Ok these are better, straight from my new porch, facing WSW:

NGL I want a print of that but probs can't afford it.

This is a beautiful shot.

(Great pix, BTW.)

The real portal was within yourself all the time, Scott.

So true! (I think it's because everyone's hung over on the 4th.)

I believe that was the slogan for Deja Vu in Mpls, wasn't it?

This took place at a much-less-classily-named establishment on the Range.

True story: In the early 2000s I witnessed a group of friends doing a Chorus Line-style dance to the Wreck in a strip club up north, and a couple of the pro dancers joined in.

3rd of July in Eveleth is sometimes more entertaining than the 4th.

That looks amazing!!

I want to like this, but I don't want to ruin the perfection:

Yes I do, and I've never lived anywhere but MN. We also say "Jeet" (as in, "Jeet yet?") to inquire whether the questionee has ingested food recently.

I mean, we CAN enunciate, but we usually do' wanna.

I've hated this porch material since it was installed 18yrsago - doesn't match the house, it's slippery as hell whenever it gets wet... and as we age, it's getting more treacherous.

Will it add value to the house? For us, yes. For resale, not sure. I can bully Schmoop into agreeing, but should I?

I gave in earlier this week when it was consistently 64 indoors.