The Cottage story … a work in progress. The family cottage on beautiful Lake of the Woods was the brain child of my dad.

Latin (tem-pu̇s-ˈfü-git): Time Flies
Just a fun loving guy who’s interested in technology, passionate about family, and a follower of Christ. The blog started a long time ago when we were family camping and I had an experience with one of my sons that made me realize how fast time is going by, hence the title, Tempus Fugit. I Read More ...
Hey! Welcome to the bigDadoo website. You’ve landed here for some mysterious reason only know to you but, thanks for dropping by. Most likely, perhaps, you were looking for my original blog? Well, you are there. If you were looking for my Journey blog, well that’s over here. If you are interested in some of Read More ...
In addition to this blog I have a presence on several other online services for some of my various interests. Photography. The bulk of my online photography is over on Flickr. For the family, there are a couple of special albums that are dedicated to the grandkids. Parker Easton Dane Clark Other album collections are Read More ...
A sky shot I took at the lake last summer combined with a little Photoshop work, nothing fancy.
A while back in March 2019, I started to get some ads for Inkbox in my Instagram feed which caught my attention. I’ve never been interested in getting tattooed myself, but this #tattosfornow seemed like a way to experiment without the big commit. So I tried one out. The tattoo was fun and it looks Read More …
I’ve had some interesting times experiencing the lowly highlighter. Let me explain. Remember your school days when you might have used one of those yellow highlighter pens to markup your notes with things you though we’re important to learn or remember? Perhaps you used a pencil to underline stuff for the same reason. Skip forward Read More …
“You made me; you created me. Now give me the sense to follow your commands.”Psalms 119:73 NLThttps://www.bible.com/116/psa.119.73.nlt
Rejoice because of the Lord, even in the midst of the storm. It does not mean that we do not care about our problems, instead, we are strengthened to face them so that God can open the ways and lift us up. Psalm 37:4-5
Rejoice because of the Lord, even in the midst of the storm. It does not mean that we do not care about our problems, instead, we are strengthened to face them so that God can open the ways and lift us up. Psalm 37:4-5
Rejoice because of the Lord, even in the midst of the storm. It does not mean that we do not care about our problems, instead, we are strengthened to face them so that God can open the ways and lift us up. Psalm 37:4-5
Just one of those real life days. I seem I have a cold which started with the sore throat and then moved on to the runny nose phase. Couple that with an emotional God encounter during devotions and you get a big pile of Kleenex .
Over my working career I’ve had a lot of coffee mugs. some came and went, some hung around, some were collected. The collection ends up in a a box , stored away for who knows what. I still buy more and more coffee mugs from trips like to Maui, Frank Lloyd Wright, Route 66, and Read More …