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| Monday, 15-Aug-2005 00:00 |
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Celebrating 60 years after the end of WWII
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Today we attended an event in St. Paul, Minnesota relative to the end of WWII. The State Historical Society is sponsoring a program called "Minnesota's Greatest Generation" to capture the memories and stories of those involved in the war effort in the field, at home and the post war years. These young ladys, representating the Andrews Sisters, entertained us with a few numbers.
After the outdoor presentation, the crowd adjourned to a hall where 4 people, who experienced some aspect of the war, told a few minutes of their story and where they were on August 14th. 60 years ago when the news of the war ending flashed around the world. It was a very emotional experience.
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| Sunday, 14-Aug-2005 00:00 |
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Some variety of Cottonwood Tree
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Moving to the left
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Red feeders
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Leaf with a crook
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| Friday, 12-Aug-2005 00:00 |
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Arrowhead flowers
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| Thursday, 11-Aug-2005 00:00 |
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Water Parsnip
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Growing near Buyck, Minnesota
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| Wednesday, 10-Aug-2005 00:00 |
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A big green worm
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I drained the liquid form a can of kidney beans on this moss covered stump. About 30 minutes later when I went by it again, here was this big green worm going after the liquid. He was big, 2 inches long by 3/8 inch in diameter and quick. When I coaxed him out of the moss, he quickly turned into this U shape. He had very unique markings and notice the strange hook on the tail.
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| Sunday, 7-Aug-2005 00:00 |
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Three sisters in the Northwoods
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Fern leaf
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| Saturday, 6-Aug-2005 00:00 |
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House Finch nest
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I bought my wife a flower basket for our front porch in early May. Within a day, a pair of House Finchs built a nest in the basket and laid 5 eggs. These 5 birds grew up and flew away in mid June. We took the basket down and within a day, the Finchs began building thhis nest on top of the reath hanging on the wall of our porch. Only 3 of the eggs of the second group hatched and eventually flew away. It was interesting watching the development of these little birds.
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| Thursday, 4-Aug-2005 00:00 |
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Hazelnuts
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These grow on bushes from 4 to 10 feet high. I believe the bears love them. This year there are lots of them while others years there are very few.
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| Wednesday, 3-Aug-2005 00:00 |
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Outhouse spiders
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When visiting the northwoods, one does not always have indoor plumbing facilities. There were 4 of these spiders in one outhouse. Each one was about 1 1/2 inch in diameter and they seemed to have their own territory or corner of the world as one might say.
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| Sunday, 31-Jul-2005 00:00 |
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Northwoods Beauty
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Taken on the Norway Trail near Buyck, Minnesota.
I will be away for a couple of days in the Northwoods gathering more stuff to post. I will be back on Tuesday.
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