Posted by Adrienne on July 30, 2008 under Photos | 
We’re on vacation in Wisconsin, so this week’s photo is from our last trip to the Badger State:
From Wisconsin
The Old Stone Bridge is just down the road from the dairy farm where Josh’s dad grew up. We’ve been told that one of Josh’s ancestors actually built the bridge – and it’s still safe for cars to go over, not to mention being rather pretty. In fact, this whole area of Wisconsin is pretty: rolling hills, green fields, groves of nice trees, the occasional herd of cows grazing, and little creeks wending their way through all of it. Hooray for Wisconsin!
Posted by Adrienne on July 27, 2008 under Books, Doodles |
In honor of the Book Count reaching the magic number of 50, here’s a book-centric doodle staring that most versatile of penguins, Stewart!
Enjoy your book, Stewart! Here’s to 50 more!
Posted by Adrienne on July 25, 2008 under Random Thought |
We’re leaving for our vacation today. We’ll be exploring some new parts of the United States, so we won’t be posting much to the blog – except for the Doodles and the Photo of the Week, which will still post on their regularly scheduled days.
Check back with us during the first week of August for new content!
Posted by Josh on under Brewers |
I promised a post on why Ryan Braun is my favorite current Brewer and I will deliver… even if it is a few weeks late.
Read more…
Posted by Adrienne on July 24, 2008 under Books |
I have not yet read a book by Stephen Lawhead that I didn’t like. So when I saw that the second book in his “Raven King” trilogy had come out, I didn’t have any problem going right out and buying it (which is saying something, as I normally have a hard time convincing myself to buy books). And Scarlet did not disappoint me.
Lawhead has taken the Robin Hood of legend (well, not the Disney version or the “Men in Tights” version) and placed him in Wales in the time of King William Rufus (William the Conqueror’s son). The story is begun in Hood which tells the story of Bran, a Welsh king who is driven to outlawry by the Normans who have invaded Wales, becoming the famous Robin Hood (Rhi Bran y Hud, in Welsh). Scarlet is the sequel to Hood, and tells how Will Scarlet is forced from his forest home in England and joins Bran’s band of outlaws in Wales. The story is mostly told from Will’s point of view, and he is a funny, likeable narrator. All of the characters, in fact, seem very real (it doesn’t hurt that some of them are drawn from history) and the Welsh setting is vividly drawn. I quite enjoyed the book, and I’m looking forward to the final volume in the trilogy, but I have awhile to wait, as it doesn’t come out until February 2009.
Also: Whoo-hoo! 50 books! Yay! Here’s the full tally:
Read more…
