The House Kat

So this week the Active Rain Zoom call focused on AI graphic design again. And at the end of the meeting, we decided our weekly AI related graphics goal was to put together a photo of something that has to do with a rabbit hole. It could be anything - A rabbit in the rabbit hole, another animals ...

If you weren't on today's Zoom call, this photo might be confusing! So let me explain.You may see more of these posts over the next week. On our ActiveRain Zoom call today, we were discussing using AI to make images. There are many different options in terms of which AI tools to use to do so (Nig...

Debe Maxwell, CRS and Carol Williams are hosting this month's challenge, which is called "Share your Legacy in a Letter." The guidelines are that we should write a letter to someone in our family, and we should share personal or business life lessons. And we cannot reblog something we already did...

Are you moving to a new area where you don't know anyone? While that could be a bit overwhelming to think about, there are a lot of ways to make new friends. Here is just one idea...Start a club!It doesn't matter what kind of club, but obviously it should be something you love to do. Also, it wou...

There are so many hiking options in and around the Flathead County Montana area that there is no way to experience them all! In Glacier National Park alone, there are 162 trails. There are an additional 35 miles of trails available in Jewel Basin, and over 2,200 miles of trails in the Flathead Na...

This month, Kathy Streib  and Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - Wanda Can! are hosting a "Fork it Over" challenge. We have been challenged to share our favorite summer recipes. My problem? I don't have one favorite since I like it all!So I decided instead of one specific dish, to share a comfort food I make a...

I recently found an online directory of Kalispell City ordinances and thought it would be intriguing to see what some of the ordinances of the past were. The last post covered a 1930 ordinance about salaries for town employees. This one is the only ordinance published in 1933 (not much happened b...

I've written about the Flathead Valley Exchange Club previously, specifically as it related to our 2022 Field of Honor® event. As a reminder, the Flathead Valley Exchange Club is the local chapter (established in 2020) of the National Exchange Club, established in 1911.  Our mission is to focus o...

Thank you to all who participated in the March Challenge: ActiveRain Zoom Call Challenge. The purpose of the challenge was to encourage more people to attend and participate in the weekly (Tuesday 2pm ET) ActiveRain Zoom calls. As a result of the challenge, we had 12 people attend who had never a...

This morning Michael Elliott wrote a post about the baseball season starting, and it reminded me that I used to think baseball was dumb. Growing up, I'd see my baseball on the TV and think, geez, a bunch of guys running around in a circle! How boring!And then I gave birth to boys who started grow...