PP was home and we decided to check out the state of Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary over by Metro State U. It was a beautiful sky - deep blue away from the sun and a paler blue on the sun side. The vegetation is still covered by a couple of feet of snow, but there were paths to walk on and crisp air to breathe.
There were even ducks on the open water by Carver's Cave - all mallards. I think they may have spent the whole winter at this watering hole.
The skier from Buck Hill, Lindsey Vonn, won her Olympic gold medal today in the down hill. Nice job.
I haven't been able to catch any curling from the Olympics. I guess they aren't being televised, perhaps because the curlers aren't doing well enough. Curling may be a soft sport, but it isn't ever decided by judges assigning style points and thus is a "real" sport. Ice dancing - not a real sport. I like to watch it and recognize real athleticism and the hard work and talent that it requires, but not a "real" sport. Skiing is also a "real" sport.
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Nice photos, and a good job on the update on winter. Thawing is good.
I've watched quite a bit of curling. Go to MSN.com to find out where it is being broadcast on your cable outlet. It has been on CNBC (The Business Network) here nearly every evening, after 5 pm our time -- probably 4 pm yours.) NBC has about 4 networks where it occasionally broadcasts events, including USA and MSNBC. It's probably broadcast live over your computer, as well.
On the USA network at noon today here, probably 11 where you are, men's curling, USA vs. Denmark. On CNBC at 5:00 here, 4 where you are, women's curling, USA vs. Denmark.
I have seen at least parts of every USA game, both men's and women's, and most of the game for all.
Male skip Shuster is having a classically horrible bonspiel. He has had four final rock game winning shots so far and missed them all.
Female skip McCormick hasn't had as many right out in clear view failures as Shuster but her miss tonight was every bit as ugly as any put up to this point by Shuster.
Both men and women lose today to Denmark by 7-6 scores.
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