Deaf Dogs and Benevolent Gnomes

Spring weather here in North Dakota has some wild swings.  Thunderstorms, hot days, sudden cold snaps, you name it, it can and does happen....

The other day my mom brought me something that I guess has been hiding in a closet for the past 19 years. It was a poster of the U.S. that ...

The continuation of our tour through Minneapolis in April.  You can read Mississippi River Recreation Area - Part 1 if you happened to mis...

These are the last two posts about our weekend trip to Minneapolis.  Minneapolis is a 5+ hour drive away, and even though we've lived i...

During our recent long weekend in Minneapolis we stopped by the St. Paul area for dinner at The Happy Gnome.  The Happy Gnome is a bre...

Alycia had a conference in Minneapolis in early April and I accompanied her down to "the Cities" for a long weekend trip.  We h...

It's been an awesome week of woodpeckers.  There's no coincidence that Week of Woodpeckers makes the acronym WOW! It's been a w...

There was an awesome bird sighting on the homestead this morning - a Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker!  I was way more excited than I should have b...