My Minnesota

While running errands this morning, we saw a sun dog. That means it was very cold and the sun was shining. Sun dogs need cold. Our dogs say ...

If we’re lucky, next week will be the coldest of the winter. Lucky not because next week’s temperatures will be relatively mild (single digi...

In recognition of the anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, please follow this link to read our prior postings on that trage...

This morning I mowed for just the first or second time this year. I’m not sure which. We had a very wet spring, No Mow May ran through June ...

A strong southerly wind is clearing the remaining leaves from the trees, including many of the oaks. The air is intermittently full of clust...

The wind howled and more. The snow was scoured from the fields, turned and twisted and blown across the roads. We spent most of the day out ...

Local waters that were open over the weekend are now covered (again) with ice, which is covered with snow. We haven’t checked larger waters ...

Temperatures in single digits, windchills in the minus mid-teens, and it’s not even winter solstice yet. At least the sun is shining and the...

Have you noticed today a thinning of the curtain between this world and tother? Has it thinned enough to peer through? Did you grasp a curta...

The good news about this week's winds is that Minnesota's inland stream trout fishing season doesn't open until April 17. My fl...

The pond North of the property is now more open water than ice-covered. The Sunrise River pools still are fully covered with  ice, but there...

We hope those of you wishing so hard for a white Christmas are satisfied. Merry White Christmas Eve! Yesterday's storm-induced power out...

 It's mid-afternoon, Sunday, October 18. The "weather app" on my smartphone says the outside temperature is 32℉. Normally, a h...

Local birds have noticed the persistent wind and drop in temperatures. Visits to the feeders have increased by about an order of magnitude. ...

Midweek last the snow-covered slope behind the house, the one whose crest runs North-South, the one on which the pear tree stands, was marke...

The local woods are full of florescent orange. Firearms deer season opened this morning. We've heard a couple of shots and seen a couple...

We're a little overdue in announcing that our record is still in tact. Approximately 25 years in this house and not a single Trick or Tr...