King Manor vending machines are on the move

The carpet is being replaced in the vending machine room on the fourth floor.

Right now, these vending machines are on the third floor.

This is one more vending machine on the third floor.

This is my red coin purse

Now decades old, this coin purse is still going strong.

This is the coin holder of my small purse.

This is the dollar bill holder of my purse.

My black coin purse

This is the outside of the purse.

This is the coin holder of my small purse.

This is the key holder of my purse.  Long ago, he key clasps had broken and fell off the small metal bar.

I bought a bottle of Lemonade Stand at Main & Vine

I did not know that there was lemonade bread, until I asked if there was lemonade bread.  And then, I searched for it on the World Wide Web (WWW).

Community Events

There are posted notices for community events for January and February 2025 on the fourth floor bulletin board.

My very good meal at the First Presbyterian Church of Duluth

This is tasty food, while it gives my body healthy nutrition.

Duluth snowfall

I see that the city snowplows have not been cleaning the snow off East Second Street.

I got a loaf of Rancho La Gloria AgaVida Green Apple wine bread

I wish that my readers could taste Green Apple wine bread.

What I found on the Fourth Floor Community Room announcement board

I wish all my readers a Happy Miscellaneous Day.

Stay Warm

Because of cold temperatures, I’m going to stay inside today.  Thus, I plan to get my tasks done this Wednesday.

I got a bottle of Rancho La Gloria AgaVida Green Apple wine

I wonder how Green Apple wine bread will taste like.

My friend Barbara Findley has passed away

Today, Frank told me that my friend Barbara Findley has passed away.

Years ago, I remember working in the King Manor, fourth floor commons room on a poster for the King Manor residents’ Club.  Barbara and Annie were supervising my work; when I said something like, “”Look at this.  There are two supervisors and one worker.”  Barbara replied to me, “That’s government work for you.”

Abandoned food

I found this still life art (garbage) on the east side of North Second Avenue East, between East First Street and East Second Street.

Both of the two King Manor elevators are out of order, the next day.

Now only one elevator is out of service.  According to my friend Frank, the elevator repair technicians were in King Manor until midnight attempting to get one of the elevators working again.

Both of the two King Manor elevators are out of order.

I found this notice on the first floor, where the HRA offices are.  That is why this wall has wood paneling.

I found this notice on the ground floor.

I got my Deschutes Black Butte Porter bread.

I wish my loyal readers could eat this tasty bread.

This is a January snowstorm in Duluth, Minnesota!

“After a snowstorm is the best time to be in the woods, because all the empty beer and soda cans and candy wrappers disappear, and you don't have to try as hard to be in another time. Plus there's just something beautiful about walking on snow that nobody else has walked on.”

- Carol Rifka Brunt

Nighttime in my hometown of Duluth, Minnesota

“I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.”

- Vincent Van Gogh

I was standing on the pedestrian bridge between King Manor and the North Pointe Resource Center.  I was looking west above East Second Street.

What I found in one of the King manor elevators.

“The color brown, I realized, is anything but nondescript. It comes in as many hues as there are colors of earth, which is commonly presumed infinite.”

- Barbara Kingsolver

Whoever designed King Manor, designed it using 50 shades of brown.

What is this?

“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.”

- Winston Churchill, British prime minister

I found this small bulletin board on the pedestrian bridge between King Manor and the North Pointe Resource Center.

What I found posted on King Manor, first floor bulletin board for January 10, 2025.

“The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.”

- Oprah Winfrey, talk show host

 

I enjoy attending events at the First Presbyterian Church of Duluth.

What I found posted on King Manor, fifth floor bulletin board for January 10, 2025.

“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time. “

- Thomas A. Edison, inventor

 

I see a mixture of both old and new posters.

My very good meal at the First Presbyterian Church of Duluth

“The dinner hour is a sacred, happy time when everyone should be together and relaxed.”

- Julia Child

“Dinner is where the magic happens in the kitchen.”’

- Kris Carr

I look forward to eating this good food with good friends.

Abandoned blankets that I found on Second Street

“Think what a better world it would be if we all, the whole world, had cookies and milk about three o'clock every afternoon and then lay down on our blankets for a nap.”

- Barbara Jordan

 

I have no idea who abandoned two blankets on the streets of Duluth, Minnesota.

Abandoned food that I found on First Street

“There aren't many things that are universally cool, and it's cool not to litter.”

- Matthew McConaughey

 

I wonder how this still life litter came to be on First Street.

I got a six-pack of Deschutes Black Butte Porter to make my bread.

I have no idea how this bread will taste.

Christmas at the Depot

This is a nice Depot Christmas display.  I wonder how many more days these Christmas displays will remain here until they are taken down and then put back into the storage rooms?

I got a loaf of Leinenkugel’s ® Summer Shandy ® bread

I wish that my loyal readers could taste this delish and toothsome bread.

What I found posted on King Manor, fifth floor bulletin board for January 4, 2025.

I sure am looking forward to First Presbyterian Church events for January 2025.  The first “There is room at the table for you” meal starts at January 8, at 5:00 PM for a healthy supper, followed by bingo games.

I bought a six pack of Leinenkugel’s ® Summer Shandy ®

I don’t think that I’ve eaten bread made with traditional weiss beer.  “Weissbier is brewed with at least 50% wheat malt and fermented with the characteristic top fermenting yeast cultures.  This combination produces a complex aroma profile tasting of spices and ripe fruits.”

I got one loaf of Not Your Father's Root Beer bread.

Up until a few days ago, I had no idea that root beer bread existed.

Today, the Duluth, Minnesota office in King Manor is closed.

I wish all my readers a happy and prosperous 2025.