A Black Friday Alternative
This Friday, instead of waking up at the crack of dawn to stand in a line in the bitter cold and risk injury from the stampede that ensues after the store you are hankering to bust in to (to purchase…
November 2013
Tuesday Tweet: Let’s talk turkey…
In remaining completely predictable by staying in theme with seasons and holidays, you all were safe to assume that the topic of the Tuesday Tweet during Thanksgiving week would be TURKEYS. It’s a “gimme,” so to speak. As I geared…
Monday… MOOSE!
A few months ago we shared images of a baby moose from 1901 and highlighted the work being done by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to manage the rapidly decreasing moose population within the state. You can stay…
Friday Flora: Congratulations…
… you made it through the week! We brought you some flowers. – Small white Lady’s Slipper in hand on the Fort Snelling prairie, May 28, 1926…
Snowshoe Rabbit
We’ve been waiting for another snowfall to share this little guy – a snowshoe rabbit. Walter J. Breckenridge captured these images of a snowshoe rabbit near the north shore of Lake Superior in the winter of 1927. Breckenridge was then…
Wild Animal Wednesday: Go Gophers!
This upcoming Saturday the University of Minnesota’s Golden Gopher football team will go up against their rivals – the Badgers of the University of Wisconsin – Madison. Kick-off is at 2:30 PM at TCF Bank Stadium. To show our school…
Tuesday Tweet: Bird Feeders
These “bird feeders” are not your average seed-filled perching stations: – Whitebreasted Nuthatch on boy’s cap – Chickadee with J.M. Eheim of Hutchinson – Chickadee on frying pan held by J.M. Eheim of Hutchinson – Chickadees held by Mrs. P.G….
“Mounted” Monday
– Evening Grosbeak, in house [A mounted specimen of an Evening Grosbeak.] mount: to prepare (as a specimen) for examination or display (From the glass plate negatives in the Bell Museum of Natural History collection)…
Friday Flora: I went to a garden party…
“I went to a garden party, reminisced with my old friends A chance to share old memories and play our songs again…” – Rick Nelson The lyrics to Ricky Nelson’s 1972 hit song, “Garden Party” came to mind as…
Question and Answer
What they did before Google… Question C.D. Velie to Thomas Sadler Roberts, December 8, 1921: My Dear Doctor: I have two carrier pigeons, mounted, on my desk here at the office, which you can have if you will send over…