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Kurt Hoffman

@alakurt.bsky.social
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Born in Berlin, raised in Russia, educated at Oxford, played in Paris, ruined in Rome; some of this is true. Life, àla Kurt. The Big Woods of MN

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Kurt Hoffman @alakurt.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
De ma fenêtre, à mon escritoire. This glowed even before sunrise. #feuillesmortes🍁
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Kurt Hoffman @alakurt.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Ghosts of Christmases Past. #daytons
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Kurt Hoffman @alakurt.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
De mon fenêtre. Uh-oh. 1330hrs CST. It’s sticking to the ground. And drizzle in the air 😱 #snowmageddon2025
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Kurt Hoffman @alakurt.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Food is love. Sunday evening meal uses Julia Child’s classic quiche with mushrooms, bacon, & grape tomatoes.
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Kurt Hoffman @alakurt.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
It’s beginning to look… Decorate when the wind don’t bite!
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Kurt Hoffman @alakurt.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
I love making my own meatballs, because I know exactly what’s in them. But I detest making them, because my CDO nature can’t stand that they all are not the same size or shape!
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Kurt Hoffman @alakurt.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
While we were off cruising, our neighbors, the WhiteTailed Deer, so thoughtfully stripped the leaves from our horseradish stalks. Not pictured here, they also deheaded every chrysanthemum blossom from the plants in our upper garden. I hope they got a gut ache. #pests
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Kurt Hoffman @alakurt.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
#tbt Florida Memories July 1982, Woodland Villas, Gainesville, FL Ah, Youth!
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Kurt Hoffman @alakurt.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Cherries have been inexpensive this year. And delicious! #cherrycobbler🍒 — at Balsam Hollow.
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Kurt Hoffman @alakurt.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
The peony patch is right below the hook that holds our bird feeder in winter. A sunflower seed must have germinated in the protection of the peonies. The stalk is 4-ft tall; more flowers look to be blooming! #crazyplants
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Kurt Hoffman @alakurt.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Can he bake a cherry pie, Billy Boy, Billy Boy? 🎶🎶🎶
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Kurt Hoffman @alakurt.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
False sunflowers, or Heliopsis helianthoides. Happily, perennials. At Balsam Hollow.
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Kurt Hoffman @alakurt.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
#TBT Children in the North Florida scrub. The lot we bought off Tower Road, cleared & ready to build our home. June, 1984. #soyoung
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Kurt Hoffman @alakurt.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Happy Thursday, all! Let’s get the party started!
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Kurt Hoffman @alakurt.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
De mon balcone. Looks like a Monet painting outside; smells like a Paris chimney. Three minutes outside & my eyes burn. My throat hurts. Safely sealed up. On North Roosevelt. #fires
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Kurt Hoffman @alakurt.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
My favorite season! At Balsam Hollows... Lilies in bloom!
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Kurt Hoffman @alakurt.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
On July 6, 1964, a movie called A Hard Day's Night premiered in London, England. It featured four pop music members of a Liverpool band called The Beatles. It was in black & white, as many movies still were at that time. 12 songs were jammed into its 87 minutes. Predating MTV by 18 years.
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Kurt Hoffman @alakurt.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Time for Peach Cobbler … #summertreats at Balsam Hollow
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Kurt Hoffman @alakurt.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Gardens LOVE July heat!
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Kurt Hoffman @alakurt.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Honeysuckle mine.
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Kurt Hoffman @alakurt.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
The Garden Pages: The Peonies Report. Beaten down by rains.
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Kurt Hoffman @alakurt.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Triple Berry Pie: blackberries, blueberries, strawberries. Another Saturday night at Balsam Hollow…
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Kurt Hoffman @alakurt.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
De mon fenêtre. Saddened, because we love our maples, but they are not long living.
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Kurt Hoffman @alakurt.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
This may be ho hum normal to many. A blossoming coleus is a first in this household. #exciting
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Kurt Hoffman @alakurt.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
I always have been proud of being from Minnesota. In 2025, my Minnesota pride is bruised & shaken. Minnesota is just like any other state in the U-S. We must learn to live with the horror of gun violence & assassination. Rest in peace, Melissa & Mark Hortman.
