My Minnesota

I voted on Friday, October 16; participated in the local No Kings - Vote Early rally on Saturday; and today reached the limit of letting MAG...

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...

Local leaf color is coming on. The hummingbirds seem to have disappeared around the middle of last week. Waterfowl are taking training fligh...

If you're looking forward to spending a $5,000 check from the White House on this year's Christmas presents, you might want to reco...

Warm and humid summer-like weather continues through Labor Day weekend. Five months from now I will probably be thinking wistfully about it,...

Labor Day, the unofficial end of Summer, is two weeks away. The Autumn Equinox officially ends Summer in the northern hemisphere exactly one...

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

Hints of gold are arriving amongst the greens of roadside grasses. Splashes and tints of tan can be seen in the verdant treetops. We're ...

Neighborhood sumac is starting to show red leaves among the green. Goldenrod is blooming. Whitetail bucks are in velvet. Early this morning ...

Much of the local field corn has tasseled. Late yesterday we noticed a whitetail buck in velvet. This year's fawns seem to be everywhere...

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...

It's the season of thunderstorms, heat and humidity. Butterfly weed is in bloom. Day lilies have started to come into flower, something ...

Depending on whether you count from Memorial Day or Summer Solstice, Summer's arrival is a little late or a little early. In either case...

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....

May all Mothers and families enjoy a peaceful day full of warm memories. May we all wish for many happy returns of the day. May this May avo...

Wild plum and other bushes are in flower. Some farmers have begun field preparation for this growing season. Trees are in various phases of ...

This coming Friday some of US will celebrate May Day and/or Beltane . Many of US also will do our best to participate in the May Day Strong...

A mile or two up the road, I used to enjoy looking at a cluster of prairie smoke ( Geum triflorum ) in bloom in May or June. It's been a...