While sitting at my desk this morning with my morning cup of coffee, I saw a flash out of the corner of my eye coming from our front yard. There were two young deer wandering past my window heading for our back yard. I tried to quietly go out on our back deck to take …
Day 223 – Thistles
I mowed the lawn today for the first time in three weeks. As you may recall, I didn't want to disturb the young fawn that was recovering in our back yard so I put the task of mowing off until he was able to leave. What I found in our back yard, besides very tall …
Day 222 – Crayons
When I was a kid, I always fancied myself as an artist. I loved to draw, took art classes, and was sure I would one day be a famous artist. When I was about 7 or 8 years old I wrote to Santa and asked for an easel and paints for Christmas. And for …
Day 221 – Lavender
A client brought in some lovely bouquets of lavender today - one of my favorite plants. I'm actually more fond of the fragrance of lavender but I do like to watch a lavender bush blowing in the wind. My intention was to just photograph lavender, but the sun shining on my lupine plant was so …
Day 220 – National Lighthouse Day
Today is National Lighthouse Day. I love lighthouses. I grew up a block away from the harbor in Grand Marais, Minnesota and often times went to sleep with the sound of the foghorn. Back in those days, it was an actual fog horn - a deep, bellowing sound that could be heard for miles. For …
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