John, Lynda and I visited Matt at work this afternoon and then went to "Art in Bloom" at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. And Mae, when your mom drove away she was carrying Bobo, so don't blame Koko if you don't get him back!

We're having John and Lynda at our house, 1745 Carroll Ave., at 5:30 P.M. on May 3rd. All Andersons welcome!

Janelle and Matt :)

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and fortunately there are a lot of people who like to do it - that way I can go to the Ascii Art Dictionary to find pictures (like the ones I did yesterday). Then I use different editors to fix up the picture for posting to the blog. "Email Effects" from www.sigsoftware.com is a nice one - and you can use it for free.

Happy Birthday, Teresa! Hope you've had a great day. How does Joel do that cake-thing? It is so cool!
I just wanted to mention to you all that Stevie has been playing good tennis lately! He won at second singles yesterday at Powderhorn Park. (Nice to have a match so close to home.) Over the weekend he played 4 matches and all of them went 3 sets, so he was really tired out and also sunburned.
What a beautiful flower you're studying, Ingrid. Leavenwothia is lovely as is the Botanist. Do they grow here in Minnesota?
Hope to see you all soon! Nancy

Happy Birthday Teresa!!!!

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Scientist at large
I just got back from a collecting trip in Alabama. My labmate and I collected wildflower seeds from Leavenwothia, the genus that we study. Here's a picture of me in the field and of my flower. It grows in the cedar glades which you can see behind me--the glades are mostly cedars and limestone. I hope the wildflowers are as pretty in Minnesota!

Thumbs Up for The Music Man

All the Andersons had a great time at the Music Man's final performance Saturday. The cast gave a very spirited performance - it was clear cast, musicians and crew really did a lot of hard work. AND Mark treated us to ice cream sundaes! It was fun to see Roosevelt - it has changed a bit from our days there! It was also nice to see Mark's students and their appreciation of him. (And he didn't even buy them ice cream!)

tickets will be available at the door. I hope Joel and Teresa can make it too. Our new cell phone came today UPS. I dialed our number and it worked. Our cell phone number is 612-501-8652. I doubt that it will be turned on all the time so that will probably not be a reliable way to get in touch.

We're all very impressed with your writing, Mae. AdWeek seems almost like Vanity Fair or The New Yorker with you writing for it!

I think Joel and I might be able to attend on Saturday night, Mark. I assume we can buy tickets at the door?

BTW, Norris is playing the piano again for our library's silent movie night on Friday, May 2, at 7:00. It is interesting and FREE. The librarian made up flyers advertising the event that said, "Featuring the world-renowned Norris Anderson." John and Lynda will be here that weekend. John's poster presentation is on Thursday morning and they are leaving on Sunday afternoon, so we should all try to get together on Saturday night if possible. Ideas?

I enjoy reading what everyone writes. Thank you to all who publish such interesting things... I haven't greeted y'all for a long time. Class is going well. I've been studying, so I haven't had any big adventures lately. Thanks Teresa & Joel for a lovely Easter Day! Nancy

Attention: Roosevelt High production of "The Music Man" April 24-26 at 7:30 Mark, Nancy, Paul , Matt & Janelle are planning to attend Saturday. Tickets $6. anyone else interested?

Happy Easter!
Vacant Tomb; Hardly Used

Happy Good Friday everyone!

I knew I was officially middle-aged when I got not one, but two, hosta catalogs in the mail!

I have wanted to keep track of the varieties of perennials in our yard, but find that even the metal labels tend to wear away or get lost. My cousin Ann has made a computerized database of where everything is in her garden... maybe I can get Joel involved in gardening this way?!

Hey thanks to Teresa for the hosta gift certificate. It was for a place outside Atlanta called Pine Forest Gardens, where they have dozens (hundreds?) of varieties of these things. I only remember the name of 2 of these, on the left is Fried Green Tomatoes and the one nearest the camera is Crusader. These should do well in our shady yard, last time I checked they were still alive. And I'm finally getting over being sore from digging 4 holes in the ground. Thanks to Ingrid for posting the picture.

John

I'm not the only one who thinks about plants: Dad planted his new hostas...courtesy of Secret--*cough* Teresa *cough*--Santa.

Check out this cool ad for Honda.. isn't that contraption cool?

Honda's New Accord

Just when you thought you'd heard it all! The new wave in teaching at our elementary schools - maggot art!

Maggot Art

Good job Liv, keep up the good work!

Congratulations to the Golden Gophers on their second National Championship in a row! Go Gophers!



Gophers repeat as national champions with 5-1 victory over New Hampshire

Well...I won my category (computer science) and got a math award from UW-Superior. I had a great time and am looking forward to being an alternate/observor at ISEF.
---Livvi'i