by simpleDesigns | Dec 10, 2007 | Personal, Web Fun
In January 2006, Tina and I made the decision to try semi-retirement. We wouldn’t join a bridge club and play Bingo, but we would give up the security of a full time job and paycheck. We joined AARP, canceled many of our monthly expenses, bought a decent camera and...
by simpleDesigns | Nov 30, 2007 | Home, Landscape
With the removal of buckthorn on both our property and that of our corporate neighbor, we needed to start growing some new trees and brush for the wildlife and to help block the view of the parking lot at Country Insurance. Rather than wait till spring, we decided to...
by simpleDesigns | Nov 23, 2007 | Family
My folks and Jeff were able to visit us for Thanksgiving weekend. Jeff flew in from Orlando and the folks came from KC for a couple of days. Highlights of the weekend were the gathering of 4 generations of Wilson men, dinner at Nicollet Inn with a piano performance by...
by simpleDesigns | Nov 20, 2007 | Cycling
FROM LAKE GENEVA TO THE DEAD SEA: ARMIN KÖHLI’S NEW CYCLING CHALLENGE Swiss cyclist Armin Koehli arrives at the King Hussein Convention Centre at the Dead Sea near Amman November 17, 2007. Koehli lost his legs when he stepped on a landmine 26 years ago. He...
by simpleDesigns | Oct 6, 2007 | Landscape
Our world took a bit of a shift this week, when our neighbors, Country Insurance decided that it was time to deal with their buckthorn problem. We woke up one morning to the grounds crew and a small bulldozer stripping out any brush less than 4 inches in diameter....
