August 31, 2019 The peak of goldenrod bloom is in early September and I'm seeing goldenrod everywhere. Goldenrod has bright yellow...

August 30, 2019 Good news about White Bear Lake: the water levels are the highest they've been since 2003.

August 29, 2019. 9:15 pm and our team is winning! Football season is upon us and what a fun way to celebrate being outside. The band is...

August 28, 2019 Black chokeberries (aronia melanocarpa) are native to Minnesota and today I see that the berries are getting ripe. What...

August 27, 2019 68 degrees outside on this lovely evening.

August 26, 2019 at 8:10 pm. A serene scene here at the pond this evening with ducks looking almost like painted silhouettes on the water....

August 25, 2019. 8:20 pm. Only 68 degrees, but a nice evening to be outside. I love the clouds tonight!

August 24, 2019, 8:40 pm at Bellaire Beach "Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky," - Kahlil Gibran.

August 23, 2019 The fair is huge, and one great way to get around is to travel on the Skyride. You get a birds-eye view of the fair and...

August 22, 2019 One of the most popular ways to end the summer is to attend the "Great Minnesota Get-Together," the Minnesota State Fair....

August 21, 2019 Life is good in the marsh today with all these native plants blooming.

August 20, 2019 Oops, I almost called it a Monarch, but this is a Painted Lady butterfly. It looks a lot like a monarch as the colors are...

August 19, 2019 I passed a fellow hiker on the trail today and remarked that it was a beautiful day to be out. He said, "Yes, enjoy this...

August 18, 2019 Today I discovered these cute wildflowers and did some research to find out what they might be. They are broad leaved...

Saturday, August 17, 2019 3:30 pm, 81 degrees and sunny. Turn your listening ears on for this one! When wind blows it creates a friction...

August 16, 2019 It looks like a great place for a toad to sit, but the word "toadstool" is not actually a scientific term; it's just the...

August 15, 2019 Cattails are the most common marsh species in Minnesota. They are easy to identify: just look for the brown fuzzy flower...

August 14, 2019 Minnesota once had 18 million acres of prairie and it's fun to think about what that must have looked like: an ocean of...

Tuesday, August 13, 2019 In the 1970's Gerry Spiess built a 10-foot sailboat in his garage in White Bear Lake and named it Yankee Girl....

Monday, August 12, 2019 Promise yourself this: next time you go anywhere, anywhere at all, promise that you will stop and be still for a...