My Minnesota

It's Memorial Day Weekend. The remembrance boards for my father and father-in-law are hung. Today is also Bob Dylan's 85th birthday....

There appears to be a relative abundance of hummingbirds at the nectar feeders with some trying to scare others away. Parents trying to prot...

Neighborhood day lilies have started to bloom. That means it’s time to watch (out) for fawns, goslings and wild turkey poults. A couple of d...

According to our copy of the Minnesota Weather Guide , the normal high temperature this week is 82℉ and next week it’s 81℉. The ten-day fore...

If the weather were like today’s year ‘round, I might be willing to give up four seasons. That’s how nice today is after yesterday’s downpo...

Once again I went fishing with my not-quite-four-years old Granddaughter and her Dad, my Son-In-Law. Once again she outfished me. This time ...

Well, we now know what it’s like to be the recipient of almost 3.5 inches of rain in less than 24 hours. Just to our west, and again to our ...

One of the folx down the road is a tRUMP supporter. In fact, there’s many of them in the county in which we live. The one I’m writing about ...

The good news is I wasn’t in the midst of yard chores, or standing in a river waving a stick, when the down pour let loose. A few rumbles of...

I don’t know about you, but it doesn’t feel to me like next week should be the 4th of July, but here we are. One week from today is Independ...

Today I think I discovered we have some yellow butterfly weed growing on the rise behind the house. As far as I know, all the butterfly wee...

On the way to pick up our box of community supported agriculture [CSA] shares this morning, there were several whitetail deer browsing along...

I think I’ve finally figured out a way to spend more time appreciating, enjoying, and being grateful for what I have (instead of focusing on...

There’s an article in the Minnesota Reformer claiming we need a full time legislature . As I read through it the other day, I couldn’t find ...

A month or so ago, the crowns of trees around the house were all bare and skeletony looking. Now they’re mostly filled in, or out, as you pr...

Now that leaves are opening, it’s easier to see where winter kill has affected some of our trees. There seem to be more blowdowns this year ...