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08/08/2026

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08/08/2026

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08/06/2026

Tonight, somewhere between the tomatoes and the fence line, a sparkle will assemble itself.

That's the actual term — a group of fireflies is called a sparkle, and it might be the most honest collective noun in the English language. They're not flies at all, but beetles, running the most efficient light show on Earth: nearly 100% of the energy in that glow becomes light, almost none of it heat. A lightbulb should be so lucky.

Every blinking pattern you see is a conversation — each species flashes its own code, males signaling from the air, females answering from the grass.

August is their grand finale, so the show outside your window is worth the price of standing still for five minutes.

08/06/2026

Whoever named this one must have watched them first. A group of goldfinches is called a charm — and five seconds of watching one bounce across a yard, dipping and calling on every dip, tells you exactly why.

Here's the part that makes August special: goldfinches are the latest nesters of any songbird in North America. While every other bird finished raising families back in June, goldfinches wait — on purpose — for right now, when thistledown is ready for nest lining and every coneflower and sunflower is going to seed. The busiest goldfinch month of the year is the one you're standing in.

So if a little gold-and-black acrobat is working your seedheads this week, he's not passing through. He's building a nursery.

Leave a few flowers standing. The charm knows what it's waiting for.

08/02/2026

See you this afternoon on the patio at the Zimmerman Legion! 3-6

Let’s show Ian B. Walters a Minnesota welcome! Talented musician and our SIL. He performs out east, but is in town and will be playing a few local gigs. He plays blues to country and everything in between!
He’ll be down the street at the Zimmerman Legion August 2nd at 3 pm.

07/26/2026

Need a DNR fishing/hunting license? Hudson Hardware is happy to assist!

07/25/2026

TODAY!

07/24/2026

PAINT rebates going on now!

07/21/2026

Let’s show Ian B. Walters a Minnesota welcome! Talented musician and our SIL. He performs out east, but is in town and will be playing a few local gigs. He plays blues to country and everything in between!
He’ll be down the street at the Zimmerman Legion August 2nd at 3 pm.