Archiving Chrstmas photos: Gigi, Santa, the Oostra family and Mickey Mouse from Disney on Ice in Toledo, Ohio

| December 17, 2024

It is that time of year … time for Christmas photos … with children and pets? Well a “dog” in the case of Megan and Taylor, but our granddaughters in the case of Katelyn and Drew. In both cases these 2024 photos belong on in the My Desultory Blog archive. Here’s one of Gigi with […]

Archive: Weekend photos, including a Barbie Birthday Party

| September 9, 2024

This content is restricted.

Archive: A couple summer family photos from last weekend

| July 24, 2024

This content is restricted.

A last minute trip to Perrysburg babysitting our granddaughters and to check on new home planning and lot clearing progress

| July 27, 2022

Eventually I’ll get to part 3 of our family Canadian Rockies 40th Anniversary trip (post-trip nightmare, part 1 and part 2), but for now I’ll archive a few photos from this past week’s babysitting trip to Perrysburg. COVID has made its way through the Oostra family after their trip … likely the herding through the […]

Weekend Family updates: Dress-up and Taylor’s new iPhone13

| June 7, 2022

This content is restricted.

Archive: Last weekend’s birthday party for our granddaughters

| March 15, 2022

This content is restricted.

Starting a woodworking project on a cold winter weekend

| February 8, 2022

This content is restricted.

Superbowl LVI bound Cincinnati Bengals are AFC Champions

| January 31, 2022

If there was ever a time to live in Cincinnati, Ohio … this year would be it! It has been a long time coming from hardcore Bengals fans, but the “youngsters” playing in the competitive field of NFL superstars on this particular team believe in themselves, their coach and their teammates. There isn’t much doubt […]

Movie night: Watched a good one called “The Big Year” from 2011

| January 9, 2022

It might not be a current movie (it’s 2011), but it was one neither Brenda or I watched over this past decade, but it was an excellent comedy. “The Big Year,” with Steve Martin, Owen Wilson and Jack Black (several others), was exactly what the “doctors” (Katelyn and Drew) ordered over our family Christmas. They […]

Messages on the Echo and crazy-faced granddaughter photos

| December 19, 2021

This content is restricted.

Double spline miters, my granddaughters and early drives #TBT

| April 8, 2021

This content is restricted.

Handy IFitIt tools for gadgets and Spring 2021 family photos

| March 13, 2021

This content is restricted.

Celebrating Ellerie (1) and Annalyn’s (4) Birthdays in Toledo

| March 2, 2021

This content is restricted.

Desultory - des-uhl-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee

  1. lacking in consistency, constancy, or visible order, disconnected; fitful: desultory conversation.
  2. digressing from or unconnected with the main subject; random: a desultory remark.
My Desultory Blog