So what shows up looking for food in the back yard, but the resident Hawk. He doesn't like the bird feeder but he sure likes the little birds that it attracks and the squirrals that try to clean up the seeds on the ground.
Oh, the days of snow. This is what we looked like last year at this time. So I thought I would post some old photo's to at least make it look like Christmas.
This is a first, ice fishing started this past weekend December 9th! I could not be happier nor is Kim to get me out of the house. Since we have no snow and he ice formed slow, you can see some of the bubbles that are trapped in the ice. Not something everyone see's so here are some photo's of it. And yes, the fish are bitting.
Hard to belive it, but I do wear something other then jeans and a tee shirt. So if you want to see the photo's of Kim's Christmas part, follow the link.
What a Gold Tree? That's right, this year Kim decided it was time to do an all gold tree. So with a trip to Ikea and some old gold ornaments, Kim got what she wanted and you know it looks kind of cool.
Everyone has them, and some are just starting them. A couple of our traditions when decorating the tree is before a single ornament can be placed on the Christmas tree, Kim places or attempts to put a red bow on the tree for the past 21 years. Keep watching as I will be digging up some of the early photos of this tradition.
Grilled Turkey, you bet! I can only remember one turkey that saw the inside of our oven at Thanksgiving. Don't ask me why, I think we did it for some reason. (Must has been a Martha Stewart thing.)
Okay, this is a bit late...but, still fun. Kim's co-workers at the Breast Center entered the Pumpkin contest for Halloween at the hospital. Last year it was Susie Squash getting a mammogram and poor dear, she had breast cancer. So this year she had to have chemo therapy. Susie and the Breast Center Staff took third place. Not bad...stay tuned for next year, Susie may be running the Race for the Cure!
It has been five years since Kim and I did a road trip for vacation and for some reason, we agreed that we would not go back to Alaska (I think people where talking about us moving there) we headed west to Yellowstone Park and any road that looked interesting. And yes, we did take more then three photos on the trip somewhere in the area of 600! The highlighted ones are on this link. http://picasaweb.google.com/ted.narveson
We picked the right time of year to go, as we had the park to ourselves and the tour group from Japan that kept following us! We spent four days in the park and still did not see everything. I could go on and on about what we did and what we saw, but I won't. It is to hard to discribe the size of the park in HUGE! If you go, read all you can about it, watch any tv show about it and when you get their you will still be amazed by it.
Okay, the White Egret was not the bread on the weber, but was fishing along Pergatory Creek this weekend as Kim and I went for our five mile walk. Who's idea was it to walk that far on the weekends anyways? Just getting us in shape for Yellowstone.
So we have had this wild hair about a wood fired brick oven for a couple of years, but just did not know how to go about it. So after some research on the web, I came up with using the Weber to bake bread? Last weekend we tried charcoal as the heat source and this time we tried wood. While Kim is getting the dough ready, I am building the fire. When the bricks get to 600 degrees it is time to bake!
The end results, is a sour dough loaf. MMM good! I think we may have to build a real oven in the back yard.
So what will the next 20 plus years have for us?
Nothing better then spending a day on the bike going down the Mississippi River road early Friday morning before the weekend rush.
One last photo from the State Fair.
Here is the rundown...won't take nearly as long to read as the county fair list!
They looked at cows, pigs, sheep, art, hot tubs, and cowboys (okay, that last one was just Kim!). Overall having a great time at the great Minnesota get togther. 
And once again the red wagon is off to the fair hauling a load of baked items. So how many items this year? 20 jams and jellies and other canned items. 20 baked items. 
One of the advantages to exhibiting, is walking around the fair grounds before it is open to the crowds and seeing what is new. This year the butter fly house moved to its new location and the windows had a display of hathcing butter flies.
What would a summer be if Kim and I did not go to the Carver County Fair Tractor Pull. This is the only event I have ever been to that they try to break last years beer drinking record! Plus they sell the beer in six and twelve packs! You would think we were living back in Wiscosin. You can't beat a good RED NECK event.
Off she goes with here red wagon loaded full of Jams and Jellies for the State Fair.
Oh no! what did Kim do this time? Seems that being first in line ( go figure) that the registration workers where not ready for Kim. Or they could not belive that someone would enter 20 items. In the end it all worked out. 
Now with all the planets lined up and with a little planning this past year, Dr. Molde made it to the State Fair this year with his Diamond Willow bed. Lets see what kind of beginners luck he will have come judgement day. Good Luck!
