Monday, May 5, 2008

Playing Hooky

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I think the first really nice day of every spring should be declared a paid holiday in the State of Minnesota. Unfortunately, there is no su...
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Saturday, May 3, 2008

Sophie the Kitchen Assistant

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It turned out to be a pretty nice day. After a rainy start, the sun finally came out and even though it was windy and not too warm, the sun ...
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Friday, May 2, 2008

Unusual Bird Behavior

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I saw a couple of different birds this afternoon doing some things that aren't normally associated with their particular species, so I t...
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Thursday, May 1, 2008

Just Birds Today

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All kinds of cool bird sightings the last couple days.....it's almost like some sort of migration gate was opened and all of a sudden, t...
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Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Turkeys 2, Johnsons 0

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We gave up on our turkey hunt this morning. Our change of tactics involved each of us going to a different location (where we've heard t...
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Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Knitting Projects

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I haven't shown any knitting projects lately, so since I have nothing nature-related to report today (except that I saw a single junco i...
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Sunday, April 27, 2008

Sunday in the Turkey Blind

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The wind died down overnight and there were clear skies and a half-moon as we hiked to our turkey blind at 5 AM today. It was still cold (ar...
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Saturday, April 26, 2008

Happy to be Warm Again

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I've got my furnace cranked up and I'm sitting in the sunny dining room window posting this blog. Most of me is finally warm again e...
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Friday, April 25, 2008

Just Miscellaneous Stuff

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Because our turkey hunting season starts early tomorrow morning, Mr. Johnson and I decided to leave work early today so we could get our wee...
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Thursday, April 24, 2008

I'm Festival Bound

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This afternoon I finalized my plans to attend the "6th Annual Potholes & Prairies Birding Festival" in June (as a member of t...
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Sunday, April 20, 2008

Turkey Scouting Morning

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Our turkey hunting season starts next Saturday. We have been fortunate to obtain permission once again to hunt private land in the same area...
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Thursday, April 17, 2008

Staying Closer to Home

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Here's a shocking sight we saw on our way home from work today: I can already tell that other than a trip to St. Paul in May and a trip ...
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Wednesday, April 16, 2008

A Nice Wednesday

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Well, it turned out to be a very nice day once the wind finally died down. I got home from work and decided I'd better get my garbage ca...
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Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Playing Catch-Up

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It seems as though spring has finally arrived in my backyard. After watching snowflurries all day last Saturday, Sunday dawned cold, but cl...
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