Blogs from Dickinson, North Dakota, United States, North America
Summer '09 in Review
Published: September 2nd 2009North America » United States » North Dakota » Dickinson
August 30th 2009
What a great summer this has been for us, and I hope you as well. The theme for it would have to be "Friends and Family", because we were fortunate enough to spend lots of time with both groups. We spent most of June visiting around, and then had a wonderful family reunion, and finally settled in Dickinson so Bob and Jean could begin destroying and rebuilding. During the time they were doing that, Bob and I attended his class reunion, and then two weeks later Jean and I attended ours~~40 year reunions are the best, because there's just no pretences! And the biggest blessing was being able to spend so much time with our girls' families! Terrific times! We left Dickinson the 29th, on our way to Rexford, Kansas, to begin our third year of ... read more
News from Dickinson
Published: July 17th 2009North America » United States » North Dakota » Dickinson
July 15th 2009
Jean’s House (aka: Antelope Creek Kennels) It’s the middle of July, we’re half way through summer, and this is the first time I’ve blogged since we left project; it’s like starting a Christmas letter~~I’m wondering where to begin! Since leaving Ohio we’ve visited all our kids (they’re all great, and the grandkids are extra-great!), had a family reunion on Bob’s side of the family (a remarkable time to see the young kids, now married with kids of their own~~which leaves us as the older part of the family…how did that happen so quickly?!), visited my dad and brother (fun to see them again), set up in our summer home in Jean’s yard, in Dickinson, ND (where she and Bob are tearing down the old kennel and building a new one so she can board more dogs), ... read more
The beginning of the end...of summer.
Published: August 10th 2008North America » United States » North Dakota » Dickinson
August 7th 2008
(Jean’s House: Antelope Creek Kennels) We’ve been busy the last few weeks. We did make another trip to Sidney, and also attended the Medora musical again. Our daughter Megan came with her kids to spend a week with us, which was wonderful! The week before that Jean’s daughter and son-in-law and their kids were here, so this place has been full of words! (It might be my imagination, but I think Bob and Jean spend more time working in the kennels when there are little kids around!) But it was so fun to have everyone. Our big news is that the kennels are done, and the dogs are in. I mean completely done. The last phase is to put up a wire fence around the dogs' exercise area. It wouldn’t hurt if the temperature would drop ... read more
This place is going to the dogs!
Published: July 25th 2008North America » United States » North Dakota » Dickinson
July 23rd 2008
(Antelope Creek Kennels) I wasn't going to post a lot of pictures of the kennel construction, because I thought you could keep up to it better if you went to Jean's website ~~ antelopecreekkennels.com ~~ and she could post the pictures, but the progress is just exciting! Once they got the concrete poured, everything they do makes such an improvement. I've added just a couple, but do go check out Jean's site. Besides pounding, there's not a whole lot going on. It's been hot (duh) and dry (DUH) and we're all surprised that July is almost over. And that's my news! Oh, I do have one funny story: Jean has a recipe for a wonderful rhubarb slush, and we've been having one every afternoon (our pop-on-the-patio refreshment!) Yesterday we were out of slush, so I made ... read more
Random thoughts/Random pix
Published: July 11th 2008North America » United States » North Dakota » Dickinson
July 9th 2008
(Jean's House aka: Antelope Creek Kennels) The kennel project is at a stand still because they're waiting for the cement. Bob and Jean worked so hard last week to get the forms completed, because they had the use of a trailer full of tools that belongs to a friend of Jean's who has his own construction business. But after a week Justin came back from vacation (when he left he was so excited about fishing for a week that we wondered if we'd ever see him again!) and sure enough, he needed the trailer and skid loader back, so they (B & J) spent a day getting the old tractor running, and then pulled up a few half-dead trees, did a little leveling in the yard, picked up all the supplies for building the houses for ... read more
Our summer home: Dickinson
Published: July 2nd 2008North America » United States » North Dakota » Dickinson
June 30th 2008
(Dickinson, ND) We’ve done some traveling since I last posted; we went Salt Lake City, and on the way to Townsend (to meet up with Bob’s siblings) we drove through snow! I’m not kidding. June 12 it snowed 4” in Great Falls, and we as we drove through the Bozeman area there was fresh snow on the sides of the highway! Let’s talk global warming! Traveling through the state we were grateful to see the snow in the mountains, and the rivers are running higher and faster than we can remember seeing them. Much of the state is in drought conditions, so this should help some. The countryside is such a brilliant green. (On a side note, remember when we were in southern California and everyone told us by the beginning of June the countryside would ... read more
