Douglas Grandahl has opened a shop called Pool & Spa Boy on West 3rd St. downtown between State Farm and Shanti Tatoo Studio.
Author: <span>Griff Wigley</span>
I was surprised to see wildflowers blooming in the lower Arb yesterday (no idea what these are. Anyone?)
But I was even more surprised to hear the frogs. It’s still March! I assume these were Western Chorus frogs, judging from the audio on this MPCA page on frogs for kids. Here’s a 14-second video clip with audio:
I noticed last week that seven large pines trees (all of them white pines, I think), have been cut down in Carleton’s lower Arb. Other pines, red and white, remain.…
The waters of the Cannon River have rapidly receded and in the baseball/soccer/ultimate fields behind Carleton’s West gym, have left a large sand dune. Perfect timing.
Alas, I’m a week late with these photos from the Northfield Historical Society (NHS) Annual Meeting and Membership Ball and I didn’t take many as I’d hoped (too much socializing with my sweetie).
But there are a couple of keepers in the batch like the one of Chip DeMann with his registration table work crew and the one of NHS ED Hayes Scriven with his wife Jenny and his parents, Sue and Mark Scriven.
See my album of 13 photos, the large slideshow, or this small slideshow:
I blogged about the problem of graffiti on downtown buildings back in 2008 and again in 2009 so I was glad to see this item on the tentative agenda for…
I began complaining about the construction mess on the undeveloped parts of the corner of Hwy 3 and 2nd St. back in the spring of 2007. I blogged about it…
Seizing the moment, Northfield’s Defeat of Jesse James Days committee announced on Thursday that it was pursuing actress Sandra Bullock to be a featured celebrity at this year’s event. A…
If ever there was a Northfield location with bad karma, the southwest corner of 6th and Division has to be right up there near the top of the list. A…