Category Archives: Rural life

Local humor.

Posted on January 26, 2023 by kmkat

Sleetwood Mac, Beyonsleigh, Optimus Brine.

Posted in Rural life, Silliness | 2 Comments

Vell, yah, ve got some snow der.

Posted on December 17, 2022 by kmkat

That monster storm that has created (and is still creating) gave us some snow, too. Before he could begin to plow out the cars, he had to remove a monster branch from the driveway. Sorry, no picture of that. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Rural life, Uncategorized, Winter | 5 Comments

The great mosquito hack of 2022.

Posted on September 16, 2022 by kmkat

df df Here is an easy way to reduce or eliminate mosquitoes in your yard and garden without harming bees, other beneficial insects, pets, or wildlife. And without slathering yourself with DEET. I read about it here. She has links … Continue reading →

Posted in Rural life | 2 Comments

Many things on Thursday.

Posted on July 16, 2020 by kmkat

I have realized that updating my coronavirus spreadsheet every day is an unconscious effort to maintain control over the situation in some small way. I continue to have the same low-level depression that pretty much everyone has this year; in … Continue reading →

Posted in Accounting, Animals, Ankle broken, Coronavirus, Reading, Rural life, Three things | 8 Comments

Unraveled Wednesday, 7/8/20.

Posted on July 8, 2020 by kmkat

Linking up with Kat and friends for Unraveled Wednesday. Knitting. While I was taking the photo above, the hummingbirds were busy on our feeders. Even the loons got into the act. Turn up the sound and enjoy! x Reading. x … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Antler Lake, BSJ, Rural life, Television, Unraveled Wednesdays | 4 Comments

Throwback Thursday.

Posted on June 18, 2020 by kmkat

I was knitting on the deck one June day in 2007 and kept hearing splashing down at the lake’s edge. “It’s just the dogs,” I thought. But it continued and eventually I got curious. June is apparently snapping turtle mating … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Rural life, Throwback Thursday, YouTube | 2 Comments

Get out, damned spot mice!

Posted on June 16, 2020 by kmkat

That, my friends, is the nest that mice built in the heater box of my car while it was parked for several week when we were hunkering down at home. Smokey has been working on and off for the past … Continue reading →

Posted in Coronavirus, Rural life | 5 Comments

Last parade of the season!

Posted on September 15, 2019 by kmkat

Remember back in January 2018 when there was a special election for a state senate seat in Wisconsin? And remember how when the Democrat candidate won, it made the national news and started the murmurs about a Blue Wave? The … Continue reading →

Posted in Polk County politics, Rural life | 3 Comments

Chewy customers, beware!

Posted on August 24, 2019 by kmkat

Happily,  this was NOT our delivery nor our porch.

Posted in Animals, Rural life, Silliness, YouTube | 6 Comments

Reminiscing.

Posted on August 23, 2019 by kmkat

A couple years ago I went to the 50th reunion of my class. Not my high school class; we left the village pictured before in the summer before my tenth grade year. Before the actual reunion Smokey and I drove … Continue reading →

Posted in Rural life | 6 Comments