Brewers Star Wars

Damon has been going to Brewer games lately (Fri. eve with his dad and Sun. with his mom). He ran into a couple of far-out people while at the Sun. game.

Car Door-1 Damon-0

Damon learned the results of slamming a car door on your own finger!

Snow on Fri. & Sat. May 7 & 8, 2010

Damon, Linda, & I got up to the lake Friday eve, May 7 through the rain & snow after stopping at the Oneida Village for supper. Friday eve we started the water softener and water heater, turned up the thermostat, made beds, built a fire, fiddled with the unresponsive tv satellite, played Rummy Royal, etc. Saturday morning showed some snow accumulation from Friday with snow showers continuing some Sat. morn. On Sat. we all pitched in and continued "opening" up the cottage (dusting, cleaning toilets & sinks, removing plastic from the porch, changing out the storms for screens on some doors and windows, cleaning the eve troughs, picking up big sticks, removing the well straw covering, removing the mailbox milk can & post, etc.). We saw the bears for the first time that evening. We also played Trivia Pursuit and made s'mores in the fireplace. Sunday, we raked the lawn, and when Laura showed up played Fish cards before she and Damon went home. After they left, the bears showed up again.

Bear Facts May 8 & May 9, 2010

Linda, Damon, & I saw 3 bear cross 1/2 way between the lake & house around 7:00 pm Saturday, May 8, 2010. Looked like a sow, teenager, and cub. Sow probably about 30 to 50% bigger than the teenager. Sunday, May 9, 2010 I was fishing on the dock and saw the bears walking in the dry edge of the lake by Lodel's heading toward the road. I ran into the house, grabbed the camcorder and waited watching toward the lake. No bear, so decided to check road side of house. Momma was already a little past us headed towards Quicks. I couldn't catch her on the camcorder, but did get the teenager and cub.
This happened second.



This happened first. Please ignore my comment at the end of "s***" when I realized I hadn't been able to find Momma through the trees with the camcorder to record her.

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Turtle Lake WI Pool Time

3 Wisconsitites spent Sun. eve in Turtle Lake at the Hotel. 2 Minnesotians came over Monday to visit, swim, & eat lunch.

Another delay

Hi everyone. I'm still in Cambridge. We have a flight scheduled for Wednesday at 7:55 AM. It's anyone's bet as to whether we'll be able to leave though. I spent Saturday wandering around Cambridge just enjoying the wonderful weather. It's been sunny and very pleasant. Our group is very fortunate that we were able to extend out hotel rooms. We are not wanting for anything except a flight home.

It's spring here and many of the plants are beginning to bloom. Gardening is a very popular activity here.

This is one of the many churches here in the UK. The picture doesn't really show you how large it really is.

On Sunday we went to see Stonehenge. It is located in the middle of a sheep farm way out in the middle of nowhere. However, it is a really popular tourist attraction and they bring them in by the bus load.

Hopefully this situation will clear soon and we'll be on our way back.

Still in Cambridge

Hello everyone. Yes, I'm stranded in the UK because of the volcano eruption in Iceland. I've got a flight out on Saturday afternoon. Here are a couple more pictures. Lots of steeples and clocks.
This is the backside of Kings College.

Lots of statues.

I think this church was built in the 1100's. Be back on Saturday.

Again from UK

Everything is going well. I was able to get out again last night and take a few more pictures. Anybody know what kind of bird this is? It swims but it doesn't have web feet.
This is the back side of Kings College. It's really impressive. They wouldn't let me onto the campus because it was after 5:30. Which reminds me...most of the shops close at 5:30. It's going to be tough buying souvenirs.

There's a canal that runs through most of the campus which has a lot of punting traffic. Punting is the boat that is propelled by someone with a pole. It's really popular but looks like a lot of work to me.

Towers, sprirals, and chimneys with lots of narrow streets. Lots to see. I'll fly home on Friday. See you soon.

Trip to England

Hey everyone, I arrived in England on Sunday morning 11:15 AM (5:15 AM CST) after an all night flight. I didn't get a lot of sleep partly because the sun was rising about 1:30 AM CST. Cambridge is loaded with historic buildings, shops, pubs, etc. but I have managed to get out and take a couple pictures. Below is Newton's bridge. Apparently it was an engineering marvel when it was originally built.
This is King's college. It's a very impressive building with hugh towers on each side. This is the side that faces the down town area. I'm hoping to get to the other side tonight. It really is big.

This is the view from my hotel. Very nice.

I don't have internet at the hotel. Well, just say I'm to cheap to pay for it at the hotel. I'll try to post some more pictures tomorrow.

Eagles in the Fog

It never fails. Jan and I got up this morning and drove all the way to Prairie du Chein to see the Eagles and this is what we get. Fog, fog and more fog. The weather finally cooperated later in the day and we did manage to get a couple pictures. IAs you can see, they were there and once the fog lifted it was pretty cool.

Belated 2009 Christmas 1 -9 & 10 - 2010

Elsie Mae & her parents came over from MN for our Christmas gathering.

Elsie Mae 18 1/2 month Stats:

Height- 33 1/2 inches (92nd %)

Weight- 25 lbs. (65th %)

Intelligence, Personality, & looks- 2 Thumbs up (120%)

New Link to Lisa and Brandon's Wedding Website

Hey everybody, check out Lisa and Brandon's new wedding website.

Laura got hit on Dec. 19 and her car totaled. On Dec. 30 she bought this 2007 Ford Focus ZX5 SES with 5,600 miles on it.

Today is Inlaw2's 62nd Birthday. Great things are being accomplished today. She's mixing up peanut blossom cookies for Christmas, now meets the requirements to get those Soc. Sec. checks - which don't start coming until the end of Feb. :-( , and is working on details for a mini-cruise vacation (hopefully in April). See 'ya all soon.

60 & Over the Hill? Not!!!

Tonight we celebrated my 60th Birthday (which is tomorrow - Dec. 9). My favorite oldest daughter provided my favorite grandson with the the Over the Hill (AM NOT) decorations and he decorated. Snowing like crazy tonight and schools, etc. are already cancelled for tomorrow.

Tonight (Fri. Dec. 4, 2009) was Shawano's Santa Parade. Merchants downtown were open and catering to the parade goers. Damon & his guitar teacher played guitars & sang for an hour in the Jungle Music Store.

Trail walk

Lovely weather this Nov. 7 Saturday. Laura went for a walk on the trail with Wil, Damon, & Doodles. Not in picture is Laura - she was the cell phone photographer.

Some of the parts you don't eat on the deer

King & Queen mentioned they hadn't seen any pictures of my buck since it was mounted. Good excuse for me to post some pictures of him again. :-)

Freddie Halloween Kruger alias Damon