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On our walk: painted rocks had been placed at intervals along a guardrail on an old bridge.

Picked up a carryout coffee, walked through a sculptor’s workspace.

Stayed six feet away from a friend.

Dimmed the lights for night 3 of our musicals weekend. Tonight: A Star is Born (2018). Lady Gaga’s “La Vie en Rose,” performed in a gay bar, was affirmation, hope, and entertainment.

Installed drippers to irrigate native prairie grasses.

Bought hyperlocal. Walked a couple blocks from our home to a brewpub where I picked up a growler of “Curbside Ale” at the front entrance.

Cycled some of the many miles of roads in Minneapolis where pedestrians and cyclists have priority.

My moment of Zen at the end of a cycle ride: sipping a cappuccino, courtesy of the Misfit Coffee truck, Gold Medal Park.

Beans over rice for Cinco de Mayo. I made the bean dish ahead of time to allow flavors to develop.

Cycled to Christ Church Lutheran, completed 1949, hidden in a South Minneapolis residential neighborhood. The church members had opted for a Gothic structure, but fortunately a new pastor signed up Eliel Saarinen. In 1962, even more famous son, Eero, supervised an extension.

Posted My Air Travel Happy Path in a Time of COVID-19.

Included several breweries in our cycle ride, hoping to procure a growler. The serving window at Indeed Brewing Company was open, but, like all the other breweries, they would not be serving until later. Hop forward will have to wait for another day.

Posted Automated Houseplant Misting System.

Asked questions.

On our walk: early blossoms at Our Lady of Lourdes, the oldest continuously used church building in Minneapolis.

Spent the morning streamlining our houseplant irrigation system. (This is the “after” picture.) Rain and lightning made it a good day for plumbing.