Lightning Strikes

One night while I was in Minnesota, a fast-moving thunderstorm rolled through.   We could watch the storm unfold through the window in our hotel room. When I was growing up, I loved watching the storms over Lake Superior.  And I certainly enjoyed watching this one. Maralee

A visit home

Yesterday was a milestone post - my 1,000th post in the 2-1/2 years of my blog.  So today I start on the next thousand.  🙂 I just returned from a visit to my hometown where I grew up in northern Minnesota - Grand Marais - on the shores of beautiful Lake Superior.  It has a …

A Quail “Couple”

This quail "couple" was rolling around in the dirt in our yard and seemed oblivious to the fact that I was sitting about 10 feet away from them.   I'm not sure why they roll around in the dirt, but maybe its how they clean themselves. Maralee