Ellen Eilers, Alexandria, Minnesota artist, and relative

Ellen Eilers is also on facebook. Ingvor in Sweden gave me the heads up, and I found this youtube link from her facebook page. I'm now a fan on facebook.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4jYZIzKHwY

Visby Web Cameras and Getting to Visby

Visby Webcams

http://www.webbkameror.se/webbkameror/visby/index.php

Sometimes Chuck and I check out the webcameras for Visby, just to see what kind of weather Andrea is having as she's at work, there in the center of Visby. The camera in Stora Torget is updated every few seconds, and you can see people walking and cars driving. I've always thought it would be fun to place oneself there in the Market Square at a set time, and wave at someone at home watching online.

This is the ferry to the mainland of Sweden. We've been on it once, at the start of our trip to southern Sweden and Germany about 3 years ago. The cars, buses and trucks are waiting to drive onto it. When on the ferry, the assigned seats are almost like being on a very wide airliner. Andrea and Stefan take the ferry for those mainland trips where they need a car - such as shopping trips to IKEA. Sometimes storms and heavy seas make it difficult for the ferry to dock.

The other way out to Gotland is to fly. Here is the airport.

This is the little Fokker we fly on. It's a Fokker 50 with room for 50 passengers. They serve coffee, tea and pepparkakor on the 50 minute flight from Stockholm.

Knute Nelson Home - moving day

Today Chuck and Tom did the heavy lifting and the motivating - Tracy and I were feeling overwhelmed. We cleaned out her belongings from the assisted living. Mom is being well cared for, and we are getting things all in place for her at her new digs.
She has a nice room with afternoon sun, and we worked a little on making it feel more homey for her.
Papa Murphy's take and bake pizza at Mike's ended the day. We had a good laugh at their cat Dave, who comes running when he knows there will be a ride on the walker. He just loves it. Mike likes to hot rod with any vehicle, ever since his tricycle I'm sure, and Dave goes along for the ride.

My 73rd Field Trip

We went to the U of M for a Physics demonstration. The demonstration was great, the crowd control wasn't. Here I am making sure all three of the 2nd grade classes get there together. Bigger kids were cutting into our line or across the middle of it.
When I look at this photo I scare myself. Can I retire yet? Seriously, it must be my 73rd field trip. 25 years of teaching, about 3 a year . . .
This photo will not make it into the yearbook.

10 below and blowin' snow!

Finally home, we couldn't get into the driveway - packed at the end with hard frozen ice and snow from the plow. Here's Chuck in action. I was the ice chunk buster. We worked way too hard for old people.

A Warm Welcome Home

Frankie is glad we're back. She's been stuck to me like a cheap polyester sweater since I walked in the door.

Back from Florida - a difference of 100 degrees Fahrenheit

It's good to be home again, but the temp is ridiculous! These were the overnight lows. First in Fahrenheit:And in Celcius for Stefan: