travels with toby

Sunday Post: Morning

September 12, 2012

Check out Jakesprinter’s Sunday Post for more entries on the theme morning. I had to go searching for this one, but this is the photo that came to mind for this week’s theme.

I absolutely love the color red. And I sure had fun searching through my pics for this one! I also tried the gallery for the first time, I kinda like it. Thanks to The Wanderlust Gene for the inspiration. Do check out the photos there, they’re fabulous! The travel theme this week comes from Ailsa … More Weekly travel theme: Red

Summer gardening

September 8, 2012

Now that it’s September and fall is right around the corner, I thought it would be a good time to post some summer gardening photos. First up are some bee balm, black-eyed Susans, pink coneflowers and a cucumber. Here are a couple of plants from the neighborhood. The first one is milkweed. The second is … More Summer gardening

The great Minnesota get-together

September 3, 2012

If you live here you know that get-together means the Minnesota State Fair. It comes around every year for twelve days ending on Labor Day. And it’s our tradition to go on opening day. We usually go additional days too because you just cannot do it all in one day. So, while these photos are … More The great Minnesota get-together

Travel theme: Curves

September 2, 2012

Ailsa’s weekly travel theme is Curves. I decided to keep it simple with this one choosing one photo from Minneapolis and one from Spain. The Mississippi river from the Ford Parkway bridge. You can see the Marshall Avenue bridge in the distance: And from Spain, the seemingly endless curves of the famous red and white … More Travel theme: Curves

Sunday Post – Reflection

September 2, 2012

Jakesprinter’s Sunday Post theme this week is Reflection. Click the link to see other entries or to enter yourself. I immediately thought of the lake where we spend time each summer. I took a series of reflection photos recently when the lake was still. The first two are the actual tree and then its reflection … More Sunday Post – Reflection