Time for West Virginia!

I'm off to West Virginia - with a group of teachers from Minneapolis. We'll be enjoying the festivities of the October Sky Festival in Coalwood. I'll have the extraordinary luck of speaking with many of the Rocket Boys and associated people involved in this great West Virginia community. I'll post more about this trip when I return. I return Sunday to paternity leave and a "minor" medical procedure.

Chad and Mila brought over a huge Mum plant for the outside of our house. I love native prairie plants, so this isn't normally my style, but it looks great and is so colorful. Thanks, you two!

Ivy

Damn Squirrels!

We're trying to make a natural" fence -out of cup plant and prairie sage...the squirrels have other ideas. Last night, 4 of 6 cup plants were gobbled up and 3 of 6 sage plants destroyed. We'll update you this spring on survival.

The fam headed north to D.D. Kennedy County Park yesterday. Nice area, I haven't been there in 10 years! Michelle surprised me and Salix made we wear a ridiculous blinfold until we got there. Michelle says that it would be the perfect place for a fall 5K...she's right.


That's it today...

Ivy