the wind and the rain

The rain today reminds me of a field trip I took last spring in Denmark. Our Nordic Mythology class spent the day driving across the country to various burial grounds and old Viking buildings. The wind was incredibly strong and it rained on and off ALL DAY LONG.

We paraded around in the gloom, walking along muddy gravel roads in the middle of nowhere and standing outside for short lectures about the why and the how of burying the dead.

Em: "I love themes!"

Em and I bought betta fish today!

Meet Apollo (my very first pet EVER!) and Hades :)

Etched

The light that burns

behind the black lid of my eye

cheats all lines of vision

and defies the terms of (memory) loss

like a shadow born of no body.

my mom called me tonight

specifically to tell me about this video. (we have an unhealthy love for The Sound of Music in my family)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EYAUazLI9k

i relish the day.

i tumble too.

http://itsokpk.tumblr.com/

colfax ave.

sunshine.frisbee.

trampoline.cats.

paul rudd.favorite friends.izzy's ice cream.piano.

(thursday was a good day)

Things you never wanted to know

about Lindstrom:

The first time my family drove into this town, I remember thinking that this was would be a nice place to live. There is water everywhere you look.

The water tower is not a teapot, but rather a Swedish coffee pot.

The bakery was a block from our house and across the highway from the meat market where I worked. I would be sent to get donuts on Saturday for my boss.

Really?

I spent many many hours in this antique store. Have I ever told you that I LOVE antiques?

The infamous meat market where I worked during high school. I managed to save enough money working here to buy my first laptop.

Site of Cedergren farm in Chisago City.

Moody Round Barn.

This is the last one in the county and one of the last in the state.