Almost A Month...

Almost a month has gone by since my last post.  For those of you who follow our travels along the side roads, I apologize.  The roadways around our summer home in Elysian, Minnesota have been well traveled in the last few weeks!

The Jeep knows the way between Elysian to Cleveland very well.  Our church home has called us to Cleveland regularly for Sunday Services, Bible Study and once even to take pictures.  I was lucky enough to be present for the last day of Faith Blast for the school year and took some photos to celebrate the day.  I love catching kids enjoying life!

and worshiping

and creating

and then launching prayers to heaven.

We have also driven the road to Cleveland to share Thursday evenings with a very special groups of friends.  I am confident that the sounds of laughter coming from Jockos can be heard for miles!

We are enjoying some time at home, also.  The orioles are eating the oranges, loving the jelly and entertaining us as well. 

 And I learned something new; who knew that robins like grape jelly...

Unfortunately the black birds took over the jelly feeders, made a complete mess and scared away all the other birds, so we now feeding the orioles with hummingbird food and the robins are back to worms. This one looks to be chewing me out royally for that action.

And the iris have bloomed; you know they are one of my favorite flowers.  What a joy it is to see so many around our campground.

And, of course, we are in Minnesota so you can always talk about the weather.  In the last month, we have seen quarter-size hail, 50 mph winds, and lots and lots of rain.  So far this month we have received over 8 inches of the liquid stuff; on a hot day you can almost watch the corn grow. 

This was the result of the latest wind storm.  Clean up was complete less than an hour after the branch blew down. 

This is the view from our backyard so strong wind storms are always a concern. 

In addition, we have entertained and been entertained, we have exercised a bit, golfed a bit, and I've been on a couple of "women only" shopping trips.   Overall, our month has been a good one.

More news from "Mini Soda" in coming days.