Birds of the Mississippi at Colvill

53 degrees today

I took my lunch and book to a park bench down by the river.  It was chilly.  A water bird of some kind kept squawking about something.  It just sat there and bitched and complained about everything.  Finally the chill and the noisy feathered creature ran me off.  It's cold in my office today too but I'm wearing an animal print jacket that is quite fetching so its okay.

Last night we were invited to a Lover Boy concert.  Don't know Lover Boy?  Look it up.  They sing something about how everybody's working for the weekend and were popular in the 80's.  I was otherwise engaged in the 80's and missed the Lover Boy craze.  It was a hoot though.

Mr. and Mrs. Boothe

The deed is done.  Stacy and Tom are finally married and they did it with great style and flair in Deadwood, SD.  Easily one of the most fun and interesting weddings I've ever attended.  We wish this good looking pair a life time of fun, love and interesting adventures - just like their wedding day!

a pretty night out on the river

lovin the Minnesota birds

tree swallow

downy woodpecker

female American goldfinch

white breasted nuthatch

ruby throated hummingbird

female ruby throated hummingbird



Spring

 One of these ladies might be pregnant, but it's impossible to tell. 

 A view from the state forest of some beautiful Scottish Highlander's

cold, cold, cold

but so pretty....

very cold and lots of snow

But that didn't stop us from having some fun at the park.  Bundle up and get outside!

to everything there is a season

View from my bedroom window

It snowed this weekend.  Kind of a rainy wet snow that didn't need to be shoveled, but we were reintroduced to winter all the same.

With warm clothes, good mittens and decent boots the winter weather isn't a bother.  Since I live in Minnesota it's fairly certain that a fourth of the year with be unbearably hot and a fourth of the year cold or snowy.  That still means half of the year will be pretty great.  After spending 10 years in the heat of the desert, I'm pretty happy with four seasons and each day bringing something different in the weather department.

Scottish Highlanders of Lake City

The bull

Pretty Red Wing - October 2010

The leaves are slowly changing at Frontenac State Park

View of Wisconsin and the Mississippi from Frontenac State Park

Lots of time left to watch the colors changing