Dearest son Ethan loves to scour the free ads on Craigslist and is always finding "interesting" items. He always asks me about them, knowing full well that I will try my hardest to help him see why he does not need the item. Well, this past week, while Ken, Alex, Mariah and I were on a mini vacation, he found a free ad for a piano and decided that it had Ethan written all over it!
Ethan and Josh took off to find this wonderful gem and lugged it home. It turns out to be an 1863 Bauer square grand piano that was brought by wagon from back east and the original owners paid $2,000 for it at that time. The value now......who knows! It needs much work.....sigh......and it takes up a lot of space in our barn......
This is the lake view in MN where we spent a few days with wonderful friends last week. Mariah got to ski, both kids went tubing, fishing, paddle boating, swimming and scuba diving. It was a much needed break and we are grateful to our hosts for their hospitality.
Mariah learned how to use the scuba equipment in our pool before heading to MN to try it in the bigger body of water.
We had an infestation of ants in one of our pine trees and tried for several years to kill them but never succeeded. Finally they had done enough damage that the tree was beginning to buckle and we had no other option but to take it down. Within 45 minutes the tree trimmer had stripped the branches and dropped the tree right where we wanted it.
That was the past week around here. Hope all is well in your neck of the woods!
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