Summer is just around the corner. Even now, the long daylight hours luxuriantly sprawl across back yards, parks, and waterfronts; twilight lingers late and the dawn chorus arrives ever so early; a bustle of green carpets the landscape and plans …
Tag: canoeing
nice for November
As the cold creeps in and the evenings start earlier and earlier, November is a nice time for longer and more leisurely story hours. This collection is full of gems for a wide age range. Hope you find something here …
let’s go camping!
Setting up the tent on a carpet of pine needles. Hiking to the music of waterfalls. Sipping hot tea around the campfire, watching sparks drift beneath the night sky. Ahhh! There’s nothing like a camping adventure. Here are a few …
vintage canoe adventures
They tested the Minnow and tested their own skill and strength in her: they back-paddled, they forward-paddled; they sent her twirling in circles…Then they changed their methods altogether, and saw how stealthily they could go: they grudged the soft whisper …
tell the ones that need to know, we are headed north…five books for a vacation in northern Minnesota!
Memorial Day week-end in Minnesota has one overarching feature: lines of cars headed north. All of Minnesota is going to open up the cabin for the short, blissful summer season ahead. Cars topped with canoes and kayaks. Cars pulling fishing …
orange marmalade 