Last week we had a doozy of a storm push through. The eighty mph winds ( in metric that equates to damn that's a strong wind) effected a four block wide stretch of the Como Park area of St Paul. The power went out on Friday nite and did not come back on until Monday afternoon. Luckily, we suffered no damage, but several neighbors did not escape damage. Above is a picture of the tree that fell between our neighbor's home and garage, causing several thousand dollars of damage.

This is across the street. A maple tree sliced through the neighboring ash tree that provided a great shaded yard.

Here is another view of the sliced tree. The wind pushed over literally hundreds of trees. Our amateur opinion is that the dry summer led to brittle roots, add strong winds....

Oh yeah, that is why summer is so nice.

We snapped this photo on a visit to the hilltop- Mt. Angel Seminary and Abbey, osk's alma mater. It would be great if Elijah decided to be the 3rd generation to attend.

Where's the 1989 Cadillac DeVille with gold rims?

Happy 1st Birthday!

Snow Day

Cruising

Will you be my Valentine?

Busy boy!

I'm a fireman!