Bathing beauty

Sun-bathing that is. Uno enjoying our first really warm day.

Cabin fever

I am not the only one experiencing cabin fever. There is still a lot of snow and it is almost April 1st.

Frankie has been asking to go outside. That is not going to happen. It got to the mid-40's today with lots of beautiful sunshine. I had to let Frankie experience it somehow. The bathroom window is.one of his favorite places.

Denver - Spring?!

Signs of Spring here in Denver, Colorado. A rare business trip this week. Back to Denver. Was in the upper 60's today. Got to go for a run. So nice.

It might snow tonight though. And snow forecast for Minneapolis. No surprise there.

Cabin fever - needed a project

I am going crazy with this winter and mostly with the cold. It was 17 degrees this morning! I know I live in Minnesota and the winters are long but this winter has been for the record books. And those are coldest records. I figured I needed a project to work on and it had to be outdoors. Didn't know what it was going to be so I went to Menards, our local big box home improvement center. What I came up with was the garage dusk-dawn motion detecting light. I really wanted an LED light but none of the fixtures were labeled to use an LED bulb. The lighting staff at Menards was great. No one was sure it the fixtures and bulb would work so they got a dimmable LED and put it in one of the display fixtures. Voila! It worked. I was going to go with a Mission style fixture then saw one that was similar to my street lamp style front outdoors light. When I got home it looked like the new feature was too tall and it was. But I was able to take a section out of the top finial to make it fit. It was cold but I got it done. Now to wait for dusk.

Bowling at The Nook

Dave mentioned this neighborhood bowling alley in St. Paul. It is in the basement of the building that houses The Nook restaurant and bar at street level.

This alley is very old school. There are only 8 lanes and no automated scoring. The pin setters are automated so not too old school.

We had fun though I did not bowl very well again.

Lucky7 7k

Trish, Kaitlin and 10,000 other runners ran 7 kilometers. Temperature in the mid-20's this year instead of the mid-teens like last year.

I finished 402nd out of 10,915 overall; 291st out of 2774 men; and 14th out of 199 in men 50 - 59.

Clean teeth

I love getting my teeth cleaned.

Yeah

It was 52 just an hour ago. Sweet!

100% Irish 5k

Another super fun 5k with friends. This year's St. Patrick's theme was lucky charms (as in the cereal).

Bone Yard or Old Chicago usurper

The restaurant-bar that took over the Old Chicago Uptown site opened on Friday. Rose, Jennifer, Michael and I checked it out.

Miss Uno

I was sitting in my TV chair and Uno wanted to see what was going on. She sat next to the floor lamp and I thought this was the best light and pose for her. She is such a pretty girl even if she is cranky.

The dangerous roads and beauty of the lake.

We got ice and snow more than a week ago. The temperatures have been 20-30 degrees below normal. The roads are in such terrible and dangerous condition. If the road surface isn't completely covered with ice, then there are these amazing junks and gaps and ruts.

28th Street in front of Isles Bun and Coffee. Pure ice.

Another shot of 28th Street.

And then there is the beauty of the lakes. The extreme white snow has been drifted by crazy winds. Many thanks to the brave men and women who keep the park paths clear for us runners and bikers.