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Finally the temperature came above freezing. The snow started to melt, there was an earthy, watery, melty smell in the air and spring fever threatened to set in.

On Sunday afternoon, M&D and J went for a walk, because the best thing to counteract spring fever is to get outdoors.

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Spring fever, n.: a lazy or restless feeling often associated with the onset of spring.

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Picture from Star Tribune, Feb. 20, 2008

Same Minneapolis building goes up in flames twice in six hours

By TIM HARLOW, Star Tribune

February 20, 2008

Minneapolis fire officials are investigating two fires that happened at the same building just a few hours apart.

The first blaze broke out around 3:30 a.m. at a building housing Jo Jo Urban Clothing and the La Princesa Bakery. The brick building at 3345 Nicollet Av. S. also housed a vacant food market. The fire appeared to have started behind the market, said Sean McKenna, spokesman for the Minneapolis Fire Department.

About 6 hours later, fire fighters were back on the scene, McKenna said. A fire had started in the basement of the bakery. The building is heavily damaged and may be a total loss.

McKenna said the first fire did not rekindle, but he was not sure what sparked the second fire.

"It's a mystery," he said.

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