Week in Review

The morning glory is going to consume the mailbox soon! (refer to the post on August 29)

I had a crazy good week at work. I really love my job.

Weather has been awesome. Made marinara sauce with tomatoes from the garden.

Today we went to a 125th anniversary celebration at Savo Lutheran Church near Frederick. Wayne served there as a lay minister in 2001-2002 or so.

Stopped to see Grandma Irene on the way back to Watertown and she continues to do fairly well.

Then we had lunch at Thattza Pizza. nanny nanny boo boo.

Happy Grandparents Day!

Our Guest from Japan

We recently hosted a gentlemen from Japan who was in town with a Rotary Exchange Group. Ryukai Seto was one of five in the group who arrived on Sept. 2 and stayed until Sept. 5. Ryukai is a Buddhist priest and teaches young priests to chant. He is very active in the Rotary Exchange program and had traveled extensively. However, his English was not so good. We did manage some decent conversations, and Wayne escorted him to many of the activities. Wayne arranged a visit to Blue Cloud Abbey here in NE South Dakota where one of the monks gave them a tour of the chapel and the Native American museum. It was a good cultural experience for us and I hope for the group from Japan.

Coordinator of Bereavement Services and Pastoral Care for Hospice

That's me!

Morning Glories

I planted this Morning Glory plant in June hoping it would climb the trellis on the back of the mailbox.


















Well, what do you know!!!

Vacation - finale

Our last day "up north" we spent in Duluth. Rode the trolley to The Depot which is home to several museums and the Duluth Art Institute. This train museum was fascinating.
















































Margaret McNeely Conservatory in St Paul's Como Park.













A favorite restaurant in Minneapolis, Pop!, where we enjoy meals with Orton and Karen.










Sure was fun to end our vacation in Sioux Falls with a visit to Travis, Lisa and Aubrey.


She's always in motion, so sometimes the pictures are blurry!

















Little Peanut.














Enjoying a cookie snack after supper.













Riding in the car.

Vacation - part three

After hiking the inland trails at Tettegouche State Park, we walked the trail along Lake Superior and appreciated the magma (cooled lava) formations and scenic bluffs. Sheer drops of 320 feet to the lake from Palisade Head - pictured in the background.





































Shovel Point.














From Shovel Point we looked back at where we'd been.
















From here we drove to Gooseberry Falls State Park. This is probably the most popular park on the North Shore as it is very accessible.

















The park was VERY crowded so after a quick look at the falls (we've been here before) we took a path less traveled.














The falls from a distance.










Enough hiking....time to chill at the lodge!