When there is no color outside, except white and the dark of tree trunks and traffic dirt, it's comforting to go to the conservatory for the winter poinsettia show. There are reds and pinks and a reflecting pool filled with Asian carp to view. The room is also humid enough to keep the plants alive and a reminder that summer will return to these parts. The conservatory closes at four p.m., just before the sun starts to go down. I think I'll be visiting again soon, just for the chance to see live, healthy plants.
The slide scanning project uncovered this photo of Superman when he was a mere lad. His attention seems drawn to something to the right of the photographer. Maybe it was his favorite movie showing on a screen - "The Black Stallion" or perhaps "Star Wars." It was 1983.
There was tennis yesterday afternoon, and more tonight at Wooddale. I have heard that the tennis dome at Reed Sweatt, the old Nicollet tennis center, suffered the same fate as the Minneapolis Metrodome - collapse. I think it will be easier to re-inflate the tennis dome, because it is considerably smaller, but I wouldn't have wanted to be in either place when the roof began to fall. The Fort Snelling tennis dome survived the snow and Wooddale is a normal building, so my tennis venues remain available for play. Jerry and the hard core girls are the participants tonight.
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The earliest sunset of the year occurred before we left Holland, oddly enough. Earliest sunset doesn't occur there on the solstice, but I don't know why. Sunset there was about 5:07 pm, and we've gained about a half hour. 5:38 pm tonight, I think.
I'm glad to hear that your tennis facilities roofs are sound. The videos of the Metrodome roof collapse are riveting.
Stay warm.
Forgot to say -- I've always loved the Poinsettia show at the conservatory.
We remember that handsome little guy back in 1983!
Rich and Mary
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