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Fun in the sun

June 27, 2012 by thirdeyemom

One of the first blogs I started following over a year ago is this man’s journey. If you haven’t read his blog before, it is a beautiful and a must-read. Much of the blog is inspirational and depicts this man’s journey as an immigrant into the United States. He does this with beauty, grace, depth and gorgeous touching words and photos. I’m not the only one who has come to love his blog. He has a very large following! Recently, […]

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Categories: BLOGGING, iPhonography, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Other Photo Challenges, PHOTOGRAPHY, St. Paul, TRAVEL BY COUNTRY, United States • Tags: beaches, CULTURE, iphonography, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Photography, Summer, thirdeyemom, Travel

Merci beaucoup….a big thanks and new nominees

June 15, 2012 by thirdeyemom

Hello Readers! Apparently while I was hiking away in the North Shore of Lake Superior a new round of blogging awards cropped up. A few were passed my way by three fellow bloggers that I would like to say a huge thank you for! Part of the reason why I love to blog so much is the support and friendships I’ve made. Sounds silly making friends you’ve never met, but I’ve actually now met four fellow bloggers and it has […]

Categories: Awards, BLOGGING, Minneapolis, Minnesota, St. Paul, United States • Tags: awards, Blogging, CULTURE, thirdeyemom, Travel

Weekly Image of Life: Happiness

June 14, 2012 by thirdeyemom

One of the first blogs I started following, this man’s journey, whose beautiful blog always inspires me each and every week, began a new series of photo challenges this week called the “Weekly Image of Life“. I adore photo challenges because they get you to truly think out of the box and dig back through your memories and archives of photos and stories you’ve experienced along the journey of life. This week’s Image of Life topic is happiness.

Categories: BLOGGING, FAMILY, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Other Photo Challenges, PARENTING & FAMILY, St. Paul, TRAVEL BY COUNTRY, United States • Tags: CULTURE, family, happiness, Love, Minneapolis, Minnesota, photo challenge. life, Photography, thirdeyemom, Travel

If a rose could last forever…

June 14, 2012 by thirdeyemom

Remember back in early and mid-Spring, I did a series of posts on the perennial gardens over near Lake Harriet? (click here to see most recent post). I found some delightful surprises that captivated my soul and I’ve gone back several times since to see what new has come up. The biggest attraction of all of course is the Rose Garden which blooms each summer in hundreds of colors and types of roses. When it is in full bloom, it […]

Categories: FAMILY, Minneapolis, Minnesota, PHOTOGRAPHY, St. Paul, TRAVEL BY COUNTRY, United States • Tags: CULTURE, flowers, Gardening, life, Minneapolis, Minnesota, PARENTING & FAMILY, Photography, Rose garden, thirdeyemom, Travel

The Daily Run: Summer dreams

May 31, 2012 by thirdeyemom

We are almost at the start of summer and I can hardly hold back my excitement. The kids have only four days left of school, my garden is in full bloom, the birds are singing and the sun is rising at 5 am. Ah, the joy and freedom of summer! As usual, summer means a wondrous, crazy, jam-packed three months of fun. I looked at our calendar and we have not a single weekend free. Everything is booked up with […]

Categories: ACTIVE TRAVEL, Minneapolis, Minnesota, St. Paul, THE DAILY RUN, TRAVEL BY COUNTRY, United States • Tags: CULTURE, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Photography, plans, Summer, thirdeyemom, Travel

New Blooms at the Trial Gardens

May 29, 2012 by thirdeyemom

Over the weekend, we had our good friends in town from Chicago and wanted to give them a tour of our lovely neighborhood in Southwest Minneapolis. After stopping at my favorite coffee shop Patisserie 46 to get a cup of mi gasolina we headed towards the Rose and Trial Gardens near Lake Harriet.

Categories: Minneapolis, Minnesota, St. Paul, TRAVEL BY COUNTRY, United States • Tags: CULTURE, flowers, Gardening, Lake Harriet, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Photography, thirdeyemom, Travel, Trial Gardens

Memorial Day and the march of summer’s drums

May 28, 2012 by thirdeyemom

There is no better way to spend the long holiday weekend than grilling out, drinking an ice cold beer, eating a brat, slurping down an ice cream cone, and hanging out with family and friends. The weather has been cantankerous to say the least with bursts of heat and humidity followed by massive thunderstorms and white bolts of lightening. Last night was perhaps the most powerful system of storms we’ve had in months.

Categories: Minneapolis, Minnesota, St. Paul, TRAVEL BY COUNTRY, United States • Tags: bandshell, CULTURE, Lake Harriet, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Photography, Summer, thirdeyemom, Travel

An unexpected surprise at the Como Zoo

May 25, 2012 by thirdeyemom

After creeping everyone out with my last post on the invasion of the caterpillars, I thought I’d share a nice and pretty post about the Twin Cities. Overall, the comments about the tent caterpillars confirmed that there is an overall dislike for these slimy pests but I did hear some other stories from readers that were right up there with the caterpillars. On Monday, it was a gorgeous spring day and I took Sophia to a new zoo we hadn’t […]

Categories: Minneapolis, Minnesota, St. Paul, TRAVEL BY COUNTRY • Tags: como conservatory, como soon, como town, CULTURE, ferns, flowers, Nature, Photography, thirdeyemom, Travel

Attack of the tent caterpillars

May 24, 2012 by thirdeyemom

They are literally everywhere. These greenish brown multi-legged caterpillars are practically falling out of the sky. They coat the sides of our creamish-white stucco house. They invade the sidewalks in mass. They swing from the trees on their slippery, silky slime. They cover the sides and bottoms of the tree bark. And I even found about a zillion of them stuck to the wheels of my garbage can! Every day there are more and more of these creepy crawlies and […]

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Rain and shine

May 21, 2012 by thirdeyemom

Two things happened over the weekend. The mercury hit 90 degrees F, weather that we typically get in the dog days of summer, and then an enormous thunderstorm rolled into the Twin Cities on Saturday night producing heavy, damaging hail and weather that was 40 degree cooler the next day. Talk about extremes! The weather didn’t fit well with my son’s highly anticipated camping outing. Yet, what it did bring was the most sensational flowering scrubs I’ve ever seen in […]

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