A near perfect weekend at the cabin in the woods in northern Minnesota. It was made less perfect by yet another horrible drive out of town Friday afternoon. I wrote about our first trip of the year to our cabin recently and we had hoped to avoid the traffic jam of last trip by taking … More Sunset – 11th Crow Wing Lake, Akeley, Minnesota
We were up at the cabin this weekend and I got some cool shots of trees’ reflections in the lake. Here’s an actual tree: Here are two different reflections, one with part of the bottom of the tree in the pic and one without any of the tree (just its reflection) in the pic:
There’s alot going on in my garden right now and there are some really beautiful things blooming as well. Here are but a few pics of them along with our veggie(but mostly fruit as it happens) garden. The mailbox garden with Stella D’oro day lilies, tiger lilies and moonbeam coreopsis: Stella D’oro up close and … More Early summer blooms and plants
UPDATE: I originally posted this a year ago June. It’s now July 2013. It was one of the posts that contained broken links so I’ve revived this post with photos of our egret of last year. I thought of it because we have not seen its return this year. I’m glad I got the photos … More Neighborhood egret
On a recent weekend we ventured over to Northeast Minneapolis for an early dinner to The Anchor Fish & Chips. I wanted to get there a little early to avoid the dinner rush and we were pleasantly surprised by a parking spot right in front. We also got the last available table inside, our timing … More An early dinner at The Anchor Fish and Chips, Minneapolis
Memorial day is always our first trip to the family cabin and in recent years we have chosen to drive up Friday night, typically after all the other twin citians who head out of town are already gone. Unfortunately for us, we chose the wrong highway to take north this trip. Leaving late this time … More An interesting weekend up north
We went out of town this weekend(post coming later!) and upon our return I found my Siberian Iris blooming. They are so beautiful.
travels with toby 