It seems somehow appropriate that on this holiday weekend I’ve finally been blogging my life and times as a soldier on Okinawa almost 50 years ago . . .
[Fun at the winery with Jeff James and several thousand of our close personal friends.]
[We left Jeff a little early to watch the Gopher softball team win its way to the college world series . . . ]
[That night was the first time we’ve had late evening sunshine since 1923. The lighting around Lake H2Obert was just lovely . . . ]
May 26
Saturday was a gorgeous day. We spent 3 hours with Josie, the first outside performance at Carlos Creek Winery this season, beginning at 10:00 am for the Awake the Lakes 5K and 10K races. This was not the first photo op of the day, but why not lead off the day with Josie doing one of our favorites songs. And Budapest is one of our favorite cities – but now Hungary is being ruled by white nationalist, so . . .
[But early that morning, “the fog crept in on little cat feet.” Then mom, dad, and the babies returned again for breakfast . . . ]
[And again for brunch . . . ]
[On a calm, sunny morning, the lake mirrors its surroundings . . . ]
[Then, it was off to the winery. Apparently there were 150 more competitors running this year, so there was quite a crowd when we arrived. Josie was already performing.]
[The Northmen Brewery grand opening is scheduled for June 15 . . . ]
[The background building is where the wine is made; the corner of the building on the left is the tasting room . . . ]
[Can you spot the Super in our front row, box seats?]
[The Super shooting her “Missing U at . . . ” photos for Facebook . . . ]
[The Super’s photos of Josie . . . ]
[Not to be outdone, I took some from my videoing position . . . ]
[She sang Landslide. I mentioned to her that Stevie Nicks turned 71 on this day, making her a mere 8 months younger than me . . . ]
[We left (the brewery on the left, tasting room on the right) hoping to pay our first visit to The Lure for lunch, but at 2:00 the place was packed. So we went on down to the golf club for a lovely lunch outside . . . ]
[And here we are at the golf club where we spent enough time for me to get a sunburn.]
[Then back home to spend the lovely late afternoon watching the neighbor using a long pole to fend off floating islands from crashing into our dock . . . ]
May 27
And today, because it is the holiday, the weather is foul making it another perfect day for blogging, and not much else . . .
The only reason why we ask other people how their weekend was is so we can tell them about our own weekend. ~ Chuck Palahniuk
The Journey Begins
Thanks for joining me! This is the follow-up to the original, “alexandriacardinals.wordpress.com,” which overwhelmed the system’s ability to handle it any more. Thus, this is “Part 2.” As the original was initially described:
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“It all began in a 5,000 watt radio station in Fresno, California” . . . wait a minute, that was Ted Baxter on the Mary Tyler Moore Show! Let’s see . . . oh yeah, it all began in 2003 when retirees, i.e., old people, in Alexandria, Minnesota, who had no desire to become snow birds, went looking for mid-winter entertainment here in the frozen tundra of West Central Minnesota. We discovered girls’ high school hockey, fell in love immediately, and it remains our favorite spectator sport to this day. Initially, and for several years, reports on these games were e-mailed to those who were actually snowbirds but wanted to keep abreast of things “back home.” It was ultimately decided a blog would be more efficient, and it evolved into a personal diary of many things that attracts tens of readers on occasion. It remains a source of personal mental therapy and has yet to elicit any lawsuits.
~ The Editor, May 9, 2014
p.s. The photo border around the blog is the Cardinal girls’ hockey team after just beating Breck for the state championship in 2008. It’s of the all-tournament team. The visible Breck player on the left is Milica McMillen, then an 8th-grader – she is now an All-American for the Gophers. The Roseau player in the stocking cap I believe is Mary Loken, who went on to play for UND; and the Cardinal player on the right, No. 3, is Abby Williams, the player we blame most for making us girls’ hockey fans who went on to play for Bemidji State.
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Photos contained herein are available for personal use. All you have to do is double click on any of the photos and they will become full screen size. You can then save them into your personal “My Pictures” file. They make lovely parting or hostess gifts, or holiday gifts for such as Uncle Ernie who wants to see how his grand niece is doing on the hockey team. If any are sold for personal profit, however, to, for example, the Audubon Society, National Geographic, Sven’s Home Workshop Monthly, Curling By The Numbers, or the World Wrestling Federation, I only request that you make a donation to the charitable organization of your choice. You have two hours and fifteen minutes. Pencils ready? Begin!
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Gorgeous photos of the pond and of the fog and geese. Looks lovely. Very relaxing. Sorry the good weather left you already.
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Gorgeous photos of the pond and of the fog and geese. Looks lovely. Very relaxing. Sorry the good weather left you already.
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