Brackett Park Rocket

On my cycle ride, stood under the Brackett Park rocket. Originally a piece of playground equipment from around the time of President Kennedy’s moonshot speech, it’s now a sculpture.

Categorized as Arts

A First

Bought a birthday card.

Categorized as Family

Afton State Park

Hiked Afton State Park: St. Croix River bluffs, prairie, woods, undulating trails, overlooks.

Categorized as Walk

Trail Lunch

Our hall table, items for a state park hike tomorrow. Earlier today, ducked into Trader Joe’s to pick up supplies. The store had been reorganized yet again, I couldn’t find gorp in the usual spot, so grabbed the first things I saw. Lunch on the trail will be good, it always is.

Categorized as Eat, Walk

Potato Lefse

Lunch included homemade potato lefse, a gift from friends who made these fine examples of the traditional Norwegian flatbread.

Categorized as Eat

Pop Rivet Fan

Had fun with a pop rivet gun and sheet metal shears making adjustable mounts to attach fans to our grow rack.

Categorized as DIY

Japanese Mural

On my cycle ride through Nordeast Minneapolis, stopped to enjoy this mural by Japanese artist Yuya Negishi.

Categorized as Arts

Marilyn Merlot

The 2001 Marilyn Merlot we’d been holding onto most of this millennium for a special occasion was corked. We substituted a cheeky young Pinot Noir to complement our slow-cooked turkey thighs. We’ll reduce Ms Merlot to a syrup to pour over ice cream