Northview Diary

  You know of course that we lost both our parents four days apart over New Years. They were 87 and 89 and had a good life together, raised...

Yesterday two of my favorite people were married in a ceremony that was solemn, yet silly, poignant, and fun. I took too many photos to r...

A boy and his grandma And grandpa Cool stuff

This is a little late, but better late than never I guess. This is one of the two hay rides at our family reunion today. Lots of kids and...

Four generations, Montgomery, Friers, Schultz and Shultz Between hay we visited Mom and Dad yesterday. And got some photos. Peggy ...

Some merchandise going home from the auction the boss sold at last week. You can't see them, but there are Amish kiddies in those sea...

For my amazing sister-in-law who just graduated college with honors, while keeping their small family farm running, and taking care of h...

What a weekend. Flooding...inside the kitchen no less, from a leaky thingumabob under the sink. I think I have that mopped up and the bo...

She looks a lot like daddy and a little bit like Great grandma Peggy, which is pretty fitting I'm thinking As seen from midnight st...

Sisters....with cookies! My brother and some clever cousins came up with the idea of having an early, pot luck, Thanksgiving, for as m...

To all you fathers out there and especially to my own amazing dad, who has taught me so much and inspired me in so many things....even bi...

Things are chronically odd around here . Not necessarily bad, but unfailingly weird.  Not particularly tidy either. For example, if t...

Grey catbird at dawn Making hay is what you do when the sun shines . It is shining this week, so that is what the boss is doing, as s...

Kitteh, lying in wait for something Please click to enlarge any of these Sitting at the kitchen table this morning getting outside the f...

Well, actually uploading. ...a video of my brother playing and singing at yesterday's family party. I'm afraid it is going to take...

Patch themselves up with duct tape when they blow out a knee and still have to work. Go to the parts store up at the other end of the ...

I was worrying yesterday on several fronts , family illness, frozen stuff, stuff that is going to freeze if that stove doesn't hurry b...

Oh, no, not that PC . Never on this blog. No we found a notebook computer for under three hundred bucks yesterday, so for a change I am not ...

Our dairy supplier was due Thursday and didn't show. We were out of the powerful liquid cleaner we use for the pipeline and bulk tank. ...

Rain coming in. Warmer than it has been but it feels cold. Oh, well. Talked to my boy last night , which made me feel much better. He has l...