Twin City Photos

Along the banks of the Mississippi, the old Pillsbury Mill and the power lines from the NSP river power plant both reach for the sky.

… to Major Tom.

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This duck laid in our front yard all weekend long, literally watching me replace the rear wheel seals on my truck, and brakes while I was at it. What a mess that was, but probably saved myself $700 worth of labor to put in $100 worth of parts.

Not sure what’s wrong with her, she’s missing feathers on the back of her head. Fed her some bread but then stopped, since it isn’t exactly good for them. But I figured she needed some carbs. Also put out a bowl of water, and she drank off and on for 5 minutes it seems.

Later in the day we thought she’d left. But we spotted her across the road in the neighbors yard, with a Mallard. Maybe she was just laying low over the weekend while he was looking for a nesting place.

I did put some thawed frozen peas under the tree, a bit more nutritious for ducks. But that’ll be it. They need to move on and do what ducks do.

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Walking around a swamp in the country side I ran across this rather large tree fungus. There is still ice in some places up there (that being north of the Twin Cities area), yet several mosquitos were found spotting themselves on peoples cheeks. In a couple of weeks this swamp will be ceded to the unofficial Minnesota state bird, the mosquito, and no one will venture back there until the first hard freeze.

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Which is crooked? Ladder or wall?

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Theme photo for the day, considering we’re about to get close to a foot of snow.