Monday was a long day for work, however I did take Jasmine, our dog out for a walk along the road we live on so she can sniff all the corn and soy bean fields. Fun for her. Not a super long walk, just

Sunday having cooled off a bit, my Bonnie Bride and I did some yard work that was needed to be done. We both felt like we accomplished a lot, and were pretty beat. later in the evening I got a nice shot

On Saturday evening, my Bonnie Bride and I sat down to watch War of the Colossal Beast (1958), the film Svengoolie was featuring this week. Granted, we have seen it before, and my Bonnie Bride was more

Saturday had cooled down, which made for a nice break. Unfortunately I spent most of my day working, so no fun pictures today. I did manage to take our dog, Jasmine, for walk down the road a piece, about

The heat and humidity let up some on Friday. Toured a friend’s vegetable garden, getting ideas on how to rebuild mine. I checked the drip system on the trees I planted along the driveway and found the

Thursday the heat and humidity calmed down, so I was able to get some outdoor activity in, mostly yard work. There was also a fair amount of early morning fog. the photo is from early morning fog a few

Wednesday was another hot and humid day, so not a lot of time outdoors. I did check the line of trees I planted along the driveway earlier this month. Seem to be doing good. I did get a fun picture of

Yesterday was a bit too hot with high humidity for significant outdoor activity. I still managed to get a bit over 6,000 steps in while making sure our garden and trees got watered. Upside I did have a

No cool picture this time as I went into the office for a change. As I work in downtown Minneapolis, that means I get to walk through the Minneapolis Skyway, which makes getting steps in easy as my office

For Sunday, the family and I went to tour a sunflower field as a picture taking expedition. Bees were quite active here and many of the sunflowers are headed to seed at this time. also we noticed that

This week for the CineTV.blog contest, we are looking at movies with an Alien n it. I’ve already written about a few of my favorite films that would fit into this category, so I asked my Bonnie Bride for

The other night my Bonnie Bride and I watched Wild in the Country (1961), a story about a young man who is regularly in trouble, getting into fights and other problems with the law. Elvis Presley plays

Most of Friday involved wrapping up a couple of landscaping projects for this year. I have no idea how I managed to get over 9,000 steps in. It did involve a fair amount of walking back and forth though.

It’s been awhile since I last used Actfit, and decided I should get into the habit of using it, and becoming more involved in the community. The picture is our basil we’re growing in part of our garden.

Alfred Hitchcock is considered by many to be one of the best film directors of the 20 th century, and the film, Strangers on a Train (1951), is a fine example of his work. Hitchcock specialized in suspense

Movies with pets, there are so many of them to choose from, some I have seen, and most I have not seen. There are some that have pet characters that really standout, some of which I have previously written

This film takes place mostly in Spain and has one of the coolest cars ever built

Being a bit of a classic/vintage movie buff, I had the opportunity to see The Thin Man (1934) this week, which proved to be a fine film to watch. It’s been quite sometime since I last saw this film, and

This week on the CineTV.blog, we’re asked “What is our favorite Tom Cruise movie”. I think this came about with the recent release of the latest Mission:Impossible movie, a franchise that lost me on the

Ulysses (1954) is a film I have not seen since I was a kid, and due to some events around my place, I thought it was time to look up this film and give it a run. The catalyst for watching it this time