yellow

My new favorite picture.

found this online recently...

Rainer Maria Rilke : Have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart. Try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books written in a foreign language. Do not now look for the answers. They cannot now be given to you because you could not live them. It is a question of experiencing everything. At present you need to live the question. Perhaps you will gradually, without even noticing it, find yourself experiencing the answer, some distant day.

birthday girls

My Grandma and I have the same birthday!
Here we are at our birthday party.
I love you Grandma!

sunday hiking

I really wanted to go biking today. However, with the looming storm clouds I decided to make a trek to Hyland Lake Park Reserve and go for a hike instead. I used my great book and found the trailhead quite easily.

Initially, I left my house without my camera. But before I even got to my car I knew that was a mistake so I went back and grabbed it. Best decision of the day. Right now Hyland Lake Park Reserve is full of wildflowers.

And here is my favorite shot of the day:

P.S. Yesterday was Tell Your Roomie She's Awesome Day.

Wish I Was Here

My Dad has been working hard to complete
the new cedar siding on the cabin.
It looks absolutely beautiful!

another world

Parts of Yellowstone National Park made me feel like I was in another world.

satisfaction

okay. alright. I'll admit it. I don't have any plans to see my favorite band (Gaelic Storm) anytime in the near future. Sad but true.

So to tide myself over I have been watching video clips from here.

enjoy!

true story

I'm in Wisconsin. It's hot and humid. The storm clouds have been building in the sky all morning so I make it back to the lovely dorms just before the big rain hits. The alarm system in the dorm announces we are under a severe thunderstorm warning. Then I'm on a conference call for work. The sky is progressively turning dark grey and the winds are picking up. Before I know it the alarms in the building are sounding. I assume - tornado warning - I excuse myself from the conference call and head to the basement.

I run in to a few others along the way. We find it odd that people are outside walking and it appears that the other buildings do not have a similar alarm sounding. So we go to the front desk and learn that it is in fact a fire drill. The fire department is on the way and "why didn't we evacuate sooner?"

Seriously? You are going to have a fire drill in the middle of severe weather? How does that make any sense? We all thought it meant tornado warning and proceeded to the basement. While waiting for the fire department to give the 'all clear' we got to stand out in the rain. Just lovely.

summer snapshots

barefoot runner

I've seen him a few times now. This guy. Running around northeast Minneapolis barefoot. Everytime I spot him I do a doubletake. It's hard to imagine what it would feel like running barefoot through city streets.

After a quick google search I found this article. I don't think this is the guy I have spotted in my neighborhood. But in any event, the barefoot running isn't just a one-man habit.

someday when I have an airstream camper...

I want these plates to go inside.

2 posts in one day! Woo Hoo!

and this is how i feel today...

reaching for the sun
getting pulled in many ways
the world is a blur

photo friday: the great outdoors

the view from the road by the willow flowage dam.

wedding blur

wedding night a glow
never leaving the dance floor
this makes me smile most

Most Interesting Stories of the Day

Did you hear about that woman who lived in some guy's closet?

or What about that hidden tribe in Brazil?

And apparently humans aren't supposed to be monogamous. But I don't have a concrete source for that one yet.

It's been an interesting news day. So here is an interesting picture to go along with it.

Take Advantage of the Farmer's Market

Here's a goal for the summer:
Go to the Farmer's Market.
Many, many times.

pop tarts

You know what happens when you go to the grocery store hungry and you don't have a list to shop with? You buy things you don't need!

Like pop tarts.

Oh but they taste so good!

Yum!

I don't have photographic proof of the lovely and delicious desserts from Sunni's Grill. However, I can tell you from first hand experience that they ROCK. If you go to Howard Lake you should really stop in and try one for yourself. I had the strawberry rhubarb pie with ice cream. Yummy! Everything is made from scratch and tastes so fresh.

75 Things

Hmmm... here's a list of 75 skills that every man should master.

Where's the woman's version?

weekend outlook

it looks like lots of rain this weekend. rain has a purpose. rain makes things green and i like green so rain must be good.

speaking of green. if you are reading this you should really consider going to the living green expo this weekend at the state fairgrounds. i promise you will learn something new. i'll be there on sunday with a smile.