Welcome to exotic Minnesota

Here are a group of recent pictures depicting the exotic far reaches of Minnesota. A beautiful landscape made fairer by the occasional snow storm, (Yes that is sarcasm seeping through your computer screen.)



The cabin in winter's splendor.


Ice fishing, note the surreal veil of ice between us and the fish below.


The road leading out


The pond in front of the cabin


Here I am preparing a holiday meal

Here I am enjoying the fruits of my labor, batter fried walleye, french bread, olive oil, boiled shrimp w/ melted butter and lemon. Winter is in full gear and as you can see I am holing up in the cabin. I received acceptance to the MSW grad program at St. Cloud State University and am preparing to start my BSW internship in January. Times are tight while I pursue my academic goals and so they should be. I have been keeping loose by playing guitar and tending to the hens. The "girls" have been producing 3-4 eggs a day and I am excited to start utilizing those eggs for all types of culinary delights.

Here is a short video of Roy preparing the fishing site. This Vid. is for Tory, a.k.a. man about town, local fishing guide, and fellow cigar smoker. This video shows the gear commonly used for ice fishing. Four wheeler, folding ice shack, and ice auger to drill the holes.

BRRRR

Well it has happened. Snow on the ground this morning dusting the leaves still on the trees. A joke really, subtle reminder of what is ahead. The hens were discovered peeking out of the coop with bewildered expressions only to retreat back into the warmth. Their expressions reflected my mood as I spread grain over the snow in an effort to repudiate the frozen crystals. A part of me would like to embrace the snow as it is a precursor to on of my favorite sports, ice fishing!

Filler post

Since it has been a while since my last post I though I better update with an apology for the masses that depend on the content of my blog to support their self-efficacy. Before the few of you that actually do check this site begin to suspect that I have relapsed and started a meth lab, know that I am joking. Seriously, I have been slacking on my social duties having prioritized silly educational projects. I recently took the GRE and applied to Grad School at St. CLoud State. Thanks goes to Gage, Kim and Dr. Holub for their help. Congratulations to Jessica for her accomplishments and new beginning at Grad school in Germany. How exciting!!! Trade ya. Oh and hello to Denise, thanks for calling recently, nice to get an update. Anyway, to fill this post I will reminisce with some pictures of last summer's trip to Europe. Enjoy.
Ok, technically not a europe picture, but I had to add an image of the man about town, in this case, Charleston, SC.

I could live here.

Old world charm

Life partners

Prague, very cool.

Animal farm

An update on my bucolic adventure of raising chickens. The "girls" are getting big and are still weeks away from laying eggs despite my burgeoning effort. Their names are Burberry, Gucci, Prada, and Zara. They enjoy short flights, lazy evenings, bananas, peaches, and small grub worms.

This is Zara, the Bearded Goldenlaced Polish Bantam, she has the most personality of the bunch, probably from her struggles living as a bearded lady.



Here they are at the hen house.



The two light tan chicks are Buff Orpingtons, Burberry and Gucci. The fancy black chick is a Bearded Goldenlaced Polish Bantam, Prada, and the Red is named Zara.

Buell Update

The Buell has been fitted with a complete new front end, fresh matte black paint and some of the road rash cleaned up as well. Minor details include carbon fiber paint trickery on a few accessory parts. I still have a few more ideas to play with though it is shaping up to look like the hooligan streetfighter that it is. And believe me when I say that it has the muscle to back it up.

Back yard chicks

My brother Rodger came up last weekend with some chicks that I will raise to produce eggs. We built a small coop with Spanky's approval.

Two weeks in Europe

Gage and Jesica were fab hosts never failing to surprise me with head spinning adventure. here are a few highlights.

A view of Cinque Terre Italy, Just one of the recent stops on my adventure w/ Gage and Jessica. The Ferrari is an image from Monte Carlo. More to come soon....

Do, do, do, looking out my back door.

Well actually my front door. A break from the bike pics, I thought I would share what spring looks like here. Won't last long with winter looming.....

Naked frame

The M2 is truely a naked frame machine at this point. Body parts are off for repair and paint, front end off and ready to be switched with new.

Time to get rollin

I rolled the M2 out of the shed and took it to a garage where I will begin fixing the bruises. I did get a chance to warm it up a little. Hope fully the next pictures posted will show a slightly different bike.

Project M2

First, sorry about the lapse in posts. You could say I was "frozen" in action. Anyway, with snow on the way I needed something to help keep my mind on warmer thoughts. Gage suggested images of riding a motorcycle....I took him literally. Enter the M2 Buell streetfighter project. Those of you who know me well know that I am no stranger to bike projects. This project will be in unison to another somewhat secret project across the pond involving a Black S2 Lotus. The S2/M2 builds will be occurring simultaneously on two continents. I apologize for the pictures, The bike is in the shed due to weather. I will get better pics when the Minnesota melts.