Empty nest preview

Our home was pretty quiet when the kids were away at camp. We sure missed them! On the positive side, R and I got to spend some extra time together and there were not nearly as many dishes to be done.

We took a walk around Lake Bde Maka Ska:

Lunch at Indigena by Owamni:

Cider (and bourbon) tasting at Four Daughters Winery:

Unpictured: Shortwave Coffee, a band concert featuring one of R's coworkers at the Como Lakeside Pavillion, and a movie in our living room.

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Celebrating 21 years

Well, we didn't get to Key Largo this year, but we did grab some dinner and take a walk in Minneapolis. There's nobody I'd rather go on a date with.

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Widji return

Omri had a good week at Camp Widjiwagan with his class last week. This photo was not taken there, but it captures the outdoor spirit!

  

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Trollhaugen 2026

We took a ski day on Thursday!

Beautiful weather and small crowds!

Time for a break:

Photo by Omri:

The guy did so great!

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Valentine's Day 2026

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Museum of Illusions

This was a fun stop at the Mall of America! It was a gift from Tía Chelsea and family.

 

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End of 2025

Skiing at Sucker Lake:

Beautiful day for it:

Coffee date at Dogwood Coffee in NE Mpls:

Omri got this in the mail from Grandma & Grandpa F:

Skating:

We opened this bottle of sparkling wine that made the drive from California with us in 2013 (Veronica and R can be seen working on homework in the background!):

Chicken tacos:

A duet?

The sun sets on another year:

The Stranger Things finale was released on NYE. Veronica and I watched it right away!

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Philly 2025

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Machina

This long-awaited edition of an 80-song album from my favorite band finally arrived last month. Let's not talk about how many years I have been waiting to hear this...

You can see in my shrink wrap reflection below that I was pretty excited! Spending some time with the set has been and continues to be a lot of fun. I did some writing about it over on Instagram.

Here it is with my signed poster from the original era that happens to adorn the wall behind my record player:

Track listing:

That's the post... Probably off topic, but it's been a slow news week, and I just wanted to share :-).

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