This post was inspired by someone asking me yesterday if I ever took photographs of buildings. Why, yes! I think I do! All Silent Sunday photographs are copyrighted by Carol Labuzzetta. There is no permission to duplicate in any manner, digital or otherwise! Thank you!
Dog Training We have an exuberant yellow lab who will be 2 years old at the end of June. She is still a puppy, according to people who know Labrador Retrievers. The pandemic was hard on pets as it was hard on humans. For a while, early in the pandemic, her doggie day care shut…
There are many ideas running through my head this Friday morning. But, none seem worth writing about. It’s been a busy week. We’ve seen several people we haven’t seen in a year or more. I had lunch out with a friend yesterday. Then, I used the afternoon to pot up some of my annuals and…
Sunday, Mother’s Day, my oldest son and I took a small hike in the Town of Trempealeau up to the ancient mounds of the Mississippians, who lived in this area overlooking the Mississippi River 1000 years ago. The property is now permanently protected by our local land trust, Mississippi Valley Conservancy, through a conservation easement….
Yesterday we did something exciting! We went to our land in the next town over to locate and measure a spot for a new pole building for my husband’s wood shop. He makes fine furniture. Building the shop will be the next step after our driveway is installed next month (hopefully). Our 14+ acre wooded…
Most of my trips on The Great River Road have been southbound. It is because I take jewelry to an art gallery in Iowa for the summer tourist season. This is my seventh year of doing so. I have not yet made that trip for this year. I mailed my stock instead of physically taking…
I should definitely not be writing this post. I love candy and always have. As I’ve aged, I’ve realized that candy is an “empty” food, which means one that does not have any nutritional value. Still, I’m very much attracted to a sweet treat. I remember being “in charge” of my sister, two years my…
All photos are copyrighted by Carol Labuzzetta, 2021. No permission exists to duplicate in any form.
Slowly, we are returning to normal. In the last month, we have eaten in a restaurant three times. Two of these times were just my husband and I at a higher end fast food place. But, Thursday, we went out to dinner with our youngest son, his girlfriend, and her parents. This took place at…
We live in Wisconsin in a town that has grown over three fold in the last twenty years. Houses occupy what used to be cornfields and prairie, tightly woven together with a maze of streets and lights where once there was nothing but crickets and darkness. Human development greatly impinges on the environment. In these…