Jamie Thingelstad

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50th Street is closed at France Ave this summer and it is fun to see the area embracing a temporary pedestrian mall! I’ve suggested in the past this area should be permanently car free so it is a fun experiment.

Chalk art of a fresh popcorn bucket with colorful kernels trailing up a closed street lined with shops and outdoor diners at dusk.

I find it incredible that Pump 1 in our sump pump system has run 324,989 times. Pump 2 has only run 15,179 times. It also indicates that Pump 1 flow rate is 59 GPM and Pump 2 is 81 GPM. I would guess the extra 309,810 times it has run has reduced its rate a little.

Rhombus LCX3 pump controller display showing Counts and ETMs screen with Pump 1 at 324,989 run cycles and Pump 2 at 15,179 run cycles

On our walk around Lake Harriet today we took a stroll through the Rose Garden as well. There were many roses out in full bloom but it seemed like they had either been battered heavily in the rain or were maybe a bit past their prime. Probably a bit of both.

Vibrant red roses in full bloom at the Lake Harriet Rose Garden on a sunny day with blue skies and trees behind Large pink rose in full bloom at the Lake Harriet Rose Garden, with rows of roses and green trees in the background Cluster of bright pink roses in full bloom at a rose garden, with rows of rose bushes and green trees under a blue sky behind Pale yellow fully bloomed roses with ruffled petals on a bush in a sunny garden, some blooms fading

Got home after two weeks in Ireland to our sump pump system being in alarm mode making a very loud alert — thankfully still working okay! It is handling 15 gallons per minute right now! 😬 Also a smoke detector giving a low battery chirp. There were three power outages while we were gone.