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Don K.

Don K.

I am retired from all sorts of things.

I studied philosophy (symbolic logic) for my undergraduate degree and finance/ accounting for my masters. I worked primarily as a management consultant and software developer; but, I have also worked for the US EPA as the Air & Water program advisor for three Midwestern states. I have been a CPA,...more »
  • Turtle Mountains, ND, USA
  • member since Tuesday, December 4 2007

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  • cagrowngirl

    cagrowngirl says

    I love your ever changing profile. thank you!!

    posted 2 months ago. ( send a note )
  • doughgirl5562

    doughgirl5562 says

    Hi Don,

    I just wanted to let you know that we are currently taking nominations for September/October group reads for the Minneapolis-St.Paul-Minnesota group .The books nominated don't have to be by Minnesota authors or have Minnesota ties, but that is preferable. Feel free to nominate any genre and type of book, as long as you think it is interesting and relevant to this group. Nominations will remain open for at least one more week, at which time I will close nominations and we will vote.

    There is also a separate thread to discuss how the group want to proceed with group reads in general. Whether or not to do them. How often, etc. Would love your input on this subject!

    Doughgirl / Lynne

    posted 2 months ago. ( send a note )
  • cagrowngirl

    cagrowngirl says

    the flower that you have displayed right now is striking in color and contrast. it is absolutley wonderful what mother nature has in store for us. thank you for sharing. :)

    posted 2 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Miriam Q

    Miriam Q says

    Hi Don - welcome to the Minneapolis - St. Paul - Minnesota group! Your profile is wonderfully interesting, and you've got a great shelf. I hope you'll stop by the group often and post comments as the mood strikes you, and that you'll be visiting our state now and again, since we're neighbors! I remember riding through fields and fields of sunflowers in North Dakota on my way to Winnipeg once . . .

    posted 2 months ago. ( send a note )
  • cagrowngirl

    cagrowngirl says

    you are soo humble don...about your photography. i have been using my camera phone. haven't downloaded any pictures lately. but than again i am really particular about this one...enjoy your day and your garden.

    yikes, pam!! hope you are feeling better.

    posted 2 months ago. ( send a note )
  • cagrowngirl

    cagrowngirl says

    what a beautiful flower....it caught my eye. i felt like a bumblebee trying to find it's owner.

    had 3 hummingbirds in the garden yesterday. for me it was the most i had seen. ;)

    posted 2 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Denizen

    Denizen says

    Those beautiful flower avatars just keep coming!

    posted 2 months ago. ( send a note )
  • jabberwocky

    jabberwocky says

    Thank you very much for the comment. My wife had those done. They are suppose to be only inferrior to canvas in quality. But im sure i would say that about them too if i were the one selling them.

    By the way, you told me about your college Prof's advice (when u asked him what to do with the degree) So what did you end up going into ?

    posted 3 months ago. ( send a note )
  • cagrowngirl

    cagrowngirl says

    i have noticed that your pictures are changing. yes, i noticed. your flowers are beautiful. :)

    posted 3 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Judy S

    Judy S says

    I enjoyed your shelf and your profile. I have wanderlust too from growing up as an Army Brat. Do you have a good library where you live or do you have to purchase most of your books? I would be lost without the library!

    posted 3 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Denizen

    Denizen says

    We know what it's like, DonAndPam, when you live in a community without a shelter. We have one, but it's more of a pound with a high-kill ratio. Maggie was a rescue - a large, out-of-control dog at 10 months. She was supposed to be temporay but by the time we taught her some manners she had weaseled her way into our hearts. When we had the discussion about whether she was officially staying my husband said, "She makes me happy." Those are keeping words if ever I heard them. When we got Maggie, I noticed that she didn't see her world as a place she could manipulate. Life was something that happened to her. I thought that window for learning was closed. Last night, two + years later, she started barking while I was laying in bed reading. I told her to be quiet but she persisted. I finally decided that perhaps she needed to go out because this wasn't typical behavior so I stood up and she promptly leapt into bed and lay down next to my husband. Ten months is obviously not too late for a dog to learn how to manipulate her environment. She keeps me on my toes. We think she's a rottweiler/lab mix. The rottweiler is a given and we guess at the lab - something gives her a longer snout.

