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First walk outside since Christmas Day

Pic posted March 10, 2024

MK does not approve of the buckthorn 👎


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Sunset Over Jerry’s Foods

Pic posted March 2, 2024

What a crazy start to March in Minnesota


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About six inches at our house

Pic posted February 15, 2024

Read that this storm doubled our snowfall for the season. Still waiting for our first bird buddy…


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Minnesota State Park 2024 Quest

Posted January 7, 2024

I read someone on Mastodon talking about a goal of visiting all 88 Texas state parks in the next few years and thought that would be fun to do in Minnesota with Oliver (and the Minnesota State Parks custom license plate).

Minnesota has 66 state parks, plus nine state recreation areas, nine state waysides and 23 state trails. I’ve been to a bunch of these already, but I could revisit the eight on the North Shore alone every week and be happy.

Quest set:

Afton • Banning • Bear Head • Beaver Creek Valley • Big Stone Lake • Blue Mounds • Buffalo River • Camden • Carley • Cascade River • Charles A. Lindbergh • Crow Wing • Father Hennepin • Flandrau • Forestville/Mystery Cave • Fort Ridgely • Fort Snelling • Franz Jevne • Frontenac • George H. Crosby Manitou • Glacial Lakes • Glendalough • Gooseberry Falls • Grand Portage • Great River Bluffs • Hayes Lake • Hill-Annex Mine • Interstate • Itasca • Jay Cooke • John A. Latsch • Judge C.R. Magney • Kilen Woods • Lac qui Parle • Lake Bemidji • Lake Bronson • Lake Carlos • Lake Louise • Lake Maria • Lake Shetek • Lake Vermilion • Maplewood • McCarthy Beach • Mille Lacs Kathio • Minneopa • Monson Lake • Moose Lake • Myre-Big Island • Nerstrand-Big Woods • Old Mill • Rice Lake • St. Croix • Sakatah Lake • Savanna Portage • Scenic • Schoolcraft • Sibley • Soudan Underground Mine • Split Rock Creek • Split Rock Lighthouse • Temperance River • Tettegouche • Whitewater • Wild River • William O’Brien • Zippel Bay


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A New Year @ Como Park

Pic posted January 1, 2024

Visited the Holiday Flower Show @ the Marjorie McNeely Conservatory


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Kingsbury Bird Buddy 🐤

Pic posted December 31, 2023

Now open for business


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Merry Christmas from Minnesota

Pic posted December 25, 2023

In all of my Christmas mornings here, I can’t recall another that had worms crawling on the sidewalk. The ice is also almost gone from the lake…


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Foggy, rain and low 40s

Pic posted December 23, 2023

Not your typical late December in Minnesota


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Puffball fungus among us

Pic posted December 21, 2023

Too bad I screwed up the video of the spore release


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Another doctor’s order ✅

Pic posted December 1, 2023

Beautiful golden hour walk around the park


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Another Minneapolis rooftop ✅

Pic posted November 28, 2023

This one wasn’t nearly as scary as the IDS


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La Lake is nearly frozen over

Pic posted November 25, 2023

So grateful to have this wonderful park nearby


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Early neighborhood walk with MK 🥶

Pic posted November 24, 2023

Not really *that* cold, but the pond was frozen


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It’s been a nice week in MN 🍁

Pic posted November 19, 2023

I see the first forecasted teen temp, but really not too bad


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Chester Creek 🍁

Pic posted November 11, 2023

Still think this is the best city path ever


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Compost Saturday

Pic posted November 4, 2023

No waiting at the Newport compost site


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Skipped Vikings-Packers for this

Pic posted October 29, 2023

Greatest day of 37F golf ever? Shot an 81 from the whites @ Ridges at Sand Creek in Jordan


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Our tree has had it 🍁

Pic posted October 28, 2023

Feels like every remaining 2023 leaf dropped at the same time this week


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Last round of the year (?) in Jordan

Pic posted October 21, 2023

Windy and warm(ish), with lots of beautiful color – played well, with an adjusted 82 from the white tees


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La Lake Park with MK 🍁

Pic posted October 20, 2023

It would be great to have another few weeks of this, but guessing next week will be different


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The sign out front was not correct

Pic posted October 15, 2023

Well, might be *technically* correct, but we couldn’t see any today in the Spring Lake Park Reserve central paddock


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October golf in Cannon Falls

Pic posted October 15, 2023

Shot an 87 from the whites at Cannon Golf Club


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Fall in La Lake Park 🍁

Pic posted October 14, 2023

Hadn’t walked that path in a while – windy and rainy, but no bugs and beautiful colors


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Hello, October 2023

Pic posted October 1, 2023

Missing the Lutsen colors this year 🍁


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More nice color down in Jordan

Pic posted September 30, 2023

Shot 86 from the whites – Ridges at Sand Creek


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