From Canada?

This goose was honking on my office balcony on a dark, rainy, cold morning.
iPhone photo thru the screen door

Feeling blue?

This "foreigner" Mustang drove a long way for lunch at Doolittle's Restaurant!

Sunday's weather?

Yep, it was rainy.  April showers bring May flowers!

Construction season

The intersection of Cliff Road and Johnny Cake Ridge Road is a torn up mess! 

Biker bros

It was a perfect evening for a bike ride! These guys parked at Bonfire Restaurant last night.  (Was meinst du, Herr Grigis?)

Building strong community

Mike Lavin, fellow Eagan Rotarian and District Executive of the YMCA in Eagan, is accustomed to heavy lifting.  He leads one of the largest 21 branch YMCAs in the Twin Cities with over 350 employees.  This YMCA branch was built in 1993 and has expanded several times. 

TBT

TBT = "Throwback Thursday." Last week's schedule. 

Suddenly summer?

Tuesday evening at 7:30 pm, the thermometer read 60 degrees!

Yummy in the tummy

We recently ate dinner at Doolittle's Restaurant on Cliff Road. Salmon on a bed of spinach, asparagus and bacon - soooo good! 

Dog class

Some second grade students at Woodland Elementary School met with Eagan Rotarian and realtor Sheila Hittner. They learned about therapy dogs and met Sheila's Tibetan Spaniel, "Brisket."
www.Brisketcares.com

Happy Easter from Easter

The Easter Lutheran Church sanctuary awaited the first Easter morning worship service to transition from Good Friday. Celebrate!

Walking the Cross

The wooden cross was carried from Easter Lutheran Church to St. John Neumann Catholic Church to Eagan City Hall to Dakota County Library to Glacier Hills School to a park to All Saints Lutheran Church to Advent United Methodist Church and finally ended at Crossroads Church.  A huge crowd participated in this annual Good Friday tradition.

Lake LeMay on gray day

The snow and ice were gone and so was the sun…

Recognizing our heros

Eagan Rotary Club President Steve Conlin posed with Rotarian Fire Chief Mike Scott, Rotarian Police Chief Jim McDonald (right) and an awarded firefighter and police officer after our 18th annual service officer recognition lunch.
Photo by Rotarian and photog Michael Proebstle

April 15, tax day!

I mailed my taxes to Uncle Sam on Tuesday morning on my way to work. Cashectomy!

Gleaming in the night

Need your car washed or detailed? 

Days are numbered...

The EAGAN water tower off Pilot Knob Road will be torn down…. rumor has it.  I don't know the details but maybe a blog following city employee will comment...

Saturday salad supper

Almonds, raisins, green peppers and tuna on a bed of greens! What did you have for dinner?

Sunroof season

Blue skies and 64 degrees on Friday afternoon...

Ice, be gone!

Wonderful to see open water on Thomas Lake again! 

Spring….finally!

All of us Eaganites shouted for joy with warm, sunny weather today! It's been a long, very cold, very snowy winter! 

Pink Panther

A 65 year old woman was filling up her HUMMER with gas next to my navy, ordinary station wagon! 

Heavenly...

I was thrilled driving home:
1. Most of the snow has melted
2. It was 63 degrees
3. My moonroof was open
4. Blue skies & puffy clouds
5. Good day at my office
6. Swedish music was playing
7. Dinner was almost ready

Got toothpicks?

A lot of wood is used in building Minnesota houses...

A snowman named April

Our neighbors built a snowman on Friday after Thursday night's blizzard. 

Your answer is…..

Yesterday's "Staff Only" doorway is at the Eagan Municipal Center in the back of the Police Station. 

Where am I?

Any guesses where I am? Jon saw me taking this photo - shhhh, Jon! 

Doodle dog

In my rush to get to my office, I forgot to ask this nice woman her name and her dog's name. Looks like a Poodle mix of some sort. (Unedited, uncropped photo - I'm not in my blogging den.)

Ice time

Many children in different skill levels were learning to better ice-skate! 

Rooftop Rainbow

Somewhere over the rainbow…

My daughter, Svea, took this iPhone photo