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(Older photos: 2006, Pre 2006)
This site is much like finding a photo albumn on a friend's coffiee table. No pretense of being art - more of a diary.
BillDrew@Toast.net
December 23, 2007
December 5, 2007
Sunrise after a snowstorm
November 28, 2007 Another quilt finished, washed, and hung out to dry
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November 28, 2007 Another quilt finished, washed, and hung out to dry
(Click here for larger image
of quilt, about 1.6Mb)
Sept 29, 2007
Colors continue to fill out
Colors continue to fill out
Sept 27, 2007
A well stocked wood pile counts as the pot of gold at the end
of the rainbow.
Sept 20, 2007 Fall
colors begining to show in our front yard.
(Did step on the saturation a little bit
whole bunch)Sept 5, 2007 The
tadpole in Star's pond are tree frogs
Sitting on a small marigold bloom. Frog is about half inch long.
Sitting on a small marigold bloom. Frog is about half inch long.
Sept 3, 2007
Ridgeland World's Fair parade.
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Sept 2, 2007 Show
at Otter Creek
Farm
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(I have no idea what the
"correct" posture for the rider as they go over the jump.)
August 22, 2007 Four
turkey hens have been hanging out in the field with at least 19 chicks.
Hard to count the chicks in the tall grass.
August 18,19 2007
Boyceville Pickle Festival Quilt Show
(more photos HERE)August 4, 2007
(Click here for more photos of Ben & Aura)
(Click here for more photos of Ben & Aura)
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Be sure to go to the Boyceville
Pickle Festival (August 17-19) and vote for Star's quilts. Vote early
and vote often.
July 23, 2007
One of Star's ponds -
this one is full of tadpoles
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July 13,2007 at the
shack
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of these three day lillies is about right)
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July 8, 2007 Aura's
first day at home
(another photo here)
July 7, 2007 Aura
joins the world
(more photos here)
July 1, 2007 Berry
picking at one of the neighbors.
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June 2007 - early mid
Flowers
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June 4, 2007
Mostly flower pictures for the last few days
A cat on a cold, wet, tin roof.
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A cat on a cold, wet, tin roof.
June 3, 2007
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June 02, 2007
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May 28. 2007
Interlude at neighbor's
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May 27, 2007 A
little city garden - only about three steps wide
May 26, 2007 An
exciting time in the dressage arena.
May 19, 2007
Ben, Jess, & Henry came out to watch the horse show
at our neighbor's place (Otter
Creek Farm).
April 26, 2007
Ferns, daffodils are coming on. Star planting rasberies.
April 23, 2007 Early
spring looking up hill from our addition.
In case you didn't notice the bear in the photo above:
In case you didn't notice the bear in the photo above:
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The height of the
birdfeeder gives some scale to the bear.
April 21, 2007
Squill is in bloom in the lawn
(flower is about the size of a dime)
(flower is about the size of a dime)
April 17, 2007
Turkeys out strutting in front of the house in the morning - the toms
looked like a chorus line following the hens.
Photos taken with a cheap hand-held 450mm (equiv) lens through a dirty window.
Forsythia in bloom in the afternoon
Photos taken with a cheap hand-held 450mm (equiv) lens through a dirty window.
Forsythia in bloom in the afternoon
April 15, 2007
Skulls from
under the snow and leaves.
April 12, 2007 Snow
is gone: outdoor cats followed me to the shack
April 11, 2007 Last
(?) snowstorm of the season
Backyard
Sideyard
Backyard
Sideyard
April 8, 2007 The
outdoor cats seem to be happy with the cold weather (hasn't got above
freezing for a few days)
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April 2, 2007
Rhubarb sauce real soon - unless we get a bunch of snow.
March 27, 2007 First
signs of a false spring: Catkins on the popple
March 24, 2007
Visited a neighbor - had to walk in because of muddy driveway.
March 16, 2007 Big
thaw, freeze, water dropped- leaving ice in the trees along the Hay
River
Lots of ice at the 22 mile ford on the Red Cedar
Lots of ice at the 22 mile ford on the Red Cedar
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March 13, 2007
Spring is coming: township elections are on, snow is melting, and water
is running in the tag alder swamp.
The snow is melting and is still white. One of the real joys of being out of the city.
The snow is melting and is still white. One of the real joys of being out of the city.
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March 4, 2007
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| The snow is slowly sliding off the tin roof on the shack. It has dropped about two feet. |  |
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March 2, 2007
Another foot of snow and the township's other plow/grader showed up
Feb 26, 2007 Plowed
out after about a foot of snow
Got the floor into the
addition
Feb 17, 2007 Pioneer
Days in Ridgeland - a very nice town about six miles north of us.
