Saturday, December 6, 2014

Friday, November 28, 2014

Holiday Season 2014 - Minneapolis Holiday Market



Last year was the last year of the Minneapolis Holidazzle Parade. This year in it's place there is something called the Holidazzle Christmas Market. 

The following is from Dale's blog:

"Joe is....a shopper which I most definitely am not. But I did go downtown with him today for the launch of the Minneapolis Marketplace, an outdoor, quasi-German themed Christmas market. It actually was pretty fun, and he could not get that silly grin off his face - he was so happy and in his element that I just had to capture it with a picture. For being so cold and having just finished snowing there were sure a lot of people there. The hot mulled wine was VERY popular. And seeing so many people we know and adore there made me happy and gave me a strong sense of connection to my community. And for all of this I am indeed thankful."

We had a blast walking around. We ran into Noel and her family. We also saw a few other old friends we hadn't seen in a while.

Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Minnesota State Fair 2014

Sunday, August 31, 2014

First-Prize Winning Christmas Tree at the Ag/Hort. Building

Silver Christmas Ornaments at the West End Market


Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Date Filled Cookies

These are the finished product and they tasted just like I remember them. Although Mom didn't make these exclusively at Christmas time, she did quite frequently. Alternately she'd sometimes fill them with raspberry jam instead of dates. Those were tasty treats as well.