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heading east

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stormy weather

A picture or a song?  Take your pick.

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the big skipper

Here is Banjo Man, looking for perfect skipping rocks.  Now that the lake has gone down so much he has a lot to choose from. His rock-skipping skills have never been rivaled.  He is the World Champion, at least here … Continue reading →

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it’s a miracle

I’d never heard of this product until last month, when I had a burn on the base of my thumb.  It wasn’t a bad burn, not even anything to run cold water over or say “ouch”.  But my arthritic thumb … Continue reading →

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blood moon

Nebraska Jack is in town, and he took us all to dinner last night.  Here’s the view from the restaurant. We don’t see the moon from the house.  It’s behind us, so unless we’re driving along the road on the … Continue reading →

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how low can it go

It’s the time of year when the lake’s levels are lowered.  It’s a slow process, but another sign that winter is coming and summer is over. So I have a wider beach…and more places to hunt for arrowheads on my … Continue reading →

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pulling over on the side of the road…

…to take these pictures: I was on my way to the Big  City to pick up  Banjo Man at the airport Tuesday evening.  That afternoon we’d had wind and rain and hail…and then a rainbow. I had to pull off … Continue reading →

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story man’s stories

You all know Story Man. Yeah, the guy with the fish. Last March one of his screenplays won Best Nebraska screenplay at the Omaha Film Festival. And now another script, a Western period piece (Story Man loves his western history!) … Continue reading →

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happy birthday, retired mountain lady!

Keep rockin’, lady!  It looks good on you!  

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i call it waldo

There is an arrowhead in this photo. I saw it in the photo 20 hours after taking the picture and I have spent quite a bit of time down on the beach trying to find it.  Which, of course, is … Continue reading →

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