2010 Lake TOdd (MN) Ice Out March 30

As Those Who Have Followed the blog, Ice Out is Always a big deal for us. It means, kind of, that you’ve made it through the winter.  It means things are about to green up.  Geese have been fighting over the ice the last couple of weeks, now they’ll settle in to do what geese do. While the blackbirds have been back a couple of weeks, now... [Read more]

The Annual Cassoulet Bash

In Minnesota, winters can be, well, uncomfortable.  Especially this year!   So we really NEED, no, DESERVE, comfort food.  For those who have read elsewhere on this blog, we get together with 3 other couples each year in deep winter (mid-Jan to Mid-Feb) and comfort ourselves with cassoulet.  Paula Wolfert’s cassoulet.  As included in her... [Read more]

2009 Minnesota Christmas Storm

There’s Got to Be A Morning After! It’s been awhile since we’ve had a really good storm.  This one did it!  3 inches, 5 inches, 6 inches and 2 inches.  And it’ll all still probably be here in March when things thaw out. But after all that snow and plowing, there’s a lollipop!  This morning (Sunday) was stunning. ... [Read more]

Measuring the Seasons by the Land

Or,  Here Come the Post Toasties! Every year, harvest marks the end of the season, and the nearing beginning of winter.  This year Dan Piehl didn’t get the corn out until December…a full month later than normal.  And the next day we had snow showers and freezing temps. The other event that marks the winter is the geese heading south,... [Read more]

What's Wrong with these pictures?

What’s wrong with these pictures, you ask? And Betsy’s here canning the last of our kind neighbor Jerry Notch’s cucumbers, picked only a couple of days ago. It’s friggin’ October 12th, that’s what’s wrong with these pictures! There are still leaves on the trees! Fall chores aren’t done. Wood isn’t... [Read more]

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