Tag: Duluth
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Cleon is No Match for the Local Hardware Store
As Cleon rages on, with snow accumulations in Duluth and along the North Shore of Lake Superior ranging from 18 inches to over three feet, and the local schools canceling classes for the third day in a row (cripes, these kids will be going to school until July now), the trusty local hardware store carries…
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Spooktacular! (Travel Theme: Spooky)
Originally posted on Travel. Garden. Eat.: Beautiful Glensheen mansion in Duluth, Minnesota hosted its second annual “Jack O’Lantern Spooktacular” last weekend. The evenings were classic bone-chilling, northern Minnesota fall weather, but they were clear with an almost-full moon for some of the nights of the event, which added to the spooky fun ambience! As you enter the grounds,…
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Have You Been Getting Locally Laid?
LoLa is the little chicken that could. With only three more daily opportunities to vote for this small business and help LoLa win a Super Bowl ad, I have become even more enamored with this cheeky local farm, Locally Laid Egg Company (where “local chicks are better”). LoLa’s daily Facebook updates, her sassy photo ops, the company’s…
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Focus
A butterfly in focus against the dreamy backdrop of the gardens of Glensheen Mansion. Click on any of the photos in the gallery to view them full size. The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough. ~ Rabindranath Tagore Ciao! ~ Kat This post was in response to the Daily Post’s Weekly Photo Challenge. ”Focus” was this…
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Never Too Old for the Zoo
It had been years since my last trip to the Lake Superior Zoo — we used to visit regularly when our boys were younger, but the teen years bring a whole new round of interests and activities. With news of a recent birth, and a pleasant summer afternoon, I decided it was time to return…
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