My Minnesota

Much of the local field corn is now harvested. Many of the local trees are bare of leaves, except for the oaks which  will be shedding leave...

For quite a few years now, we've planted half a dozen chrysanthemums along the northern edge of the driveway. This year, for the first t...

Purple loosestrife and wild cucumber are blooming conspicuously around damp and wet areas. Sandhill crane colts have reached nearly full g...

Are you familiar with Joni Mitchell's wonderful song,  The Circle Game ? It's one of my all time favorites. Despite my grumbles, I r...

Last week we noticed many hay fields had had their first cutting. Several corn fields were showing emergence plus a few of inches of growth....

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...

Today it's time to say good-bye to November, since tomorrow we welcome the arrival of December. Signs of Thanksgiving past arrive later ...

This Friday morning past, the wind was finally calm after a hard frost night. I watched the maple trees in front of the house drop leaves li...

Last Spring, about the time our pear tree was in bloom, I finally stumbled onto a local source of serviceberry bushes, of a species noted fo...

The field behind the house is full of Spotted Horsemint , with scatterings of black-eyed Susans and a few compass plants. Purple Lovegrass ...

Some of the local corn fields have started to tassel. Deer fly numbers have erupted. Temperatures have been above what's considered ...

Last night, in honor of the summery weather and the turning of the month, we enjoyed slices of the first ice cream cake of the season. It hi...

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 ...

Today I’m (re)posting the story below because, as much  as I dislike MAGAts, I keep wondering who is benefitting from our being at each othe...

 A (late) January thaw is on its way. The combination of days of bitter cold and a barrage of Executive Orders has put a major crimp in my s...

Were it not for our persistently cloudy skies, about 3 am this morning we could have enjoyed seeing December's full moon, known as Littl...

 I found this on the internet the other day and wanted to share: A Special Kind of Stupid Slowly, very slowly, the Christmas decorations are...