Tag: Minnesota

minnesota nice

there’s a rare condition

in the land of snow and ice:

the friendly disposition

known as minnesota nice

it quickens when it’s colder,

and wherever you may go,

it’ll settle on your shoulders

like the softly falling snow,

and all it takes, in fact,

is to visit once or twice,

and you’re likely to contract

a case of minnesota nice

–photo of my daughter, chelsea

Minnesota, Please!

finalmnlakes

Some folks have

Idyllic dreams

With grander

Oceanic themes,

Like sailing on

The open seas

Upon a balmy breeze.

But that is not

For me, it seems;

I love the inland

Lakes and streams,

Their verdant shores

So plush with trees–

Minnesota, please!

 

–Photo by me

Deer Friends

deer III

My woodland friends stop by every day for a snack, and I hope to have them feeding out of my hand before long. They seem like such timid, gentle creatures, and yet they can be quite mean to each other.

I made this feeder out of snow for them with two troughs and a partition between them because the “bully” of the group wouldn’t let the others eat. As you can see, it didn’t work.

I just thought I’d share a typical winter morning here in northern Minnesota, deer included. Ya, you betcha. Living up here in the sticks has its drawbacks, but we sure have deer friends.

 

–Photo by me