9.9's about to make their last trip of the season - onto the trailer to come out of the water for the winter I am always surprised ...

Our little Abby has been dying to go in a kayak ever since the 'big kids' came down to visit a few weeks ago. She sees other peop...

A hot afternoon in June, lots of water, Abby on my back in the carrier, and friends made for a great day! Some of the older youth from o...

Honestly, I'm not a sales person. Some people can sell fish to a woman with fish at home in her freezer (yes, that woman was me... and y...

Goldeneye ducklings DUCK!            Several years ago we had a couple of goldeneye ducklings waddle down our driveway. We were both exc...

For the first six years of our marriage Mike and I went houseboating at the very end of the season when most of the other houseboats were up...

It was a few years ago now that the realization hit me that my garbage doesn't just vanish when it goes to the dump. I know that's a...