My Minnesota

The universe is estimated to be almost 15 billion years old; the Earth about 4.5 billion; humans (Homo sapiens) less than a million . I nee...

It’s Arbor Day. Purely guesswork and speculation on my part, but it may be one of Katie Holten ’s favorite days. I have a copy of, and have ...

Today saw the tractor get its oil changed and other winter maintenance like freshening the mouse repellant sachets. We’ll install the back b...

The Christmas tree, a young white pine, is (cut) down. The tree is up (in its stand). We’re several steps closer to Christmas decorations be...

We’ve gone from a misty morning to a long, soaking, much needed rain. Perhaps soil moisture and groundwater levels may approximate where the...

The Daughter Person and Son-In-Law just stopped by, looking for some bits and pieces for a Christmas project they're working on. Christm...

As of mid-day, I have a new pair of (faux) fleece-lined deerskin chopper mittens. Soon we'll have a brand new snow blower parked in the ...

This beautiful Autumn afternoon, with essentially no breeze and no rain, turned out to be ideal for gutter cleaning. We hope that most of th...

We failed a little in our efforts to buy absolutely nothing today on #BlackFriday. We decided it was necessary to buy suet for the birds at ...

Rarely, but every once in a while, a small dash of common sense strikes us in a timely fashion. This week we're slowly getting Christmas...

We've reached that time of year in which many of the local pines try to pretend they're deciduous trees. Their older needles change ...

At some time during the past several days, the pines near the driveway dumped all their male pine cones all over the drive. Did you know th...

Several days ago, we marked, with old broken branches and bamboo sticks, the edge of an area we wanted to replant. It's way too steep to...

In our neck of the woods, we've reached the time of year when even the "evergreens" are changing colors and dropping needles. ...

male pine cones from driveway Yesterday's torrential downpours must have knocked down whatever was left of any male pine cones from...

The pines beside the driveway are coating everything beneath them with pollen. Last year's dump was a few days later in June. pine ...

The chickadees, nuthatches and gold finches at the feeders are pretty nonchalant about movement inside the house. Not so the woodpeckers, ...