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I guess that it is officially summer at our place.  You could argue that it’s still late spring since the Summer Solstice is still a week away.  Or you could argue that summer started really early since we had such an early spring.  However, for us summer begins when our guests come back.  We work […]

This is it!  The day so many have been looking forward to – Minnesota walleye fishing Opener!  While our preparations for today are different from most of you (we won’t have time to put new line on our fishing poles until sometime in June!) we are just as excited for tomorrow.   Walleye Opener means that our […]

I’m pretty sure I’m old now.  It’s not the sagging skin around my chin or the frown line between my eyes that makes me certain.  It’s the feeling I get this time of year when 3:00 rolls around and I’m desperate for an excuse to head to the house and rest my aching back.  Spring cleaning and […]

Spring is my second favorite time of the year.  That’s because it is the season where I anticipate my first favorite time of the year – summer!  In northern Minnesota we prize our spring and summer because they are so brief.  The first warm, sunny day of the year we all suddenly remember why we […]