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Katherine’s Field of Dreams

September 10, 2009

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Katherine wrote: Since my license plate tags are about to run out, I decided to go to Bellaire and as usually is the case I try to take a (sometimes very) different route home. Think lots of signs with ‘not plowed in the winter’ on them. Today I came across a field of white flowers […]

Letters from Katherine: Canning pepper water

September 1, 2009

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Katherine told me she and Steve were canning pepper water.  Huh?  She promised to explain, complete with photos.  Katherine always keeps her promises.  Looky here: We spent Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning making and canning pepper water. The recipe (as near as I can come to one) is: Ingredients: Ripe Tomato – 1 lemon juice […]

Letter from Katherine: Another wedding on Torch Lake

August 18, 2009

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Katherine writes: On Saturday cousin Liz’s son John Evans and his girlfriend Marlana Verbeck got hitched. You may know John, he works at Barnes Park during the summer and in the winter he is in a PhD program in North Carolina. Marlana is studying to become a science teacher at the high school level. It […]

Letter from Katherine, who doesn’t know what to make of this. Me neither.

July 8, 2009

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This in the mail from Katherine today:  Okay, I’m not sure what to say about this. I guess some people have mailboxes and others . . . . have heads on stakes?? We sat next to each other at Norton Bretz’s presentation on the Pearl family Monday, and she’d warned me The Head was coming. […]

Letters from Katherine: A fine lady slipper

June 14, 2009

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This from Katherine in this morning’s email: It seems that I am in a rut. A flower rut or rather a flower picture rut. But after last winter it’s so nice to see color I can’t help it. Not as exciting as a burning semi but…it is a fine lady slipper. I don’t know about […]

Katherine’s Bleeding Heart

June 10, 2009

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Katherine sent me a bleeding heart.  Talk about carrying coals to Newcastle.  She writes:  It’s been so chilly I am suprised there have been any flowers. This was taken on one of the only days that was warm and sunny which was, I think, about a week ago. I didn’t even know bleeding hearts came […]