It was a typically cold and rainy spring day here in the frozen tundra. But there are a couple of things I do like about rainy days: baking cookies and photographing blooms. I got to do both today :-) Here are some more spring blooms. The viburnum shrub is about three weeks early. I love the way … More I love spring
I have a degree in Spanish but that doesn’t mean I know all there is to know about speaking, reading or understanding Spanish. Not even close! I graduated in 1982 and I did not get a job utilizing my Spanish. For our trip two years ago(I have various posts here about that trip, here’s a … More Learning Spanish
I have to share this post from a blog that I follow(and it’s my first time reblogging). The perfect way to spend Earth Day. Check out the slide show at the end: fabulous pics!!
Sevilla and rhubarb have nothing in common. But since it’s spring, the earliest spring in the upper midwest that I have experienced these twenty years here, I had to share this pic of hubby in his “No Do” shirt holding our first rhubarb crisp(it’s not quite done yet in this pic) of the season. A … More What do Sevilla and rhubarb have in common?
While planning our trip to Spain for May 2010, I read about the Real Jardín Botánico and could not believe that I never went there when I lived in Madrid as a student. I penciled it in for the end of our day at two of the three great art museums in Madrid. I was … More Real Jardín Botánico – Madrid, España
This post has been rolling around in my head for a while and I guess it’s finally time to write it out. What was “supposed” to be a magical day on our trip to Spain in May 2010, turned into the worst day of that trip unfortunately. It was my 50th birthday and the reason … More the worst day of the trip – Toledo, May 2010
Tonight I was privileged enough to get invited to a work dinner at Redstone American Grill in Minnetonka, MN. A bunch of managers from across the country were in town for meetings and I tagged along for dinner and got to catch up with co-workers. One in the group(there were about 15 of us) is … More A review of Redstone American Grill, Minnetonka, MN
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