Company

This past weekend, some very good friends of mine came to visit me.  We had a short but wonderful time together.  Here are a few pictures.

Fleece trying to figure out Dutch Blitz

Teamwork

Don't know if she's looking at a picture or making a call

Trying to get to the candy

Emily H.          Abby K.          Leah K.

Emily tells Fleece a story

Texting

Leah shows Fleece a picture of one of her relatives.

Group pic before departure

Thanks for coming, girls!  

Yum again

Smoothie with a variety of fruit and some spinach

Got smoothie???

Yum!

A delicious salad I had a couple of days ago - mixed greens, strawberries, blueberries and kiwis topped off with poppyseed dressing

Powered Parachute

Yesterday as we were driving along, I looked up in the sky and saw somebody taking a ride in a powered parachute.  It seemed like just the thing to be doing on a balmy February afternoon!  I enjoyed my p.p. ride back in 2008 in Minnesota.  Here are a few pics from the archives.

It was a bit windy on that May day, so Keith decided to go up solo first.

The take-off

Up, up and away!

Coming in for a landing

The verdict: It was safe enough for me to go up.  Yay!  

The spectators

The Swenson farm from the air

Slightly chilled but still smiling (a lot)

The contraption

If you ever get the chance to go up in one, I highly recommend it!

Another interesting link

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57370128/u.s-has-third-least-snowy-january-on-record/

Punxsutawney Phil

Want to know what happened with the groundhog?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/groundhog-day-2012-punxsutawney-phil-shadow-means-6-more-weeks-of-winter/2012/02/02/gIQAriw2kQ_story.html

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