Wendall, a one-year-old Jersey dairy cow, left, keeps an eye on her mother, Mimi, right, as children from Wayzata Home Base School get ready to watch a milking demonstration Wednesday, April 6, at Gale Woods Farm in Minnetrista. Other activities during the $6.00, day-long event, included maple syrup gathering demonstrations, farm tours, using wool from the farm's sheep to make bracelets, planting seeds, making tortillas and bean dip for lunch and watching cow milking.

Jeri Schmit, right, splits her year by spending six months in Arizona and six months living in Burnsville. Schmit has been dancing with Afternoon Squares for about a year and a half. She is pictured spinning with dance partner John Nanninga Thursday, Jan. 13, at Hopkins Activity Center.