Thursday, September 27, 2012

Pierogy making

 The dough
 The filling - potatoe and cheese
 Dough rolled out thin
 Dough cut into circles
 One little ...
 Two little ...
 three little pierogies
 Lots more to come
 When there are 7 filled, into the pot of boiling water they go, until they float to the top.
 Out to cool


72 pierogies made and cooling


Pierogies fried along with onions and ready to eat. Yummy!!!

Saturday, September 1, 2012

Cheyenne The Cake Maker

 Cheyenne made a special birthday cake for Nana. She started with the family's favorite chocolate cake.

 Cheyenne cutting out the Laffy Taffy



 After icing the cake on goes the Laffy Taffy.


 A circle of Junior Mints 

A few on top and there is a neat looking birthday cake. Happy ?? birthday Nana.

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Annual Lab Reunion at Peaks

 We arrived Friday in time for a great pasta dinner. The cabin sits at the end of the road with only one neighbor on her end of the lake..

 Looking at the cabin from the dock.

 These Ladies really know how to whip up great food. I think I agree with Ron Lee when he says he gains 6 pounds every Fall when they come here. This year Carol Lee fell and broke her arm when at home yet that didn't stop her and Ron from coming up for the weekend. Glad to hear that it didn't need to be put in a cast.


 Fran found a quite time to relax and listen to the loons calling.

Ron Lee relaxing with rod and reel. 

 After the morning fog burns off the lake is often very still. Get great reflections.


 



 This is the morning fog that often is present.



 But the loons still come down to our end of the lake.







 They came back after the fog had burned off so I had to take some more pictures.








 Why so many pictures of loons? Well they are my wife's favorite bird. When she hears them call or sees them close by she drops everything and goes down to the dock to see them.



Sabbath afternoon 11 of the 14 took a hike along the Wisconsin river.

Some wore the more subdued look while ....

 Dr. Jeff Peak wore the more "flashy" look. By the way he wore those to church as well. Got lots of looks from the little old Ladies of the church. He even played the piano for Sabbath School in them.


 The path goes through a stand of pine trees.

 This is an inlet from the river on the one side with the river on the other side. A beautiful place to spend some time in God's great outdoors.

 My wife found a nice tree to relax on.

 Then she talked her friend Dorothy in to posing behind this pine tree. Opps! Forgot about the sap. Sorry Dorothy!!

 Beautiful area.



 This old tree marks the end of the trail. A great place to sit around and visit.
 Well Tuesday morning came way too soon. One last look at the lake and it's time to head for home.



Most left for home on Monday but Dick, Dorothy, Fran and I stayed until Tuesday. Thanks Lavonne for the great weekend. See you next Fall for another relaxing Lab reunion.

Monday, August 6, 2012

Sun room finished!!

The sun room is finally finished. Now we need some cool evenings so Fran and I can sit and enjoy the room.

Opps. Fran just informed me that it is not finished. Something about it needs pictures to make it homey. Oh well hanging pictures is not that hard.