Woods and Water - Dick Herfindahl
Shown here is a picture of my great granddaughter, Avery showing off her braids to great grandpa, which she’d had done for the first time. Another is of her mom showing her a picture of how they looked.
We finally had our last Christmas of the season. It was good to spend time with some of the grandsons, their significant others and our great granddaughter, Avery. It was a fun day and I believe that everyone had a good time.
I am really wanting to get back to doing a little painting. I...
WILDLIFE - Shown here is a picture of a hen turkey leading her young ones across the street. The other is of two deer cruising down the street across from our house.
I can’t believe the weather that we have been having lately. It has been more like in March, so as a true Minnesotan I know that we will pay for this eventually.
The light sprinkling of fresh snow that we received the other day gave the ground a fresh look, if only for a few hours. As I...
This past holiday season was a very good one. I got to eat my share of lutefisk and lefse, which makes it nice, but spending time with family is what really makes it special.
The Minnesota DNR has many winter activities available for you to try. Listed here are a few favorite outdoor...
Shown here is a picture of my son, Brad and when he and I were at the cabin and also one of my son Brian on one of our late summer fishing trips.
Since Christmas is now in the rearview mirror, it is time to move into the new year. Last year, I was lucky enough to welcome a great grandson, Krew. We also celebrated our great granddaughter Avery’s 2nd Birthday. I can remember the special feeling that I had when my sons were born. Then it was...
Can you smell it? The aromas of cinnamon and pine are floating through the air in many stores, while Christmas music can be heard almost everywhere you go. I really love Christmas music, choirs singing and, to me, the sound of little children singing Christmas carols is always something special....
Shown here is a picture of my 2 granddaughters putting up our Christmas tree. That has been a tradition for quite a few years that the girls would come over and spend the night. When we got up in the morning, we would bring the decorations down and they would help decorate. That is a tradition that we are still carrying on today except the girls no longer want to spend the night at grandpa and grandmas.
I can’t believe Christmas is only a few weeks away and I haven’t done any shopping. For some reason, I have had a tough time getting into the spirit of the season. This past Sunday my son Brad, his wife Miranda and my two granddaughters, Emma and Ava, came over to help decorate the house. My...
SNOWFALLS - Shown here are some pictures of spring snowfalls at the cabin.
I know that snow isn’t exactly my friend when it comes to being too much snow. I have found that there are certain things that I can no longer do. My days of shoveling a lot of snow (anything over 3-inches) are over. My son, Brian, and my daughter-in-law, Kim, along with their son, Taylor, came...
November has a few milestones in my life. It was my mother’s birthday on the 24th and also my wife’s birthday. It was also a time for the annual Thanksgiving feast, at least that’s what I remember as a kid.
We always had to go to my Grandma Herfindahl’s for Christmas Eve, so I’d guess that...
This week I am choosing a different topic. Now I am not an authority on college football, but I grew up in the days of Murry Warmath and idolized folks like Carl Eller, Sandy Stephens and all of the great college players that made football great in those days. I can’t remember when any of those...
Shown here are some pictures that were taken of a wildlife management area between lower and upper Twin Lakes while my wife and I were out for a drive on a sunny Sunday winter’s February afternoon.
Once again, we are in daylight saving time, and I still don’t know why. Yes, it gets lighter earlier, but it also gets dark earlier. I suppose it is to make folks like me curious and keep older people off the streets because they don’t like to drive at night.
It looks like the farmers are...