March 2007 Archives

Happy Birthday, Angela, Christina, and David

Have a day

Happy Birthday, Scott

Have a day

Tung Nut Blooms. Aren't they lovely? I can't take any credit for them. They came with the property. The nuts that follow these blooms are used to make tung oil. It's used in furniture polishes/stains. Our property was once a tung nut plantation. More pictures on my blog.

Lift a glass of green beer or a shot of Irish whiskey. Have some shepherd’s pie. Everyone is Irish today.

Now and in time to be,
Wherever green is worn,
Are changed, changed utterly,
A terrible beauty is born
William Butler Yeats, Easter 1916

The TMNT movie about to be released reminds me of a story. TMNT stands for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and they were all the rage before Harry Potter. Unbeknownst to me, nephew Lars was a big fan. When I asked him about them in passing one day, he shouted “Kowabunga, dudette!” at me.

Best of luck to Phil. His new restaurant, Phil's Grill, is almost ready. Patsy and I ate there Saturday night. It's in an an area with a lot of traffic, a lot of office workers, a lot of residents, but also a lot of competition. The service was good and the food was excellent and affordable. I think he can hold his own. Thanks for the invite, Phil and Christina. It was a real treat.

Annie and I out snowshoeing yesterday

John and I out snowshoeing yesterday.

John and Annie out snowshoeing yesterday.

New entry up at The Reunion Blog. Time to start the talk. Email me or respond to this entry for the new login and password. I want to keep that stuff over there.

Most places got well over a foot of snow. Schools and businesses were shut down including the Mall of America and the University of Minnesota.

The last time Mpls. and St. Paul schools shut down was the winter of '94 - and that was because of the cold!

Outside Asiyah's school on the day of the snowstorm. Click here to enlarge. If you click on the photo, itself, you will go to FlickR. Just above the upper left corner of the picture will be a link that says "All Sizes". See them, too, if you like.

Aminah making a snow angel.

In Mpls we got around 18 inches of snow.

Where have all the swing sets gone?