Category Archives: fun stuff

Winter Frost

January 20, 2010 – 6:22 am

Yesterday was one of those beautiful winter days where the trees, wires, poles and grasses were covered with a soft white frost. This is the kind of frost that is pretty but isn’t damaging. Sometimes we get blasts from winter that coat everything with heavy clear ice which pulls wires, breaks poles and causes havoc. [...]

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Deer

January 18, 2010 – 3:50 pm

Early this spring I posted about a deer family that was hanging around at my home. Ellen and I thoroughly enjoyed watching the doe with her triplet fawns. We would see them from time to time as the fawns lost their spots and started to grow up. Then we didn’t see them for a stretch [...]

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Happy New Year

December 31, 2009 – 8:09 am

I wish all of our clients and readers a Happy New Year. 2009 has created struggles for many of us all across the state and nation. The construction industry has been hit particularly hard by the economic depression. We are all looking forward to improved conditions in 2010. One thing that is not in short [...]

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Eagle Scout Court of Honor

December 28, 2009 – 7:51 am

Wednesday evening I ventured out into our Minnesota winter weather to attend a very nice event….an Eagle Scout Court of Honor for two scouts. The event was held at the Carleton College Great Hall, a lovely setting for such an event. Scout Troop 337 was there in full force, with lots of friends and family [...]

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Merry Christmas

December 23, 2009 – 6:41 am

I want to wish all our present clients, past clients, and readers of our website a very Merry Christmas. With talk of winter weather arriving we all must take care to see that friends and family are safe and that travelers know what conditions are like. It has been wonderful to see the Christmas decorations [...]

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Thanksgiving Day

November 30, 2009 – 12:02 pm

I hope all readers enjoyed a good Thanksgiving day and were able to spend it with family and friends. November has brought rather mild weather to Minnesota so it made traveling a bit easier for folks. Ellen and I and our children enjoyed a Thanksgiving day meal at my sister’s home in Northfield so we [...]

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NAF Birthday Party

November 13, 2009 – 6:31 am

Last night Ellen and I attended a birthday party…..for the Northfield Area Foundation (NAF). NAF is celebrating its first 15 years of helping organizations in the Northfield area. I currently serve on the Board of Advisors for NAF and have thoroughly enjoyed that service. We had a great time last night, complete with a fitting [...]

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Contrail

November 6, 2009 – 7:12 am

In the construction business we typically start our days early. I’m usually in my office by 6:00AM. One of the advantages of that is getting to see all sorts of interesting early morning weather. Today I glanced out the window and saw a beautiful jet contrail captured in the sky by the emerging sun light.

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Contractor Dinner

September 24, 2009 – 5:29 am

Yesterday evening the Northfield Lampert Lumber hosted its annual Contractor Appreciation dinner for area builders. This is a fun event and a great time to gather together and chat with people in the building construction trades. As in past years, the event was held at the Odd Fellows Park pavilion on the west side of [...]

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Rotary Bike Tour

September 14, 2009 – 6:10 am

This weekend Northfield held its annual Defeat of Jesse James Days event. The weather was perfect for a community wide celebration like this. There are lots of events for people to select from during the weekend long celebration. We have a tractor pull, old car show, rodeo, parade, bike tour, running races, arts shows, drama [...]

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