This little bruiser and his master were enjoying a show at the Lake Harriet Bandshell.

Wow. Now that’s an outfit. After all these years, this was the first time I’ve seen the Gay Pride Parade. I was working for Coca Cola: they were handing out Coke Zero along the route. If you get a chance, you have to see the parade some year, it’s a truly odd experience, but you’ll never see so many happy people in one place, seriously.
BTW, check it! Rainbow Bright. Awesome.

P.S. After a few conversations today, I looked up the origin of the Parade. If you get a chance read the Wikipedia entry on the Stonewall Riots.

The theme for July is “Empty” and this big old empty cement chair has been inviting me and discouraging me for years. It’s a block from my house, but I have never sat in it. Someday I’ll sit down, but until then, I’ll just ponder it.
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Just a Cardinal in a tree. That’s all.

Out for a walk with m friend Karen and her new pooch Charlie. He’s a Maltese-poodle mix with a lot of energy.

I don’t have the chutzpah to pull this off, but this guy is fun to watch. There’s some good lessons to learn from him, watch how he works, you don’t have to chase strangers to learn some new ideas from him.

Imagine my surprise walking around Lake of the Isles to find not one, but seven cairns on the shore. These are nice ones too, much nicer than my stumbling, awkward attempts. This took some time to build.

These are not far from the big one I found a few weeks ago in Cedar Lake.

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