I am lumpier than usual & a variety of purple hues.

I have discovered new ways of falling on the ice. There is always the old-fashioned way, of course - walk on ice & slip & fall. Now I wear cleats, and walking is somewhat safer, so long as I stay on the ice where they can bite in for traction. Other surfaces are sometimes more ( Read more... )

      As an obnoxious child, on field trips to the Walker Art Center, commenting overly-loudly to classmates that "modern art is garbage" before prattling on with superficial criticism of nearby art objects, until we round the corner to the carved marble "Hefty 2-Ply" & I summarise with the controversial statement, again. All of it! Garbage ( Read more... )

      The very BOOK that I have been looking for... Walter Scott's novels Rob Roy & Heart of Midlothian together in a single volume. Perfect! Everything I was looking for, in tidy red binding.
      I have also recently acquired Bambi: A Life in the Woods, by Felix Salten. Evidently the copyrights have been kept up to date. I haven't held a copy ( Read more... )

My city made the top #1! Yeah!
Farm-fresh food, bike trails, trees, and FANTASTIC WEATHER.
Minnesota has it All.

I saw a dozen cormorants today! They were all on their tree in the little lake by my office... I also saw a herd of turkey chicks. There was one mama standing twice as high, and all the little turkeys bobbing around her. They were grown past the fuzzball stage, they looked just like miniature adults. The turkeys were by the road - and in the ( Read more... )

On my way home from work, I stopped to take a few pictures of the wildflowers growing around Fort Snelling, between the Round Tower & the barracks. "Stop & Snell the Flowers" harr...