A few years ago, Two Old Hippies Guitars out of Colorado and Breedlove Guitars out of Bend joined forces and opened Two Old Hippies in Bend. Â While visiting a friend across the street from their company, we saw a little chipmunk running up and down their sign. Â I know it's pretty tiny, but he …
Coming in for a Landing
Our hummingbird population seems to have drastically diminished over the last two weeks. Â It has cooled down considerably and I'm afraid they may have started their migration south. Â If so, it's awfully early . . . we usually have hummingbirds here until October. Maralee
“Home”
This is another photo from the town in Minnesota where I grew up. Â Grand Marais is one of the entry points into to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW). Â When I was growing up, this was where you started. Â They have since changed the entry point and the last time I was home, the …
Miranda Friday
Contemplation. Maralee
The Smoke Returns
We've been fortunate that for several weeks all of the wildfires in the area were under control. That ended last night when a wild-fire about 70 miles away "blew up." Â A massive cloud of smoke blew in our direction and by 9:00 last night we were enveloped in smoke. Â This morning the smoke wasn't quite …
