I read yesterday that the seventy degree weather we were having was last felt six months ago in September… Six months ago. Hardly seems fathomable. I have seen seventy degree weather at strange times in the year….. A week before Christmas…. for Valentines day….. but to go six months without seeing seventy???….. That is too...
Around this time a year ago, I started to notice the amazing sunrises I would get looking outside my office window. It surprised me that it took nearly 3 years for me to stop and appreciate some of the simple beauty that was mine for the taking Now almost every morning, if I am awake,...
This picture is pretty bad in terms of photographic quality. The focus is really soft. The composition is pretty bad. Colors are almost nonexistent. Let’s face it….. not my finest hour behind a lens. But…… It is s duck running across the TOP of the Mississippi River. I saw this and thought……..”Well how do I...
Anyone who has had the opportunity to see the movie “Up” knows Dug. Dug was a lovable, silly, easily distracted golden lab or retriever. Always loving, easily hurt, and always, always, always wanting to please his master. The first moment I saw this canine I thought of Dug. He would wander from spot to spot….. tail wagging….....
It was fun to watch the ducks as they came in to the Hidden Falls area. We were especially lucky as the river was at a fairly high point. This brought them in especially close to us. In this shot, a young female had come in on a long approach for her landing. It was...
