#garrisonnd

I sure do love this little home town of mine and it’s been nice living closer to it these past almost few years. No matter how far away I may move in the future, I will always come home when I can 🏡 #outhereontheprairie #northdakota #northdakotalegendary #northdakotalife #northdakotaliving #northdakotaphotographer #northdakotaprairie #capturenorthdakota #northdakotasky #northdakotaculture #igersnorthdakota #midwestlivingmag #midwestest #garrisonnd #smalltown #mainstreet #garrisonnorthdakota (at Garrison, North Dakota) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0wrTGsgPNv/?igshid=17cwcwomvzb50

Missing Dickens Fest? Me too. 🎄 Dickens may be cancelled, but if you live in Garrison there are still some fun holiday things you can do! There’s the house lighting contest - enter in one of three categories. There’s some late night shopping downtown - and the firemen will be serving meatballs so you can get your street food fix. (Swipe for the details on that and more.) Check the Garrison newspaper and Facebook pages for all the latest! This is why I love Garrison - they’re always planning something fun! 🎄 #outhereontheprairie #garrisonnd #garrisonnorthdakota #smalltown #smalltownusa #mainstreet #mainstreetusa #smalltownlife #smalltowncharm #smalltowns #shoplocal (at Garrison, North Dakota) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIPTZ9hnfVy/?igshid=c8v6fulg53tq

One nice thing about my job is that whenever we have an errand to run - to the bank, post office, office supplies, coffee, lunch - it’s all within walking distance! I can get some fresh air and clear my head and enjoy Main Street. Yesterday I stepped inside the post office for the first time since the late 90s. Our old PO Box was still there. ✉️ some things never change! 📬 #outhereontheprairie #garrisonnd #garrisonnorthdakota #mainstreet #smalltown #smalltownlife #smalltowncharm #pobox (at Garrison, North Dakota) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGSqXQ8nr9q/?igshid=1cphw1m1e719m

Recently I’ve begun a new job in my old hometown of Garrison and I’m really enjoying it so far! It’s nice to work right on Main Street with great people. This is a really special little town that always is dreaming up the next great thing to stay on the map and I love that! So, hey Garrison! It’s good to be home 🏡 #outhereontheprairie #garrisonnd #garrisonnorthdakota #mainstreet #smalltown #smalltownlife #smalltowncharm (at Garrison, North Dakota) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGIIWm8HXSj/?igshid=9yi8pfycvtbj

Going to Garrison and need good coffee? ☕️ I just had amazing coffee from this little place called Coffee and Co. and it was so dang good! Nope no one asked me to say this, I just love my former hometown and I love to see good businesses come in and I want to support them 😊 I’m a coffee snob though, so you know this is good! #outhereontheprairie #coffeeandco #garrisonnd #garrisonnorthdakota (at Garrison, North Dakota) https://www.instagram.com/p/CChxaNqgfWo/?igshid=sajdlr7zo162

We had the most wonderful warm time at Dickens Fest this year! It got up to 45 degrees today - perfect for strolling the streets of Garrison and enjoying all Dickens Fest has to offer. And it’s on again next weekend so don’t forget to go! It’s Christmas central 🎄 I grew up in Garrison right around the time they started Dickens Fest, so to me it’s not Christmas if I don’t get to go to Dickens 😊 Garrison is the most special little town I’ve ever lived in or heard of. Everyone bands together to make Dickens Fest the best it can be. The town is truly full of incredible people! And you support this wonderful small town and its people when you go to Dickens Fest, so make sure to go next Friday and Saturday!🎄 #outhereontheprairie #northdakota #garrisonnd #garrisonnorthdakota #smalltown #mainstreet #dickensfest #christmas #northdakotamoment (at Garrison, North Dakota) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5yzfVdgdsi/?igshid=1rcxtke5d9prk

This is “my” swing where mom and I sat when I was really little. I remember being too little to make this thing move, so mom had to. It used to be tucked between a huge row of giant lilac bushes with decorative pavers under it that moss grew across. I’m so glad that when they improved the park, they kept the swing. They moved it a bit, but they kept it. That’s what matters to me. The decorative pavers are long gone. But I can still sit down on the cold metal and hear the familiar creek of the thing moving. I was really missing mom when I stopped here to sit and reflect a bit. Fall is a good time to do that, I think. 🍂 #outhereontheprairie #garrisonnd #nd #ndmoments (at Garrison, North Dakota) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4YdcKwg54I/?igshid=ltotujd8zmuo

🍂 spot Murph and husband 🍂 It was such a nice day we went up to my old hometown so husband could play the frisbee golf course there. The park is so much different than when I was little. It’s totally cleared out with a trail through it - and although it’s beautiful, I do miss how wild and overgrown it was when I was a kid. It was a mysterious forest to me! A swampy treed place where older kids I didn’t know went to make forts. And if I was lucky, mom would take us through and we found the forts. I recall a giant teepee structure and a cave-like fort tucked right into the trees. It was magical. I felt like I had discovered another world. What an adventure! Now it’s all nice and modern - but I miss the old park. Still, we so enjoyed walking through it today and the dogs had fun bouncing through the leaves 🍂 P.S. props to Garrison for still being the charming small town I always remember it to be - they had a hand written sign out on main street advertising the German supper at the local Lutheran church 💛💛💛 #outhereontheprairie #garrisonnd #nd #ndmoments (at Garrison, North Dakota) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4YUm-1gTr7/?igshid=1d66w07aqx3ar