Minnesota Meow, originally uploaded by Aaron Landry.

I just launched a new blog: Minnesota Meow!

It's a blog about cats! Check it out.
UPDATE: 19 APR 08: It was a fun time, but eventually I integrated the content of Minnesota Meow into this site.

I grew up near Withrow, MN, a small old railroad town that's shrunk so much it's been unincorporated for decades. All that's left is a bar, a ballroom and the elementary school I went to. It's only about 10 miles from the Interstate 694/494 loop not far from Stillwater.

My old next door neighbor Jim decided to take on beekeeping a number of years ago and in the last year started blogging about it. These days the site's getting more exciting: He set up a nice trail scouting camera to capture what lurks in near his bees. He got the photos you see above a few days ago. It foreshadowed what showed up this week!

I heard from one of his daughters last night that he might be setting up a Flickr account for the trail scouting camera. He also sells fantastic honey products. Maybe he should list on his site some places where you can buy some. Either way, check out the long-titled What Should I Do With My Bees This Month?.

If you can't get enough bee blogging, also check out Birdchick who periodically blogs about bees. Her photos and videos of bees rolling in powdered sugar is a fun place to start.

Photo by Sharon Stiteler. I think I find a couple new local blogs every day but I don't usually find blogs that are new to me that have been around for three years. Check out Birdchick's blog. She's a local birder who today posted photos and videos of birds exploring dead trees.