Posts Tagged ‘local flavor’

At least INSIDE a conservatory:

From the National Weather Service Twin Cities bureau regarding this weekend:

Storm total accumulations should range from 9 to 12 inches in most
locations… with as much as 15 to 18 inches possible along the
Interstate 35 corridor and the Saint Croix River Valley.

Looky at our 5-day forecast. Brrrrr!

I finished my internship at American Public Media’s Speaking of Faith radio show Friday. It was a good, though at times, tough experience.

I’ll miss working downtown St. Paul. It’s such a pleasant little city. This photo shows the American Public Media/Minnesota Public Radio building in the foreground (with the ticker going ’round the building).

There’s a couple exceptionally good shows in the next few weeks:

No More Taking Sides: An Israeli-Palestinian Story

Planting the Future with Wangari Maathai (Nobel Peace Prize Winner)

At the Mall of America, everything’s big. This year they built the world’s largest gingerbread house. Yes, it is actually made out of gingerbread. And decorated with real candy.

It took them almost 2000 hours to build it. Wonder how long it’ll take to eat it…

The Witch’s Hat water tower, built in 1913, is a local landmark.

I went to an apple orchard with my parents today. The trees were just laden with apples. Together we got 15 lbs. of Haralson apples (a pie-making favorite). We already made a batch of apple crisp. Yummy!

The weather was fabulous today–I would guess into the eighties. It doesn’t much feel like fall, but the trees are all changing, so it must be.

This September has been a mix of cool rainy days and gorgeous sunny ones. Last Sunday I got these shots while on a walk with Gayle:

My parents’ garden is still going strong. There’s still raspberries! And one lone clematis.

The twelve days leading up to Labor Day–it’s finally State Fair time. Hurrah!

One of the cool competitions is to see which dairy-promoting maiden gets crowned Princess Kay of the Milky Way. She and all her court get their likenesses sculpted in real butter! I’m not kidding…check it out:

And you can’t have a state fair, at least not in an agricultural state, without the livestock. Isn’t this new born lamb cute?

And see Link talk to the animals (he is a Nebraskan, after all), like a modern-day Dr. Dolittle:

My sister and Link were such good sports, and I had to go and make them look like turkeys!