October 3, 2011 – 6:05 am
Sunday was a glorious day in Minnesota. Ellen and I decided to spend most of it at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum west of Minneapolis. We enjoy visiting the Arboretum in the early fall. This visit was perfect in that there were still many annuals and perennials blooming, and of course the fall leaves were turning. [...]
September 6, 2011 – 6:17 am
Over the long weekend I stopped in to check up on our lake cottage remodeling project in the Carlton County area. Work has moved along very nicely on the project. This past week the workers completed the soffits. On this project we matched the existing soffit detail, using 3/8″ smooth plywood. The soffits angle up [...]
August 15, 2011 – 5:59 am
I was at our worksite in the Carlton County area over the weekend. The carpenters made good progress on framing the walls and roof of the new expansion on the lake cabin we are working on. A new room is extending out from the existing log cabin about 15′. This room has conventional wall framing [...]
Over the weekend Ellen and I were in St. Cloud. As we walked around downtown St. Cloud it was enjoyable to see the amount of granite used in their buildings. St. Cloud is known as ‘Granite City’ due to the amount of granite mined in the area. I read that at one time there were [...]
February 2, 2011 – 4:15 pm
Since it is groundhog day today, I thought I would share photos of my own ‘personal’ groundhog. This little family decided to take up residence under the workshop shed at my lake cottage. The mother was quite protective of her five little babies. The babies were very inquisitive about the comings and goings around the [...]
October 12, 2010 – 5:53 am
Last weekend Ellen and I spent time at our lake cottage and in the Carlton County area. It was a superb weekend with bright sunny days, cool evenings and warm days. Perfect time for a fall break in Minnesota. The previous weekend we headed down to Mantorville. On both these weekends farmers were out in [...]
September 20, 2010 – 5:45 am
Last week Ellen and I spent a couple of days away from Northfield. One of our stops was at the Naniboujou Lodge north of Grand Marais, Minnesota. This is a fabulous place to spend some time. The lodge was constructed in the late 1920’s as a private hunting and fishing club. The Great Depression of [...]
Ellen and I spent the weekend at our cottage in the Pine/Carlton County area. On Saturday we went to Willow River for Willow River Days. In spite of some rather rainy periods we had a fun time at this small town Minnesota event. The main feature is of course the parade. There were lots [...]
Over the Memorial Day weekend Ellen and I were at our cottage in the Arrowhead Region of Minnesota. We noticed that Mahtowa was holding their annual ‘Wurst Days’ event and thought it would be fun to stop by. Mahtowa is located west of I-35 just south of Carlton, Minnesota. Mahtowa has a wonderful country store [...]
