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4/1/19

March 2019


                                      Leftover rice makes a yummy spinach rice cake, crowned with an egg and                       shallot sauce.


Great music with Radoslave Lorkovic at Oak Center General Store

506 on the Empire Builder!


Three image panorama of morning on Lake Pepin

Roschen Park


Mom and Cindy had not seen each other in over 35 years!

A gram and her grandson

I was lucky enough to be present when the Empire Builder had to stop and flag a faulty intersection! The train had just hit a turkey. 


Another amazing Chef's Table at the Railhouse!

Melting! 




Great show with Dean McGraw at Oak Center General Store

A late train makes a good photo op as the sun drops behind the bluffs. 


House made black bean burger

Engineer Mary


                                    Conductor Shawn always wave at Lake City

On the bluff top, the fields are turned to lakes as the snow melts.

Gravel roads in the country.


This lone cottonwood in Northern Lake City is surrounded by the swelling Mississippi.


Buddha bowl with quinoa, lots of veggies, and a sauce made with kumquat and Meyer lemon. 

Dawn on Lake Pepin



City Hall in the morning light



Water is still rising. Roschen Park sunrise.



                                              The Empire Builder at Maple Springs, MN
                                                                  VIDEO HERE

Rising waters


My friend Charlie was on this train for his first ride!

Plant based Tofu Tacos!


Roschen Park Sunrise

Dutchman's Coulee


Bellechester, MN


Empire Builder in Dutchman's Coulee

Dutchman's Coulee reflection. 

brave fisherman this morning. Cold and Windy

Sunrise at flooded Roschen Park

Morning light downtown Lake City


Flooding at Slipperys in Wabasha

High water at Stahlei Park

Volunteers sandbagged the depot in Red Wing

Conductor Tom in Red Wing


2/26/14

We've been busy!

Reads Landing

Swimming in Wabasha

Music

Singing with Lupes

                    The girls have also received their piano recital pieces for the April recital.

                                               Cooking


cabbage rolls


Thai style beef with coconut rice

lobstah!

horchata with house made rice milk

Penne with calamari, veggies, sun dried tomato, parmesan, white wine, shallots

Orange Julius!


                                                            School

Bird watching




                                                             Learning to crochet


               
                                                                Dance recital is May 31

Babysitting


Taking care of our zoo



                                                                  Skywatching



Sledding





Surviving blizzards



Volunteering for concerts at Oak Center General Store:

Danny Schmidt and Carrie Elkin


Bill Staines

Rachael Kilgour

Erik Koskinen and Barbara Jean Meyer


Andra Suchy

Radoslav Lorkovic 

Selling Girl Scout Cookies



Lots of reading 



Another concert, the Klezmatics. Fantastic Eastern European music!!!