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banjo man’s return

Somehow every airport trip’s midpoint (maybe 1/3 point?) ends up at Jimmy John’s.  Banjo Man loves the tuna and I like the turkey with avocado.  We debate trying other places, sit down restaurants, etc. but the ease and speed of … Continue reading

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smoke and jam

Can you tell it’s fire season?  The fires are far away, I hear.  In Canada.  But the wind blows the smoke here, as you can see. This was taken around 4:00 Friday afternoon.  It looks strange, doesn’t it? Yesterday I … Continue reading

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blueberry day

Looking at all of these blueberries in my kitchen sink reminded me of the times I would watch my grandmother clean the wild blueberries we’d just picked.  She’d dump them all in the big cast iron sink and ready them … Continue reading

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crunch time

Dancing Mandolin Player and I are practicing our 17, 18 and/or 20 songs for our gig at the Arts & Crafts Festival in town in two weeks.  I think we only need 15 songs, so we are trying to decide … Continue reading

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buried treasure

He is very good at finding things.  If you’ve lost an earring or dropped a tiny screw or popped out a contact lens, you want this guy in the vicinity.  We don’t know how he does it. And this year?  … Continue reading

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oh, lonesome me

This raven stayed for about half an hour, enjoying sipping from the water’s edge and watching the boats go by. I took the picture through the front door screen, which you can probably see.  We have a lot of ravens around … Continue reading

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girls on the beach

One of us is snacking.  The other is wondering where Banjo Man put the bag of Doritos. Yesterday I decided to be on vacation.  After a fun practice with Dancing Mandolin Player in the morning (did I tell you we … Continue reading

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camping, sort of

    All winter Banjo Man, his brother and our two sons talked about “going camping up at the cabin”. To say this trip had reached “epic” status would be an understatement.  Spending the night in the cabin up on the mountain … Continue reading

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brothers on vacation

They do have a good time together. They played golf.  Competed in nightly rounds of Canasta.  And went kayaking on calm summer mornings. We had dinner with friends from town.     Relaxing hours on the shore. Lunch at the Pie Hut, the … Continue reading

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inside out, again

Taking a break from chronicling the festivities at the lake for a moment, I need to discuss something…well…disturbing. I am hoping that some of you reading this in the blogosphere will say, “Oh, yeah, I do that all the time, … Continue reading

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