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Kurt Hoffman @alakurt.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Thursday Meme. Truth.
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Kurt Hoffman @alakurt.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Freshly cut. No rest for the wicked. #rhubarbcrop #smellswonderful
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Kurt Hoffman @alakurt.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
De mon fenêtre. Morning brunch. A second fawn is behind its mother, nursing. The one in front is about to leap into motion. They move so fast! The doe in the foreground is last year’s family. Mama is big on twins; there is a young buck from last year, who has moved off on his own.
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Kurt Hoffman @alakurt.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
The Wednesday Garden Report. Lupines at Balsam Hollow are at their peak. Every year, they spread; we have stopped mowing down by the big azalea & the mailbox.
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Kurt Hoffman @alakurt.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
😢Rest in Peace, Edmund White.
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Kurt Hoffman @alakurt.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
30* years. Big as a lilac bush. #nirthernbrightazalea
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Kurt Hoffman @alakurt.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
20250529 1530hrs - Our Northern Brights Azaleas, not quite at peak bloom. We await this event as if it is Christmas Eve, & Santa is arriving. At Balsam Hollow.
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Kurt Hoffman @alakurt.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Saturday Night Project #strawberryrhubarbpie #yum
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Kurt Hoffman @alakurt.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Monochromatic Monday. Summer 1997.
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Kurt Hoffman @alakurt.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
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Kurt Hoffman @alakurt.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Wowza! I am a high tech kind of guy. My defibrillator device is blue tooth paired with this gizmo. If something goes awry while I am in the throes of orgasmic sex, the Big Powers at the Minneapolis Heart institute will save me from being the subject of lurid stories in the media. #nodetailsatten
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Kurt Hoffman @alakurt.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Cinco de Mayo in the City of Lakes #capellatower
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Kurt Hoffman @alakurt.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
I am an old man. My memory is a bit foggy. Remind me, why, a half century ago, I was so anxious to get out of the Big Woods, & go to the Big City? #tranquility
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Kurt Hoffman @alakurt.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
We’ll just leave it there. #toocold
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Kurt Hoffman @alakurt.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
#valentinesday #throwback 1990 with my Valentine on Vacation in Orlando. 35 years ago. So young, but not so innocent. 😜
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Kurt Hoffman @alakurt.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Without Pennies, What Becomes of Penny Loafers? www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/s...
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Without Pennies, What Becomes of Penny Loafers?
The fashion world pondered the future of the iconic shoe after learning that a presidential order might eliminate the penny.
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Kurt Hoffman @alakurt.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
De mon fenêtre. By the dawn’s early light. Just over 4” of fresh powder.
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Kurt Hoffman @alakurt.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
MNDoT Snow Plow Cam, northbound on MN State Hwy 6, just south of Cass County Rd 48, north of Outing. 1:06 PM (CST), 20250201. We are tucked safe at Balsam Hollow, 2" of fluff on our deck. Ginger snaps & hot chocolate.
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Kurt Hoffman @alakurt.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
De mon balcon : Coucher de soleil.
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Kurt Hoffman @alakurt.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
De mon fenêtre. Surveying Balsam Hollow the morning after an 8” ‘Snow Event.’ +13°F (feels like -5°F) Nous NE DÉJEUNERONS PAS sur l’herbe aujourd’hui!
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Kurt Hoffman @alakurt.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
New Year Project: organize my scarf collection. (I DON’T have a problem! 😜) I just pull them out of a drawer, wear them, stuff them back in. Now the drawer won’t close. Time to take them out, fold them, tidily slip them in order of some sort. Until NEXT year!
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Kurt Hoffman @alakurt.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
De mon fenêtre. 12°F. Better him than me. I hope they are biting! #icefishing
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Kurt Hoffman @alakurt.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Quiet nights… #hygge
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Kurt Hoffman @alakurt.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
It was time. Paddington judges.
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