Springtime in Minneapolis

We spent two glorious months, May and June, in a southern suburb of Minneapolis.

Green was everywhere. In spring and summer, Minnesota's default color is green. The grass, the trees, the shrubs, the flower beds, the vegetable gardens, all lush and green. (It was a welcome sight for us, having spent the previous six months in the southwest looking exclusively at the earth tones of sand and rock.)

Menominee spent many enjoyable hours patrolling the shrubs in the yards, proving time and again what a Great Hunter she is.

We marvelled at the magnificence of an apple tree in full bloom.

We saw baby ducks and geese paddling in the lakes.

Especially, there was the bliss of riding the new scooter. The scooter turned out to be ideal for buzzing around the city and ran perfectly, right from the start.

Now we needed some way to bring it along with us on our travels. So we ordered a trailer kit on the web, and eventually seven cartons of steel parts arrived. They provided many days of amusement with wrenches (like a giant Erector Set) to get it assembled into a tiny trailer with just enough room on it for one motor scooter. Exactly what we needed!