Preparations

My folks are visiting this weekend and I'm about halfway through the cleaning. I'm really looking forward to this weekend. Birthday and the 4th. Plus Taste of MN is going on so there's going to be greasy food, music and fireworks. All for me.

Just found out that a friend's daughter had emergency surgery. I feel bad for not have asked sooner, but I don't always see here at her desk so I didn't think it was unusual that I did not see her around. Bad me.

There were storms last night but the wind was blowing the other direction, so I slept with the windows open and listened to them rage. This morning dawned cool and breezy, pretty much a perfect day. Biked in (yay). Now I just need to see if I can sucker someone into playing putt putt with me. It's too nice to be inside. It's like I want to ask the teacher to have class outside.

Black-Eyed Susans

The black-eyed susans have taken over the Prairie Maze. They are about thigh tall and when you walk into the Maze they spread out in a sea before you. The whole Maze smells like summer, warm and clover and sweet. There are lots of other plants in the Maze (I should know, I just looked up the scientific name for 37 of them and that's not all there is). But you have to look to see them beyond the initial impact of the black-eyed susans. When the little kids run through, the plants are already up to their arms. It may be a while before adults get lost, but the kids are already having fun trying to figure out the Maze.