Tuesday, February 19, 2019

Traveling Pests

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         From Lake D'Arbonne State Park on the northern border of Louisiana, starting week 6 of our winter trip south.      It a...
Wednesday, February 6, 2019

2019 Winter Vacation

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January 9th we headed south driving 3 days and ending up in Sab Angelo state park for a week.  We then moved south to Garner state park near...
Thursday, January 24, 2019

Texas Talk

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Overheard in the local Farm and Ranch store in rural TX. “My foot hurts something awful,” drawled Slim, not really so slim ...
Monday, January 21, 2019

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Margo and I took off headed south Wednesday, January 9th.  We drove 3 days south south west and got to San Angelo State Park in TX and staye...
Thursday, December 20, 2018

Happy Holidays 2018

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The Annual Christmas newsletter is online -- 2018 Christmas Newsletter
Friday, December 7, 2018

Four Cheerios Box Tops and $1 Buys a Radio

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Brother Everett and I got into radios in our early teens. It started when Uncle Lloyd loaned us a WWII crystal radio he used in the barracks...
Saturday, November 17, 2018

Historical Map of the St Croix Falls to Grantsburg area

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   Got interested in what one can do with Google Maps.  They have the satellite maps of the whole earth online and let us create our own m...

Deer Hunting Season in Wisconsin 2018

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Uncle Maurice raised this fawn after its mother died in a car accident.   Today, November 17th, 2018, starts the traditional ...
Thursday, November 8, 2018

Scanning Old Photographs Rapidly with Epson WF 7620

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Epson WF 7610, 7620, 7710, 7720 -- How to scan a stack of photos This is an educational post -- and one that will refresh my memory of the ...
Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Trick or Treating 1955

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    Halloween was one of the few times that we could get away from the farm, school, chores and get candy – and so we look...