A Dog and His Green Bandana
Here’s one of the boys lounging on his mat, in a green bandana with an orange toy close at hand. A relaxed afternoon.


Here’s one of the boys lounging on his mat, in a green bandana with an orange toy close at hand. A relaxed afternoon.


About 16 months ago we switched from a traditional top-load washing machine to a Whirlpool duet front load. For larger loads (blankets, multiple towels, etc.) this machine does an excellent job and doesn’t tend to get off-balance the way top load machines do. It also needs less detergent and you tend to only have to…

The Neenah fireworks for 2013! Our hometown always puts on a great show over the water, and I set up to capture as much of it as I could. Big pink and gold bursts, cascading trails, all of it mirrored on the calm water below. Here’s a gallery of my favorites from the night.

No Christmas at my parents’ house would be complete without the tree and the train. Every year a big fresh tree goes up, and every year it disappears under what has to be decades’ worth of ornaments — glass figures, lights in every color, tinsel, and keepsakes that have been hung on these branches longer…

Link to Post on Facebook: Nicholas – Dog of the Day – 9-15-2011 Isn’t this just about the most adorable Shih Tzu you have ever seen? Please let Nicholas’s Mom know how much you love him by clicking the “Like” button on Facebook! This is Nicholas and he was born on 12/25/10. He weighs almost…

“Sadie is almost 3 years old and is spoiled rotten! She loves toys from the grab machines that are as big as she is. She was given to us as a first wedding anniversary gift from my parents and a very special 100-year-old grandmother who passed away at age 101, about a year after giving…

Got the lights on the Christmas tree last night, and it looks really nice. It’s a bigger tree than we’ve had in a few years — took four strings of lights to cover it, and I had to dig back into the holiday bins for that fourth strand right when I thought I was done….