Category Archives: Family

ODE TO ODIN

Posted on June 13, 2012 by snowbirdredux

  “With the mild winter we had, everything got started earlier including the growth of the fungi,” said Keith Stafford, Fergus Falls city forester. My heart plummeted and I have been fretful all day since reading those words in the … Continue reading →

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SOCIAL BUTTERFLIES

Posted on June 13, 2012 by snowbirdredux

  I was one of many, exclaiming this past month, about the marvelous, eye-popping creatures buzzing about our local flowers here in Minnesota. What was that! In fact, I shrieked in amazement and delight one day, at my first encounter, … Continue reading →

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HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!

Posted on June 2, 2012 by snowbirdredux

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! Belated!  I missed it! I intended to write about our first year and celebrate the occasion, but somehow, we thought it was May 29th and it was actually May 22nd. I looked at my old year’s calendar and … Continue reading →

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BIRD BONANZA

Posted on May 23, 2012 by snowbirdredux

  This was a very good week. After consulting the on-line hummingbird migration charts one month ago, I noted that they were on their way! Hurrah! I ferreted out the feeders from the jumble in the garage and soaked and … Continue reading →

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IN THE GENES

Posted on May 16, 2012 by snowbirdredux

  Grandma Marie always lived with us when I was growing up and so consequently I was the little girl who resided in the fairy tale cottage on Coronado Avenue in Long Beach, California. It was a small white house, … Continue reading →

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RITE OF PASSAGE

Posted on May 12, 2012 by snowbirdredux

How is it that this little boy, this first grandchild, this delight of our life, is graduating from college? I’m feeling a bit nostalgic. So much of our quality time with Sean occurred when he was little, long before he … Continue reading →

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WHAT CAN’T BE REPLACED

Posted on March 14, 2012 by snowbirdredux

When Kristen Daum, the Fargo Forum reporter, came to Aunt Lil’s in Hickson, North Dakota last week, we didn’t know what to expect.  My cousins – Debbie, Ross and Curt were there, along with Aunt Lil. Kristen  had surprised us … Continue reading →

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SAM I AM!

Posted on March 12, 2012 by snowbirdredux

This is the year that this boy becomes 18. What his grandfather calls – “A Milestone Birthday!” Samuel Aaron Johnson, fittingly, officially moves into adulthood in the year 2012. Sam and I bonded a few years ago on the topic … Continue reading →

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ENVIRONS

Posted on March 3, 2012 by snowbirdredux

  Okay –  Kevin, Steven, Tony and Jenny, Sheila – and all our California friends who now stand poised to marvel, exclaim and covet the following: In the center of Fergus Falls, Minnesota, sits Lake Alice, ringed by a panorama … Continue reading →

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RIGHT MAKES MIGHT

Posted on February 20, 2012 by snowbirdredux

Ever since we moved to Minnesota last spring, there has been a looming, ironic, unfortunate happening in the wings. In January I wrote about it in an entry entitled “The Irony of it All.”  To recap – the Army Corps … Continue reading →

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