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I love this scene of Taylor's field and Gary Finney's woods any time of the year. And when the sun appears above the Cabinet Mountains on an April morning, it's a nice wake-up for the day.

The photo was taken yesterday.  This morning, with grandpuppies back home with their parents, I took a walk through our woods. 

Keeping track of five doggies rather than three weaving in and out of trees and bushes can be challenging, especially when one, in particular, loves to sneak off and visit the neighbors on the other side of our woods fence. 

So, the three home dogs and I enjoyed the outing.  Sniffers were busy in the pine needle carpet checking out what invaders had come through the woods since their last visit.  

I simply enjoyed walking on the soft needles and observing Bill's forester projects of limbing, cutting down small trees into wood and arranging neat piles of firewood in several places. 

Life is getting back to normal, even in the early mornings when I drink my first cup of coffee, crank up the new assortment of Irish music and scroll through my favorite Internet stops.

One, in particular, turned out more interesting than usual today.  For about a year I've been reading The Daily Prep blog with New Englander Muffie Aldrich.  She shares all things preppy, New England culture and history and often uses large format photos shot by her father decades ago.

It's obvious they're a connected family as famous politicians often appear in the photos she posts. 

This morning Muffie focused on a museum exhibit in Westport, Connecticut,  featuring The New Yorker's Geraghty Era.  According to the exhibit images,  The New Yorker's art editor, James Geraghty,  chose illustrations for the magazine's cover from 1939-1973. 

His choices enhanced the careers of artists in that area as well as the area itself. 

Most interesting to me, though, was learning that Mr. Geraghty was born in Spokane, Washington, and graduated from then Gonzaga College. 

For more on this interesting story, you can visit http://www.muffyaldrich.com/.  

Always nice to learn of local or area connections, and again, a nice reflection on Gonzaga.

Sounds like Debbie has arrived with the grandpups, so this will have to be brief.  The day ahead will include firing up the rototiller and working up garden dirt along with more seed sowing, so I need to get out of here anyway.

Happy Tuesday.