You can see the pipe on the sidewalk along with the pretty leaves before the wind and rain In typical Minnesota fashion we went from 60F/15.5C on Thursday, to plummeting temperatures Friday and a chance of snow overnight. It did not snow. But we did finally have not just a frost, but a hard frost. …
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What I Did, or Didn’t Do, On My Summer Vacation
Hello Friends! I’ve been away on vacation. I went on a long trip far away to my garden and it was magnificent. Every morning instead of going to work after breakfast, I put on my garden clothes and spent 2-3 hours playing in the dirt. Then I’d come in, shower, have a little snack and …
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About Time
Today is the beginning of Daylight Savings Time in the United States and we are all bound to feel a bit messed up for the next few days as we adjust to “losing” an hour. In spite of everyone for years saying we should stop this time change insanity, in spite of science saying it …
For the Birds
I have not managed to make the time to write a proper post this weekend, but that's ok. It's good to do the things that need to be done when they need to be done, like write a letter to an old friend who needs some kind words, or go grocery shopping, or talk on …
Rage
What a week it’s been. We broke high and low temperature records on Monday—101F and a low of only 79F. Then on Thursday the Supreme Court made it the right of nearly every yahoo to openly carry a gun in public. And Friday, ya’ll know what happened Friday. The Court decided to overturn 50 years …