April 19th, 2010

Good Morning,

Spring has arrived in Minnesota. Snow and ice are memories. The grass has, or in some area's is turing green and leaves are begining to show green.

Most in the Great Upper Midwest are excited about the Minnesota Twins and the new state of the art Ball Park.

The twins are hot and off to a good start at their new home and learning how to field balls that are hit off the new walls and watching to see how they bounce in the green grass. It's a long season and we will see what we shall see! The games thus far have all been sellouts as we the people are anxious to see how our millions of dollars were spent. Target Corporaton was a large contributor and thus "Target Field" is the chosen name. I shall attend with son Jay on the afternoon of May 5. He has aquired tickets and together we will sample an afternon at the ball park. I am sure we will enjoy the food, the seats, the view and enjoy the home town boys swinging the old hickory. Of course there are no hickory bats any more. As usual we Americans have cut our way and almost eliminated all of the hickory trees in the country and now it is exciting to watch the bats break as the hitters swing to make contact. The various woods being tried now are all suspeck and the old time manufactures of those great hickory ball bats are trying everything to find a wood that will compare with Hickory. So far no luck.

I think we should try and "SAVE WHAT IS LEFT" of everything. I wonder what our Grandfathers would think about all the new multi-million dollar stadiums and then find that we have squandered all the hickory trees. The Ball Park is within walking distance of our 14th floor condo. It's fun to watch the fans walk to and from the games on these great sunny spring days saving much congestion on the hiways and city streets. Our new Light rail transit brings the out of towners right to the ball park station and returns them to the burbs after the game. A far cry from what we once thought of the Dome as being state of the art. Now we have the dome without any tenants except the Vikings. Their lease runs out in a year or to. The good news is, the dome is paid for. We just have to find some other venues to fill it.

Doris and I have had a good week. Doris still continues her "help the kid's" at Kenwood school twice a week. I still travel to the shop each day. I have stopped offering advice and stay in my shop making sawdust. The last project was 11 various tables and a large mirror framed for the new mansion on Morrison Lake. Jane and Gary have always dreamed of this and the four bedroom home will be occupied weekends this month. They are happy as clams and busy moving "stuff" from home in Minneapolis to the Lake. We all, of course know this moving exercise will never cease as long as there are two homes a little less than 3 hours from home.

Son Tod is improving and is able to move around a little more a each week passes. He wears a brace on his right leg and arm. I am always amazed at the folks, (whom we have never met) (we could all practice some of this helping hand stuff) have taken responsibility for his care and convelesence. We are sorry he is in California and not closer to home. That, however is what he has chosen and he is happy with his decision.

Our tomato plants are enjoying the small table next to the only sunny window we have. We will have them as company for at least another month. I will then transfer them to their place in the sun outside the door of my shop. They do get tender loving care throughout their short life but they make many of the Eide Saw family happy when those fresh off the vine big red ripe wonders of nature mature.

As usual I will try and make you smile in signing off.

"HEADLINES"

"Enraged cow injures farmer with Axe"

"Plane to close close to ground, crash probe told"

"Iraqi Head seeks arms"

"Local High School Dropouts Cut in Half"

"Astronaut Takes Blame for Gas in Spacecraft"

Have a great spring.

Call, write or vist anytime.

Jim and Doris