These long summer days here in southern Minnesota are absolutely gorgeous...and the sunsets are equally stunning! Nowhere else have I seen this much golden light at magic hour, with such a beautiful expansive horizon! It's safe to say that the horizons and the light are one of my very favorite things about living here. The other night, on one of the longest days of the year, Bjorn and I hopped in our truck and rumbled down dirt road after dirt road until we got to our own soybean field. … [Read more...]
Our Very Full But Very Joyful Memorial Day Weekend!
This past weekend absolutely flew by! Memorial Day weekends always seem to be quite busy for us every year...whether it's a wedding weekend or a graduation. It's just a really popular weekend! This year, we had both a wedding and a graduation we got to attend! (Plus an important ultrasound, plus planting our field!) Bjorn's sister Aeli graduated from Bethel University (in St. Paul) AND his cousin Katie got married! It all happened on the same day - but we managed to get to a good amount of … [Read more...]
The Biggest Vacuum You’ve Ever Seen
We had some really nice weather a couple weekends ago - that mild, spring weather that reminds you winter can't have a grip on you forever! :) Bjorn wanted to get a good amount of our stored soybeans (from last fall's harvest) shipped out to a soybean oil plant, so he and his dad worked hard on getting those beans loaded and driven up to another town. I went with Bjorn after school one Friday to pick up a Vac-U-Vator we were renting for the weekend's work. Before then, I had had no idea … [Read more...]
Life Lately // 2
Happy Saturday, friends!! This weekend has been long-awaited! ;) It's just been a bit of a long week, so I'm really looking forward to a weekend! I'm sure you are, too. :) Like I mentioned in my latest life updates post, I'm trying to do more frequent, casual updates on the blog. I totally LOVE writing other posts with tips or encouragement, but I don't want to lose the journal-like aspect of blogging either. It's been a couple weeks since an update. Let's jump right in! 1 // So, … [Read more...]