Andy and Darcy’s Blog

Jim’s birthday was celebrated with dirt cake.

Jon’s housewarming party was combined with wine club with an Italian theme.

Amber, Adam, Andy, and I went to Winona for the BK 5K.

We went to , Cold Stone, and then I took some photos of our Canadian smoke in Rochester. See how hazy it is?

We saw clouds worthy of photos.

You may have already seen Andy’s famous facebook video of our storm, but I’m going to post these pictures anyway! If we had looked through the dark and rain in these photos, it’s possible we would have seen the tornado.

We went out to our very muddy garden plot, and we saw parachuters on the way home! Those guys are hard to catch on camera!

This year I decided to plant Scarlet Runner Beans in my hanging basket. Scarlet Runner Beans are supposed to have beautiful orange blossoms, and they produce edible beans. I thought this was win win!

In the end (yes, the plant is dead at the time of this writing), I learned two things.

1. Beans grow up. They will not grow down, even if they can.

2. If the plant is edible, other animals will want to eat it, too.

So, my plant did grow up. It was pretty and leafy despite the fact it was not hanging down. But eventually, we noticed something was wrong with it. And we were puzzled until we saw the birds eating it.

Here are pictures for the Pine Island Ribbon Run 5K.

Get that ball over the net, and don’t run into anyone.