The beautiful Frost

Today was a beautiful day. We woke up to all the trees covered in frost. We’re very thankful we aren’t getting all of the snow like Colorado, but we sure could use some! Bob put the snow blower on the tractor today (just in case!)

It was pretty cloudy all day so no sunset [...]

Fun from the long Minnesota winter

Minnesota Centennial Showboat

Minnesota Centennial Showboat

Connie beside TPT van going to Showboat

Bob on Showboat with cathedral in background

Connie with Covington B&B in background

Connie with barge in background

Peter, Christopher & Jim singing"Puff the Magic Dragon"

Christopher, Peter & Jim singing

Peter [...]

The Long Minnesota Winter

The ice is slowly breaking up and melting.          Open water looks great!

We lost a lot of ice over night. Lake Florida is probably 50% ice free.

We were relieved when we got up this morning that the ice wasn’t piled 10 feet high on our beach and yard. [...]

The Long Minnesota Winter

Most of us living here in Minnesota have had enough of winter.  A couple of times in the last few weeks it has appeared to be “almost” over and then we get another little blast of snow and/or cold. Yesterday it started out in the low 30′s and by mid afternoon it was 68 [...]

The Long Minnesota Winter!

Looking north from our front door after snowfall

South view from our house

Snowflakes adorning the trees

Lights on the trees in the woods?

Looking north at resort & cabins

The long Minnesota winter keeps rolling along! Last Tuesday night the cabins and resort were blanketed with about 9 [...]