Life in Nebraska

Saturday, June 10, 2023

Five Year Old

S turned 5 this week. He has been a fun little dog.

Backyard

JP has been hard at work on the yard this year. It's so pretty once everything comes back to life!

Live Music on the Lake

One of the things we love about summer is the live music across the lake at the bandshell. Monday, Wed., Friday, Sat. & Sunday there are bands of all kinds playing.

The bandshell looked a little rough three years ago when we moved here. It's in really bad shape now, but it's under construction. The roofs are supposed to be replaced later this year.

We are in the market for some additional tall/skinny evergreen trees for the backyard. When we had the landscaping done, they charged us $800 for the little 4-footer. We need something more affordable. Everyone told us to check out Gerten's, so we did.

WOW! What a place! JP was so overwhelmed she didn't buy a thing. The property stretches over half a mile and it took us an hour to walk it.

Edina Art Fair

CP came over and we all walked down to the Edina Art Fair. We got there as it was opening, and it was already abuzz with throngs of people. CP picked up a really cool Minnesota Wild logo made out of license plates. Before the walk home, we cooled off at Red Cow.

Sunday, May 28, 2023

Mulch

CP Came over and helped out with mulching the front yard. Home Depot has mulch on sale for $2 a bag, so we loaded up and put down 45 bags. We still need another 20 to finish it up.

We smoked some ribs and had a much deserved feast out on the patio.

We ended the day with a great 4-player game of Scythe. It's a boardgame with 200 pieces and rules that requires too much thought, but it's fun to play.

Baseball Afternoon

This week I organized my calendar at work and realized that we are going to be busy! Also realized that it was way too nice of a day to be at work and my time would utilized at Target Field. JP & I took the bus downtown and caught a perfect win against the Giants.

Kitchen Seating

The kitchen seating area is done.

For now.

Off to Work

We got back from Lincoln on Saturday and GP had Sunday to rest. Monday morning the two of us carpooled to work where he started his summer internship in the sourcing department.

Sunday, May 21, 2023

UNL Pickup

We made another journey to and from Lincoln to pick up GP for the summer. If all goes well, we will only have to make the trip two more times!

Smoky

The forest fires in Alberta are sending their smoke down to us. It's not as bad as it was last year, but it's certainly noticeable.

Springtime

We lost a lot of plants over the winter, but the crabapple made it.

The new trees in the backyard all made it, as did the grass. The mugo pine did not - we need to find a replacement.

Neighbor Kid Graduates

It has been fun watching all the kids grow up. SN graduated from NIU. We are so proud of her!

Tettegouche State Park Waterfalls

We did a day trip half an hour up the coast to Tettegouche State Park to check out the waterfalls there. Most of the snow is gone, but there's still a good flow coming down the river.

The Baptism River flows thru the park. The highest waterfall is 70 feet.

North Shore

The north shore of Lake Superior is as different from Siesta Key Beach as you can get. There is no soft sand or warm green water. It's all rocks and blue ice water.