Maybe there is something to that "Minnesota Nice" stuff that we all hear about.  It was in evidence yesterday to me as we did our best and nicest to hand over the ball to the opposing team.  Where even FEMA failed to deliver, we here in Minnesota managed to "give" lavishly.  Well that's how I'm ending the season with a positive spin and a thought that we here contributed to the Saints, so that their season will run to it's full end.  What decent folk we are here!

Pictured above is a painting currently on view at the Edina Art Center.  It's one of those paintings I had in mind for a long time.  It was worked up from a plein air sketch done last winter and presents the beauty that can be found outdoors.  With the temperature's being so cold, it's hard to find water in the state of liquid, let alone the glowing colors of the low angled sun.  The effect was so temporal but left a lasting memory.