Summer-ish Pictures...

Just a little picture post for some of my good friends at home!













One of my favorite views at Afton State Park over the St. Croix, spring...












Remy, giving Siri some birthday kisses on our birthday breakfast picnic












Happy Birthday to me, thanks Family!!












Siri, Remy and I were in Stillwater down by the River, this came over the hill in town
















Then it kept getting closer, passing over our heads on the river bank...












Finally, it landed right in front of us...Siri obviously said she ordered it up for me and my day!
















The Stillwater Lift Bridge, Remy leading the way...
















Sunset over the bridge from the Wisconsin side, April 17












Through the structure of the bridge on the way back to Minnesota












This is our garden...6' x 4' in the back yard...












A closer shot...we have tomatoes, peppers, 6 kinds of lettuce, swiss chard and others!!












A Landscaping shot from the backyard...our latest project.

A little birthday sweetness for my Brother, Josh...who is turning 17 today!!

Enjoy my friend...

A Birthday Movie...get out the Corn!

A Little Video...going out to my Mom on her Birthday Today!!
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on what i've been up to.

Short post about things you should check out...

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Hear:
Broken Social Scene Presents: Kevin Drew or Brendan Canning (either one)
Anathallo: Canopy Glow
Dan in Real Life Soundtrack
Teitur: The Singer
Appleseed Cast: Sagramatha coming out soon...ooohh
Andrew Osenga (Letters to the Editor Volume 2)

See:
Milk (honestly the best movie Ive seen all year)
Doubt (3rd in this list, but still thought provoking and raises questions)
Revolutionary Road (Wow...surprisingly intriguing, tons of irony and beauty)
Hotel for Dogs (Remy's hollywood crush 'Georgia' steals the show)
Four Christmases (didn't even stop lauging...seriously)
Corn King (a story about my favorite backyard treat)

Watch:
Arrested Development
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Friends...for old time sake.
The Wonder Years...(is there a better show)

Experience:
Starbcucks Vanilla Rooibos Tea Latte...with Soy and Sub Vanilla
Guacamole...a delicious winter treat.
Mashed Potatoes...give your old favorites a try with garlic...seriously.
Honey Kix...definitely a better idea than Berry...Berry...Kix.
Trader Joe's Goddess Dressing...(on romaine, carrots, snap peas, sunflower seeds...bliss)
The iPod touch: it has revolutionized my life...don't leave home without it.

Live:
Watched the sunset from a frozen pond on ice skates.
Played broomball with friends and fell down laughing.
Watched my wife play with your dog slowly.
Get up at 4am and serve coffee to people who need it to function...for real.
Read an old passage from Walden.
Ate too much bread.
Spent a weekend with 20 of my friends in a small cabin.
Drank a 6 beer microbrewery 'angry minnow' sampler...(scotch ale wins...by far!)
Contemplated the orgins of hell as a destination...and heaven as a prize.
Reconnected with some long lost friends.
Climbed a 100 ft ranger tower when it was -10...stared for miles at lakes and pines.
Continued to try to love my wife more fully in a strange season of life.
Was incredibly thankful for my family.
Took some much needed time to look through the lens of a camera.
Did a favor for a friend.
Tried to recognize with the pain and cry of a world in more than just sudden economic crisis.
Watched too many movies.
Tried to be a good best friend.
Ate a donut...ha.
and...tried to figure out just what it meant to live without earning points for every thing i do...tried to let it just come out of my life and wanted it to be genuine, wanted to read or sing or pray because i couldn't help it...not because i felt like i owed it to God...not sure how He feels abou that...

and loved.

you.