjoyed the quiet as the rest of the house was happily sleeping in on their Sunday. The temperature outside read negative 14, so I started a fire in the stove and sat down with a Coke. I took a few minutes to evaluate my […]

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Resolved

So, it has been an awfully long time since I have written anything on this blog. And I am extremely disappointed with that fact. It has weighed on me daily as I enjoy blogging and all that comes with it. There are so many things that I can blog about since the last time that […]

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Kodak Moment

I love photos. I take pictures all the time. I have a digital camera that I leave in my car that I keep for “emergency” photo ops. I have a camera sitting next to me on my desk as I write this. I take these pictures for a number of reasons. I take them as […]

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Importance

“You may never have proof of your importance but you are more important than you think. There are always those who couldn’t do without you. The rub is that you don’t always know who.” – Robert Fulghum Years ago, my oldest son joined Cub Scouts. Pack 50 was part of Mark Twain Elementary and was […]

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