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The chicken toss. 120 chickens were tossed to the crowd. No nets, and only children allowed close up. If you catch one, it is yours. Some get away and become town pets - feeding at the various bird feeders in town. Some get taken home for dinner. |  |
| And of course the parade - only horses allowed. My favorite is to the right. |  |
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(There were a lot more
horses than these.)
Feb 14, 2007
Temperature got well below zero (F) so the outdoor cats came in.
Karma is the big one.
Feb 12, 2007
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put up
curtians even though we don't yet have the floor down. Need
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get the storm door on before that starts - to cut down on the
condensation on the prime door. I think the curtians will just turn into someplace for the cats to climb, but we will see. |
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Feb 4, 2007
Warmed up to -10 today. Got a picture of Star's latest quilt.
Can't figure out how to make the colors match the quilt, but
these photos will give a fair idea of the design.
 The label on the back of the quilt |
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Feb 3, 2007 Got up
to -5F today. Spent most of the day indoors - just going out
to the mail box and to get wood.
The kind of stuff I get
up to instead of staring into space.
Jan 26, 2007
Painting is underway - done except for some touch-up.
Jan 25, 2007
Jan 21, 2007
(Just playing about with
my new flash.
With bounce it -sometimes- works well enough to stitch three
images to gether while balancing with outside light level.)
Jan 15, 2007
First snow of the year and the first of the season that will last more
than a day or so. Start of first cold on the 16th.
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Early Jan 2007
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Some of the older photos will
stay on this page just cause I like them.
Dec 20,21 2006 Pictures of Ben at his own page
Dec 20,21 2006 Pictures of Ben at his own page
Nov 13, 2006 First
real snow of the year - and it pretty much melted by the end of the day.
August 2006
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May 8,
2006 The summer birds are back.
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April
21, 2006 Spring has sprung. Daffodils are in
bloom - even
if they are getting overgrown by blackberries.
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16, 2006 Another 3-4 inches of snow.
Light fluffy
stuff this time so
shouldn't cause any problems. Snow does seem to bring out the birds. Cardinals showed up a few days ago, but haven't seen much of the turkeys since the fox started showing up on a regular basis.  |
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Deer showed up 6 minutes after official sunset. Been throwing out the squash as it goes bad - lots of critters like the seeds and the deer almost get into a fight over them. Gets dark fairly early with a hill to our west. Nice in sumer though. |
March
14, 2006 Ended up with a bit over a foot of snow which is
melting and compacting fast. A light snow kept going for a
long
time so couldn't get out to take pictures before a lot blew out of the
trees. More snow expected tomorrow.
March
13, 2006
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Star can't wait for
the snow to stop falling before she shovels the
steps. Not likely that anyone will show up for a few days
unless
the
neighbor walks over. Not sure if we want the snowplow to show
up
or
not. The driveway is partly thawed so the snowplow could rip
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March
12, 2006 Snow has melted further, but some due tonight.
The Chickadees grab a seed and head off to eat it elsewhere.
The Chickadees grab a seed and head off to eat it elsewhere.
March
9, 2006 The red squirel was
teasing the cats in front of the basement window.
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Jan 24,
2006 Some of Star's flowers are blooming.
Oct 21,
2005 The turkeys are back. The first time we
have seen a
big flock. A solitary hen was in the field most days this
summer,
and a group of three toms were out front in the late summer many days.
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Sept 5,
2005 Star won the Grand Championship in the quilting show
at
the Ridgeland World's Fair (They really do call it that - everywhere
but in print). The
first place is for the category (Hand Applique), the Grand Champion
ribbon is for the best of any kind of quilting - about 30 entries
including the quilted jacket next to Star.
That is in addition to the first place ribbon for the Dunn County Fair.
(A more detailed picture of the quilt is here - 280K.)
That is in addition to the first place ribbon for the Dunn County Fair.
(A more detailed picture of the quilt is here - 280K.)
| July 4, 2005 The gray fox that Star has been feeding. Mostly table scraps and cat food our finniky cats won't touch. Our neighbors came by on their horses this evening with their dog. The dog took off into the woods with no chance whatsoever of catching the fox, but it might be a while before she comes back. Will see. | 
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Oct 11,
2004 View of part of our front yard.
The garden has
been mostly cleared, we will leave up the sunflowers on the north edge
for the critters. The rest will come out so I can dig in some
more turkey manure and spread the cow manure that has been composting
in
a pile. This sand seems to be able to take an almost
unlimited
amount of turkey manure. Put it on about three inches thick
in
spots this year and those were the best areas.
(one panorama in three projections - two really strange)
