my latest thing

engineer prints!

i finally tried them.

they are so fun and you can try a few and not spend big bucks.

i sent my photos to Staples and they do say not suitable for photographs, not sure why.

i think they work fine.

this is the second time i sent this photo in, tried to make it a 

bit more less dark.

 this was the first try. 

second one looks a bit better.

i am not a professional photographer by any means,

 but with engineer prints 

they kind of have a look of their own and you can call your

prints as being "artsy". 

i am hooked!

please disregard the lamp cord, and focus on the pretty picture : )  

no grits at the pig

rick and i took a quick trip to florida

last week.  

destination - st augustine, the oldest city in the US,

founded in 1565.

it wasn't exactly warm while we were there, but much warmer than

what wisconsin experience that week.

below are a few pics from the trip, and to come a few photos

of a side trip we took to savannah, ga.

half the fun of taking trips is eating local and we tried grits at a 

spot in st. augustine, Harry's and they were wonderful.

now rick is determined to make them.

after we got back i went to the local piggly wiggly to purchase grits

but alas they don't stock grits.

will have to try another grocer or it's back to florida we go.

we'll i tried

back in the day when my family lived in california

we would take road trips to wisconsin
to visit my mom's side of the family.

(one trip was in a red vw bug - all 4 of us - 
thru the desert 
over the mountains, farmlands etc. to wisconsin) 

one of my favorite memories 

was eating watermelon pickles at the family picnics. 
i wrote down my grandma's recipe many many years ago
and this year i finally tried it!
and guess what - they tasted terrible!
not sure what i did but they did not taste like the
watermelon pickles i remember.

oh well, at least the jars sealed and no explosions happened. 

it was a good learning experience.
 hopefully i won't wait as long to try again. 

groceries and ice cream cones

here is one of my finds on our trip up north.

now all i need is a

grocery/ice cream shop to go with it.

it's this tall.

wonderful wisconsin - up north

hello!

we have been away up north on vacation, 

enjoying nature in the northwoods of wisconsin,

well part of the time......

alot of time was also spent indoors,

enjoying vintage treasures of the northwoods.

below are snapshots of the trip.

oh look, lou and margaret came along for the trip.

time for nature photos, and be sure to 

make it to the end, no fish story here.

yup, kyle caught a 42 inch muskie,

it's was a beaut!