Peter's Postman

 

And She's Off

 Thanks GAB for driving me to the airport and waiting to witness my rather long check-in. Peter prepared a thick binder full of all the documents necessary for entering Germany. With most countries of the world right now, Americans are not allowed to visit.  European Schengen countries as well have a strict ban restricting Americans from entering. It was no surprise that the gate agent was unaware of the special circumstances. After several calls and waiting for him to get educated, the green flag was waved.

Locust Shortage

 

Snow - It Happened

 

Edina West

A Trip Down Memory Lane

 

My favorite home in St. Peter. 

Mother and I took a nice trip down Memory Lane this sunny Sunday. After a delightful fall drive to this charming college town, it did not take us long to locate the two houses of our St. Peter days. Those houses account for two of the eighteen houses that I lived in before graduating from high school. Back in the day, that stone house on Washington Avenue was positioned right on the edge of the city limits.  Here also marks the beginning and the end of my chicken farm. Bob's Godfather, Mr. Mc Cracken, all the way from Medina, Ohio, was visiting us the summer of living in the stone house. Thanks to his volunteering to build a chicken coop, I finally saw the beginning of my dream come true.  Imagine collecting fresh eggs every morning! After the coop's completion, four white pullets were introduced to their new home. With city folks for parents, one unanswered question remained. Is a rooster necessary to accomplish the task of egg production?  Sadly the chickens did not make it to the next day. Either a neighbor's dog or fox feasted on those never to lay eggs chickens. That for some reason that was the end of my chicken farm. The answer to the egg-laying mystery remains to this day. We did take a successful trip down Memory Lane but my memory is not clear as to why the finality of the chicken ranch. Most likely it was time to move again. Mother had designed a house that was being built on upper Broadway, and it must have been move-in ready. As accomplished moving experts we packed up, and across town we would go -  on to the next house we would call home for a while.

Let It Snow - Oh No

 

Katherine could hardly get dressed fast enough to get outside. 

Nice rolling Katherine.

Nice snowman Katherine!

First Flakes of the Season

We woke up to the first flakes of the season.

Another beautiful sunrise.

Then, Betsy is doing a food run so Mrs. Bubbinski is her substitute at Walleye World Learning Academy.

Could you guess that good student Katherine sort of likes books?

Good student Oliver shares his project for the mythology project.

Almost a Shower

 

Thanks to the speed and skill of Paul McLeet to the rescue, Walleye World is close to having a real shower.

The next phase will be in the hands of Mr. Kyle and Betsy.

Look at those handsome copper pipes.

Middle Age

 

Bugger

 

They are everywhere. What is it?

Dancing in the Dark

 

GAB's Park Point dance party in the dark. 

Dancing girls.

Blue one Blue

 

Autumn in the Air

 

Sunrise

Sunshine

Somethings a Little Fishy

 

As if Walleye World needs more fish. Betsy organized a pop-up field trip to choose fish for the indoor aquarium.