Seeds

Picked up some seeds at the store today.

Seed Packets

I went to Bachman's today and noticed the seed packets have been put on display. It got me thinkin' about spring...

Whirly Birds (150th Post Today!!)

Dale and I have a silver maple in our front yard and our next-door neighbor Jim has one in his back yard. Between the two trees we get a LOT of the seeds in our yards. As kids we called them whirly birds (I know some people refer to them as helicopters) and used to collect them in Kemps ice cream buckets. We'd climb a ladder and dump them and watch them twirl to the ground. If we felt adventurous we'd walk to the Nicollet bridge that crosses Minnehaha Creek and dump them over the side. It's a lot more fun to play with them than having to sweep/rake a whole yard full, but I do have fond memories of them!