With the rain this week and the weather turning colder here in Minnesota, the beautiful color of the past week is quickly fading. The cottonwood tree in our backyard is completely bare now and the river birch is on it’s way to bare. Still, I plan to Savor Everything even Read more…
There are several patches of sumac that grow beside streets in our neighborhood. Today I noticed many different variations of coloration on the sumac leaves in one of those patches. So I parked the car, got out with my camera and wandered on the side of the street photographing the Read more…
Yesterday I headed out to Wolsfeld Woods SNA to check out the autumn Big Woods Beauty of this remnant of the Big Woods that once covered a large part of Minnesota. It was magnificent! I kept craning my head up to look at the tops of the tall sugar maple Read more…
I headed down to East Medicine Lake Park this morning to walk along the lake. It was a perfectly gorgeous morning and walking beside the lake felt like Good Medicine for my soul. Camera in hand I wandered off the path to examine wildflowers blooming along the way. Flowers always Read more…
Last week I visited a friend’s backyard garden for the first time in several years. It’s one of those hidden delights that you don’t expect to find in the city. I visited her garden several years ago but she just keeps adding delightful plants and little statues and other interesting Read more…