October Gardening...

Anne and Ack worked on Anne's community garden at Troy. We thought Alana might enjoy this picture of a well tilled field.

Margaret's Fund recipient

After Margaret Ackerman passed away, Anne initiated Margaret's Fund in her honor. The scholarship focuses on giving a financial award to someone from the Northside of Madison who is attending college for the first time or as a returning adult. In this photo are Dana, Tara Hoffman (the first ever recipient), Anne and Alysa at the Northside Farmer's Market where the award was given out. Dana and Alyssa are other scholarship organizers too.

Morning Moon

Moonrise on Lake Mendota early in the morning, on Oct 15. Happy Anniversary to Mary and Joe 10/15!

Cookin....

Anne entered a one-pot cooking festival at the Northside Farmers Market. She might not have won - but all her "Kickin' Carrot Soup" was gone before the end!

Art show up...

Last night we went to the Northside Planning Council's 15th anniversary celebration at the Warner Park Community Center. This was also the opening of the "Art of the Marsh" show we are both in. Anne donated her photographs to the silent auction fund raiser for the NPC, and it of course sold (and not to Ack)!

The Weather Guys started a weekly column in the city paper, which is also published on the web every Friday. So, you can learn about:
100 year floods and why cloud bottoms are flat, two articles that Ack wrote.

Noisy Birds

Anne is off in Milwaukee with the Making It Home tour. Ack is supposed to be in Brazil at a meeting but his visa application was rejected 3 times. One of the rejection reasons was because in the photo sent for the visa, there was not enough contrast between the background and the top of his head (ie, he is too bald for the electronic scanner!).

The sandhill cranes are back for the season - there are two families in the neighborhood. If you haven't heard their calls - turn on the video and imagine being awakened to that at 5:30 am!