Caution: Wordiness ahead. Minneapolis hit a record breaking 78F/ 26C Saturday. Our first 70F/ 21C day of the year generally happens around April 7th. Over the last two years, the first 70-degree reading has come early—March 14 last year and March 3 in 2024. The 2024 date of March 3 was the earliest recorded 70-degree …
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Getting Pruney
A busy weekend! I’ve not sat down for more than 30 minutes all day today. So this will be another short and sweet one. James and I started pruning the apple trees yesterday. I say started because after we removed one huge dead branch our fingers were so cold we couldn’t do more. While we …
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 …
All the Little Birds
Arugula meadow As gardening season comes to an end, my garden has pretty much turned into a meadow of arugula. The sunny yellow flowers shine in the daylight and bounce up and down with bee visitors. A photo or video cannot do it justice, one must be in the experience for the full yellowy bee-filled …
