Woods and Water - Dick Herfindahl
Shown here is a picture of my son Brian with a nice pike.
This past fall I was able to go to the cabin for a few days with both of my sons and my grandson Dylan. I first went with my grandson Dylan and his dad, my son Brad. Next, my son, Brian and I visited the cabin. Both times were special times where bonding with family was important.
As we...
I have enjoyed the weather that we have been experiencing, so far, this winter. Unfortunately, it will not do anything to help with the drought that we have had the last couple of years. Not only does it make it hard on the farmers, but our creeks, lakes and streams all have had to suffer. As I...
A picture of my granddaughter, Emma holding a nice northern, she is not afraid of holding a fish.
I can’t remember having a winter quite as mild as this. That statement alone may be the one that brings on a March blizzard. The old saying: in like a lamb, out like a lion or vice versa, may hold true in this case. I have been around long enough to know that, as a true Minnesotan, I am always...
In the spring or late winter, I feel that it is my duty to make at least one trip to Cabela’s and Fleet Farm in Owatonna. I have found that I have made it a tradition of sorts to make at least one trip there before the fishing opener. At my age, I don’t really feel that buying any new lures is...
If you are finding it hard to think of something to do this winter, you may want to focus on planning a summer vacation. I know that most folks in these times don’t plan out a week's vacation in advance unless it involves flying to a tropical paradise somewhere. For many years we would take at...
With the mild winter that we have been having it seems like there are not as many birds at the feeders as there have been. Nothing has changed in what I have been feeding them so I believe that the weather may have something to do with it. I’ll have to chalk it up to another mystery of nature...
If it were 35-40 years ago, I would be stressing out about the lack of ice at the parks. We have not had much snow, and the temperatures are unseasonably warm for this time of year. In their youth, my two sons spent much of the winter either skating at Academy Park or sliding down the hill on...
I can’t believe that it is almost the end of January. It seems that, as you grow older, the days and months seem to fly by. I am not saying that getting close to spring is a bad thing, but slowing the horses down a little wouldn’t hurt anything. I see from the weather forecast that we are going...
I can’t say that I don’t enjoy looking out the window and seeing a white landscape, but, with the beauty of it also comes a little work. For health reasons, I have not been able to spend as much time out in the cold as in other years. I substitute my being present by watching the birds and...
A picture of Brian and I relaxing by a campfire while enjoying a refreshment.
Whenever I get into the first few weeks after the New Year, I tend to look back on some of my memories of days gone by. This time I will start with a current memory, thanks to my grandson Trevor. He went north over the new year to try ice fishing on one of the many northern lakes that are in the...