    We had a lot of problems when we first moved to this community and ended up with 4 dogs after we took in a young shepherd mix and a 13 year-old border collie. We've lost a few over the years to various causes and hope to keep the dogs at two (plus the 5 cats) but we foster for the shelter so are treading in dangerous waters...

    I'm glad we don't have mountain lions but I'd love to see one at a distance someplace else. We lived in western Colorado for 14 years but I never saw one - just the occasional track. Our dogs have a large fenced yard. We left a 30 foot, wooded swath outside of the fenced area for the deer and other wildlife to pass through. The deer, at least, use it.

    posted 3 months ago. ( send a note )
  • cagrowngirl

    cagrowngirl says

    Yes, I save seeds. I just started sorting out marigolds, zinnas and coreopsis. I have zinnas in all sort of colors...hot pink, light green, white and read. i am more than willing to share whatever i harvest this year. :)

    I was really waiting for my california poppies to take hold but i think only made it...time will tell.

    posted 3 months ago. ( send a note )
  • jabberwocky

    jabberwocky says

    I think the pic looks sophisticated...not sociopathic. ;)
    I was introduced to Shelfari by an english teacher (whom i never had for english) that taught at my old highschool.

    I took the scenic route through college. 9 years and 4 Majors changes later i recieved my B.A. in Speech Com. I tell everyone i got a BA in BS.

    posted 3 months ago. ( send a note )
  • cagrowngirl

    cagrowngirl says

    i look forward to seeing the peonies in blossom. at this moment in time, i really need to invest in a decent camera. i tried to take a picture of a beautiful black butterfly on a hot pink zinnia. well, the telephone camera doesn't quite do the job. i scared the butterfly away temporarily.

    i do love gardening. i love watching things grow. the ladies who walk in my neighborhood stopped me and asked which nursery i use...lowes, home depot a mom and pop nursery. i confessed that the majority of my items were planted by seed. we all have our niche....that's what i like.

    i noticed that you were in the gardening group as well. i do not do the yard work though...i live that to my husband who has ocd....he has en edger,blower and mower. we don't live in an area where we would need a chain saw.

    i do like your profile...your comments about goats are quite true. as a girl growing up i would watch a families farm when they were out of town....it was the geese that got me. they are quite demanding creatures and down right mean when they don't get everyone's food. i liked the rabbits and the peacocks the best. oh, i should mention the farm was in california.

    have a pleasant day.

    posted 3 months ago. ( send a note )
  • cagrowngirl

    cagrowngirl says

    the oriental poppies are beautiful!!!

    posted 3 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Boom Boom

    Boom Boom says

    donandpam says

    In his book, Gardening on the Prairies -- A Guide to Canadian Home Gardening, Roger Vick has two greenhouse designs for northern climes.
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    Thanks, I'm going to look for this book. By the way, I think you'll be amazed to learn that I have my wood furnace on today, because it's cool (12C) and raining. On June 23! Unreal.

    posted 4 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Boom Boom

    Boom Boom says

    I have about eight old windows from a demolished garage here, and am thinking of using them to build a second greenhouse. I want to do it on the cheap, as I'm living on a small pension. The town dump is good for scavenging, already I have a pile of 2x4 and 2x6 that I can use for framing. Not sure what I will use for the roof yet. I don't think I have enough old windows for the roof, but maybe if I built the greenhouse in a triangular shape? Heh. I'll come up with something.

    Your 55 gallon drum idea is a good one, but wouldn't work here - not enough sun to heat one of those monsters.

    posted 4 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Boom Boom

    Boom Boom says

    My greenhouse is a small one, from Home Hardware in Labrador, sells for $600, and was a royal pain to put together. However, it's done the job I expected of it. It's really too small to place a heater in it. I use it only for vegetables - tomatoes, lettuce, garlic, and cucumbers.

    I'm really suspicious about our Zone 3a designation - it feels more like Zone 2, considering how cold it is here every summer. I live just below Labrador, on the Quebec shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

    posted 4 months ago. ( send a note )


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