TIME...

In the past week, we have spent time doing very little... Sometimes, a person just needs to sit back and enjoy what is around her. Let me tell you about three 30-minute periods of time.






One night, it looked like rain. The clouds in the sky were very dramatic and constantly changing. Mike thought he would get in a few casts and maybe even catch a fish. I grabbed my camera and we walked across the road. These pictures were taken over a 30-minute time frame (nope, none of Mike with fish this time).

It had rained somewhere, but we never felt it. I must have taken 15 pictures of this rainbow.

It was one of those remarkable evenings; my pictures just don't do it justice.

AND THEN, on another day, we went to Friendship Days in Nicollet; a true small town Minnesota experience. As usual, there were friends and relatives to greet and root beer floats from the Legion booth. As members of the Legion, we had received raffle tickets to sell and of course decided it was just easier to buy them. So we had to stick around for the raffle; yep, I "won" some golf balls and a $15 gift certificate to Schell's Brewery - not bad, huh. But the best 30 minutes was the parade (it may have lasted a little longer - I wasn't keeping track).


What's a parade without a truck hauling wrecked cars...


The true highlight, of course, was the giant tractor pulling 15 tanks of anhydrous ammonia...


Or perhaps, it was the tractor pulling 3 other tractors - all from the "olden days"...

The parade was a definite success and well-spent time.

And then there was the 30 minutes where I just sat in my lawn chair and watched the heron. He was hanging out on the dock across from the Motorhome for awhile ... and then he must have spotted something.

And after the catch, he posed on the dock - must have been drying his wings; this is a pose I had never seen before.

So, my message this week is - take 30 minutes and do nothing - it is a real joy!