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A New Dawn

I haven’t put a new photo out there in a long time, and I wanted to use this opportunity to dig through my archive of RAW files and do something I enjoy while at my desk.  This photo was taken at first light at our camp in Tettegouche State Park. It’s a reminder that in these times of trouble, it always seems darkest just before the dawn. Sitting here, thinking about better days ahead.

The Moody November Series

The cold loneliness of the last leaf clinging on in an otherwise barren landscape really sets the mood of the month.

A fairy-tale like trail turns to the stuff of nightmares after the bright high summer sun, canopy of leaves, and chirping birds and insects disappear for the season. Gnarly tree branches and roots, jagged rocks, and the dead silence of the empty woods (except for the occasional scampering of a rodent through the fallen leaves) greet you on your way down to the Minnesota River in Minneopa State Park.

Crossing a small footbridge on a lonely walk in the woods of November makes one stop to ponder trolls and other supernatural creatures stirring about. But then you realize it’s just the squirrels gathering the last scrap of nuts before the snow sets in.

Gray November

A few birch trees and road leading into campground at Minneopa State Park on an overcast day.

A re-edit of a photo I took last fall. After a nice autumn day of hiking Interstate State Park, we were rewarded with a sunset over the Saint Croix River gorge between Wisconsin (left) and Minnesota (right). Interesting geek fact - the gorge is an ancient fault line crack in the exposed rock that is more than half the age of the earth.

A shot from one of the last days of summer at Minneopa Falls.

Sunset on the Serengeti?  Nope - it’s the bison preserve at Minneopa State Park just outside Mankato, Minnesota.

Let me interrupt your feed of politics for a moment of zen.

Falls along the Cascade River.

A pine with a view - overlooking Lake Superior from atop Mt. Josephine.

A great view of the fall colors from Lookout Mountain in Cascade River State Park.

Today’s featured cocktail is the Corn Maze.

Rich, frothy & slightly sweet - this Minnesota original evokes roasted sweet corn & getting lost in the labyrinth of a late Summer corn field maze.  

Corn Field:

• Ardbeg Uigeadail
• Booker’s Bourbon
• Minnesota Sweet Corn
• simple syrup
• house made saffron-mole bitters

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On a cold Minnesota morning…

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Puppy Playland

#winter #onlyinmn (at North East Mpls)

#pheasant #hunting is what dreams are made of.
#onlyinmn (at Swenson Lake)

Duck Clubbin’
#duckhunting #onlyinmn (at Elbow Lake, Minnesota)

Get your #autumn River Bottom kicks before the snow hits!

#onlyinmn #mountainbiking #bridges #riverside #fall (at River Bottoms Mountain Bike Trail)

I’m on a Boat and it’s Beautiful.

#Minneapolis #Minnesota #10000lakes #onlyinmn #outsideisfree #canoeing #sailboat #fishing (at Lake Harriet)

Cabin Life.

#sheltie #shetlandsheepdog #cabinlife #outsideisfree #onlyinmn #sunset (at Lake Miltona)

Great Egret on the Prowl.

#Minneapolis #Minnesota #onlyinmn #outsideisfree #birdsofafeather (at Minnehaha Falls)

Gichigami.

#Minnesota #northshore #onlyinmn #nocoast (at Park Point Beach)

The Shore, Serenity Now.

#Minnesota #northshore #north #onlyinmn (at Temperance River Trail)