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Back To Where We B(e)lo(n)g

 

Well, the blog works again. The posting from yesterday was one from several weeks ago. These biking pictures are from about a week ago but I rode again yesterday and wore the same blaze orange shirt from the Heart Walk. This McGroarty Park is next to highway 52 just south of Upper 55th Street. There is a bike path along side the freeway from 55th to 80th street. It has been recently repaved and is ultra-cruisable.

See what I mean?

Here it crosses under 52 to reach the east side of the freeway. There is a lot of undeveloped land in this area. I wonder who owns it and why they haven’t put up condos yet.

This is the Lions Park pond with the freeway in the background.

My band played last Sunday at the famed Lake Harriett Band Shell. We did my solo piece again, which went pretty well, and . . .

. . . Vicky, one of our singers brought her high school aged daughter along for their rendition of A Few of My Favorite Things.

And, we also played Sweet Trombone Rag, a bone section feature. Leon sat in for this concert and we also have a new trombone player for the summer named Taylor. That’s Marie standing in the middle. Marie, James, and I have been playing in the band for around 12 years. It was nice to have five bones for this heavy program.  Most of our music has three trombone parts but there can be between one and four parts.

Here is our new Black and Decker electric mower possibly designed by a team of engineers at NASA. Nigel watched me cut the grass from the open bathroom window.

May Bee See–One Two Three

 

 

Sue took her band/choir/orchestra to Chanhassen dinner theater today to see Mary Poppins. She called this morning with an extra ticket for me but was able to find one of the many students who desperately wanted to go but wasn’t able to get a ticket. Oh well, I spent this awesome May day riding my bike, cutting the grass, arranging some trombone music, and practicing my trombone. Here’s the shiny boy. . .

. . . and the orange boy with the matte finish.

I rode down by the river and then walked up the hill south of 494. these hills in this town are too steep for ever biking up. Here is 494 heating up with rush hour traffic.

Oh yeah, I got a haircut today, too. I could say I’m wearing my Houston T shirt today in honor of the flood victims there but really I wear this shirt about every third day.

The city marked two big trees on our block for removal. They took one down rather noisily today.

My new mower worked well except I have to get used to the lack of a reversible handle. People who mow electrically will know what I’m talking about. Our really nice neighbor Steph moved out. Jimmy remains. We don’t know the details.

This linden tree was planted as a 12 foot tall sapling back in about 2008. I would say it has grown nicely.

See who was waiting for me when I got back from my bike ride?

Summer Begins

Here are a few pictures of our flowers.  Either they just started blooming today or I just noticed because I have time to sit outside now that it's nearly summer vacation!   Nigel has spent plenty of time Snoop-ervising the outdoor activities.

Free Day Friday

Last day with students!  See ya kids!