My Minnesota

Some leaf bud scales have dropped. Our day lilies are a couple of inches tall. A few flowers have appeared in the front flower bed. Hints of...

April is the month of poetry of snow melt of snow fall of the return of ducks, geese, swans, and of herons and cranes, and of red-win...

As the Better Half and I approached the tack barn this morning at dawn, the temperature (not the windchill) varied from -21℉ to -23 ℉. It wa...

The planters by the front porch have been freshly planted by the Better Half. I helped hang hanging baskets of fuchsia on which I will bump ...

The fuel line shutoff has been turned off on the snow blower. The lawn mower’s electric start batteryis charging. I may even wash the Jeep o...

Today is day fourteen of the 10 to 14 day germination period listed for the bergamot seeds we planted in two seed trays. There are minuscule...

Last evening, for the first time in a long while, I saw a pair of cardinals visit the feeder on the back deck. After days of clouds and floc...

Many (most?) of our feathered neighbors become “snow birds” and migrate south during ice and snow season, only to return “home” with spring ...

Other years I’d be looking forward to melting snow starting to expose the ground. This year I’m concerned that cold spells and blizzards may...

While running errands this morning, we saw a sun dog. That means it was very cold and the sun was shining. Sun dogs need cold. Our dogs say ...

If we’re lucky, next week will be the coldest of the winter. Lucky not because next week’s temperatures will be relatively mild (single digi...

It’s another cloudy, dreary day and the forecast is for more of the same for the next week. Last night’s snow showers left about a half an i...

Today I’m reporting on two events that are, unfortunately from my perspective, unrelated. A couple of mornings ago, wile taking our dogs for...

Almost a decade ago we re-sided and re-shinglled the house. We also had some bracing added to the roof, to be sure it would hold a "min...

Despite the attentions and appetite of a certain lovable but unnamed blogger, it looks like there will be enough cookies for Santa and at le...

Predawn weather this morning at 7 am included patchy ground fog and rain. Combined with darkness and no fog lines or center stripes on towns...

We live in a region of Minnesota that was heavily colonized by Scandihoovians. That becomes more evident at certain times of the year, like ...

For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, Winter Solstice is three weeks from today. Druids celebrate it as Alban Arthan (The Light of Ar...