Today we took a long walk, something we haven't done in a while. The destination was Rosedale to go to the Apple store to see the new iPod Nanos, but, of course, the journey was the best part. We saw wild turkeys, a chipmunk, talked to a guy about carbon drive bicycles in the pine forest.
We also "rescued" a dog, a year-old, blond Lab mix. He had obviously strayed from his home, but he wouldn't let us get close enough to him to read his tag or grab his collar. He kept walking ahead of us. He was a scamp. He was unneutered. He knew no commands, but he did tilt his head when we asked him if he wanted a treat. He kept marking his territory and pooed in someone's flower bushes. We were afraid that he was going to head right into traffic on Snelling, which is a very busy, large road. Luckily, a block before Snelling, he was sniffing around someone's fence. And X. had the idea of opening the gate and putting him in the yard. When I opened the gate, he walked right in. It was smooth move. The owner of the house was home and she had a dog, too. In the yard, she was able to read the address on his tag after he had, of course, peed on one of her tomato plants. She leashed him up and the three of us walked him a few blocks to his proper home. Actually, he pulled X. all the way. And that is our story of meeting Moses Dog Miller. Unfortunately, I forgot to take a photo of him.
At Rosedale, we almost ate at California Pizza Kitchen, but when we saw the menu at
Flame we decided to try that. We had a great late lunch consisting of shrimp and scallop ceviche with tortilla chips, their Firecracker Chicken (rotisserie chicken tossed with buffalo sauce, celery and bleu cheese rolled in a crispy egg roll wrapper), and three beers. It was a lot of food. And because it was happy hour, it was only $20.
We then ran into someone from our neighborhood, but we couldn't remember her name because it is so plain–Jane Anderson.
Yes, the new iPod Nanos were very cool. The video and voice memo features make it really useful.
We didn't walk back, so it took 3 buses and over 2 hours to get home (under 4 miles per hour).
Heartening: Seeing six kids walking on the trail in the park with no hovering parents around.
Musings: President Obama should grow a big, ol' moustache.
The wild turkeys from a distance.
Retreating to the woods.
Turkey trot!
Cool graffiti
70s courtyard
Twin Hondas - same color, year, model
Peppermint Patty at Rice Park
