80% Sure

Today the temperature got up to 65 degrees so I put on a pair of shorts and walked around Lake Winona again. I saw a nest in a tree. I am on the side of the lake that is farthest from downtown and closest to Highway 61.

I am 80% sure this is a nest from a pair of Baltimore Orioles.

 

The Library Of Lost Dollhouses

Elise Hooper is the author of The Library Of Lost Dollhouses. Dollhouses, miniature replications of grand mansions, used to be a thing a hundred years ago. Having a dollhouse of your own house meant you were a person of means. In this story a woman finds two miniature dollhouses at the library she works at in New York City. The story is told in two time lines. The first time line is the woman who found the dollhouses in 2018. The second is the woman who made the dollhouses in 1912. This was a fascinating story based on some true facts.

 

  

A Letter In My Mailbox

 

A Rose Revealed

 Gayle Roper is the author of the book called A Rose Revealed. The story takes place in an Amish community. Rose in a nurse in this community. Rose is not Amish but she grew up in the community and knows many Amish customs. She is helping a lady with cancer. When the lady and her son get into the car to leave the car explodes killing them both. Of course Rose is upset so she pulls her car over in an Amish driveway to cry. Two of the sons in the family come out to check on her and console her. They invite her in for supper. One of the sons was injured in a motorcycle crash during his rumspringa. He lost both of his legs and now uses a wheelchair. Rose saw that motorcycle crash two years earlier and she held his head in her lap until the ambulance arrived. I enjoyed this nice story about the Amish.

 

 

Where The Rivers Merge

Mary Alice Monroe is the author of Where The Rivers Merge. This story has two timelines. The book starts out in 1988 when the 88 year old Eliza is trying to decide who should take over her estate after her death. She could give it to her son but he feels entitled to it so she might leave it to her granddaughter and niece. The expansive estate lies within three rivers in South Carolina. Eliza has enjoyed the nature here since she was a little girl. Eliza decides to leave the property to a nature conservancy so everyone can enjoy it. I really enjoyed this historical fiction book.

 

 

 

The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn

Mark Twain wrote The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn. This is a great American novel. Twain writes about the racism of the American south. He writes about freedom and a moral code. Huck and Jim take off together to float south on the Mississippi river on a raft. They catch fish and sleep out under the stars. Despite the fact that Huck is 13 and Jim is in his 30's they become fast friends. Once they got separated but found each other again. They ran into a couple of con men who claimed one was a Duke and one was a King. Huck and Jim found it horribly difficult to shake these two men. They had other problems too but their friendship lasted forever.

 

 

 

Prairie Fire

Tonight the Winona Bird Club had a talk with a prairie fire expert. This is the same guy who gave the timber rattlesnake talk a few weeks back. The meeting was very informative. I was surprised to learn how many prairies around this area get burned.