While vacationing in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho we stopped at the “Old Mission” which is the oldest standing building in Idaho. What was going to be a quick walk through ended up being a 3-hour adventure as we stopped to marvel at their handiwork done with barely any tools. Below is the story of the […]

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Rain, rain go away. I moved my work inside. Luckily, I haven’t finished the stripped floors yet so I just rolled up the area rug, put a canvas cover cloth on my dining room table and just worked in the house. We eat in front of the TV so we don’t use […]

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We went through the Firefighter’s Historical Museum Saturday and was really surprised how interesting it was. It is full of antique fire equipment, trucks and horse-drawn pump wagons, alarms, fireboxes, uniforms, photos, you name it! I took some video and pictures (they welcome cameras so bring it along.) You can […]

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We spent Friday through Sunday near Woodstock, IL. (We came for a friend’s birthday party in Crystal Lake, IL.) I love the town square where the movie Groundhog Day was filmed. Woodstock stood in as Punxsutawny, PA. The opera tower where Bill Murry’s character, Phil Conners, jumps off of is right on […]

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