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 [...]
Last weekend Ellen and I were up at our lake cottage getting things ready for fishing season and summer fun. It was rather cold with snow off and on most of the day Friday….not really the spring weather we had earlier. We often like to participate in local events when we are at our cottage [...]
Last winter I noticed an animal path under one of our sheds at our cottage. A few weeks ago I spotted the animals that created the path….a woodchuck family. I came out one morning to find a young woodchuck (a pup?) walking down the roadway. The next thing I knew it there were four others [...]
I was on a canoe trip in Minnesota’s boundary water canoe area (BWCA) for several days this week. Every year a group of my high school friends gets together for a trip. This year we expanded our group a bit by including a couple other folks from the area so we ended up with a [...]
This past weekend Ellen and I traveled to Northern Minnesota to visit my brother. He operates the Whispering Pines Motel on highway 61 just north of Silver Bay. It was a great weekend to be out and about outdoors. The motel location is on the corner of highway 1 and 61. Many years ago there [...]
December 16, 2008 – 2:59 pm
I was in the Goodhue County government building in Red Wing yesterday attending to some business. I had not been in the building for many years. It is an absolutely beautiful example of early twentieth century public architecture. I believe it was constructed in 1931. The building reflects lots of the art deco themes prevalent [...]
November 19, 2008 – 7:24 am
As you may know, construction work starts early most mornings. One of the advantages to that is that I get to see some beautiful sunrises. Yesterday morning I captured this scene as the sun started to peak up over the business across the road. Spectacularly beautiful and powerful! We have constructed the lower level walls [...]
October 28, 2008 – 2:44 pm
Last weekend Ellen and I spent some time in Northern Minnesota. Since Saturday started out to be a rather damp and cloudy day, we drove to Duluth and visited the railroad museum. That is a great place to spend a cold, rainy fall day while learning a lot about the early logging and mining operations [...]
