I Love To Go A Gardening
Growing Our Life in Northern Michigan
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Thanksgiving
HAPPY THANKSGIVING! Well, one day late. I meant to get on yesterday to wish you a Happy Thanksgiving, but by the end of the day I was very tired and just wanted to relax. Our son spent Thanksgiving with his girlfriend’s family so it… Continue Reading “Thanksgiving”
Book Sale Day
Today is one of our most favorite holidays: Book Sale Day. Ok, so it’s not exactly a national holiday. Or even a day that anyone else recognizes as a holiday. However, we have adopted it as our own personal family holiday. We have the… Continue Reading “Book Sale Day”
Cousin Cletus
We adopted our dog, Hannah Joy, from the local animal shelter two days before Christmas 2017. She had been one of three dogs rescued from an owner who had mistreated and starved them. We were told that all three dogs had sand in their… Continue Reading “Cousin Cletus”
Time
Today is a very gray, rainy, November day with high temperatures in the mid-60s. Once upon a time, I used to find such days dreary, but years ago my attitude changed and I began to think of them as cozy. The warmer temperatures make… Continue Reading “Time”
Bedtime Stories
The weather turned warm again with highs in the mid-70s. It is because Michigan’s weather is so unpredictable that I always check the forecast. I need to know if the weather will be cold, hot, sunny, rainy, snowy–or all of the above–so I know… Continue Reading “Bedtime Stories”
Nancy Drew Addendum
My goal is to write a blog post about once a week. I try not to write TOO often because I know people are busy and too posts many might get annoying. Although I’ve been very slack about writing over the last year. It’s… Continue Reading “Nancy Drew Addendum”
Not Nancy Drew
The weather turned rainy and chilly overnight. I wore a sweatshirt and hoodie jacket when I went outside, but it was almost cold enough for a coat. I figured the weather would remain cold now, but I checked the forecast and the temperatures will… Continue Reading “Not Nancy Drew”
Our Enchanted Forest
Michigan tends to be bi-polar. The weather is different from year to year, day to day, and even hour to hour. I remember years throughout my life when it was warm when we went trick-or-treating on Halloween night while other years it rained, sleeted,… Continue Reading “Our Enchanted Forest”
Autumn’s Chill
Yesterday morning the house felt chilly. I tried to be tough. If we can keep the thermostat low, we save on propane. However, I couldn’t get warm so I finally told EJ that I was going to turn the thermostat up a digit or… Continue Reading “Autumn’s Chill”
A Bird In The Hand
In my last post, written on October 7, I wrote: “We still have not turned on our furnace. We just might make it to our goal of not turning it on until October 15. Wednesday night the low is forecasted to dip down to… Continue Reading “A Bird In The Hand”
Our Hobbit Life
The last few months I have not felt very motivated at all. I often think of writing, and even plan blog posts in my head, but Hannah Joy interrupts me frequently when she sees me writing. She seems to dislike anything that takes my… Continue Reading “Our Hobbit Life”
Autumn
Autumn has officially arrived. It feels like autumn with temperatures cooling, especially at night. However, the trees are not as colorful as they usually are at this time of year. We haven’t had much rain over the last month so I’m wondering if that’s… Continue Reading “Autumn”
The Trapper, The Thief, And The Widow
Here we are, already in the second week of September. It feels like autumn. We’ve had our first frost although the temperatures are forecast to gradually warm up into the 80s. Even on warmer days there is a hint of crispness in the air.… Continue Reading “The Trapper, The Thief, And The Widow”
Trapper TJ
Time has sped by and we are already nearing the end of summer. Lately we’ve had slightly cooler temperatures which hints that it won’t be long before we switch from wearing t-shirts to sweatshirts. In some ways, this has been a difficult summer because… Continue Reading “Trapper TJ”
Independence Day
I hope you had a meaningful Independence Day. Independence Day has always been one of my favorite holidays. When I was growing up, we’d have the traditional Independence Day food: hamburgers, hotdogs, potato salad, cole slaw, potato chips of various types. We had epic… Continue Reading “Independence Day”
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