My Minnesota

I missed posting yesterday. The day was devoted to celebrating the birthday of a certain 5 year old granddaughter and I obviously failed to ...

The snow is melting!!! It will take a few days to get gone. Fortunately, we’re in for a string of 40+℉ all week. Can you tell that I’m not o...

Yesterday was the Feast of Imbolc . It was also the first day of Black History Month . Today, on Groundhog Day, Punxsutawney Phil is reporte...

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...

I believe we’re in the process of setting a new high temperature record for today. The existing one is 87℉. In light of the temperatures, th...

Today. for the first time in months, I'm wearing a heavy flannel shirt. The outside temperature is 60℉ and I’m enjoying every bit of it ...

It’s hard to believe that only four months ago our back yard was snow covered. Today we are, again, under an “Excessive Heat Warning” until ...

With the possible exception of questioning if we’ll enjoy enough snow cover for a white Christmas, the arrival of real spring stresses what ...

Some time this month, this year probably in the second half, we will see a reduction in winter’s white and return of colors to the landscape...

Phil saw his shadow this morning. That means, according to legend, six more weeks of winter. But, Phil is only correct about 40% of the time...

Today’s (and yesterday’s) local weather will set a baseline for some of us that clearly demonstrates the validity of William McDonough’s ass...

Driving a local back road late this morning, we saw something unusual, at least something we’ve neither seen before nor read about. There we...

Tomorrow, very slowly, the days will begin to grow longer, at least for the first half of the year. Temperatures will begin to increase on a...

We have once again confirmed that getting off our duff and actually cleaning up some of the mess along the drive is much more productive tha...

Morning wind chill in low teens; not what we expect in mid-October, even here in the North Country. Brings us to a version of “it’s not the ...

Only a few days left in September. There was a skim of ice on the bird bath this morning. Frost covered the low spot in the back yard and mo...

We’ve not noticed any yet this year, but we’re coming into wild cucumber blooming time. If you think you’re seeing ghosts drifting along tre...