Bridges

I seem to take a lot of photos of bridges.

Winter Close-Up

Absolutely beautiful crystals on the trees the other day. Gorgeous.







I know this is all natural and beautiful and whatnot, but can we please agree that it looks like a bunch of Koosh balls?

Wintry Mix Expected.

A nice mix of photos depicting winter 2009:
Barren landscapes. Bridges. Barges. Berries. Footprints in the snow. Cracked ice. Frosted windows.

Autumn Happens

I feel like we got cheated out of fall this year--but this is what I caught.





This isn't very Fall-ish, but I liked the lights in the tree anyway.

Fall of Seasons Past.

Fall is my favorite season. Hands down. Unfortunately, this fall has been essentially non-existent. This weekend I'm heading over to Door County, where I saw awesome colors last year around this time. Fingers crossed that I come back with more shots like this.

Devil's Lake (Part I)

Ok. I have so many questions about this place. Mainly, why is it called Devil's Lake?! That sounds so "impending-doom-ish", when really, the only thing I found remotely evil about this place was the katrillion steep stairs we had to climb to the top of the bluff. Otherwise, the place was beautiful.


Mushrooms were sprouting up everywhere.



I tried to make it look like I was climbing up over the edge of the cliff. It didn't work out so well--I couldn't stop laughing, and when I tried to look scared, I actually looked scary. Oh well.

Cabin Fever.

Last weekend I went up North to a cabin with my family. It was beautiful up by the lake. I snapped a million shots of the sunset, though I think it's unfair to take any credit for sunset photos. They are always gorgeous. I wish everything was that photogenic.



We went adventure canoeing, as well. Adventure, as in there were hundreds of ski boats flying past us, creating a sweet wake for us to "jump". Also, we got really close to some baby ducks, causing mama duck to chase us for the remainder of the trip. It was something out of "The Birds."


We kept extremely busy doing a whole lot of "nothing".



The Disc Golf Nationals course was about 30 minutes away from the cabin, so we ventured out for a game. Most of our time was spent searching for discs in the woods. These frustrations gave me a lot of respect for the PGA golfers' accuracy. Crowds LINE the fairway at that tournament and they never hit a fan. If we'd had a crowd lining the fairway (and I'm surprised we didn't), it would have been tragic.


And some random photos

Door County Weekend

Last weekend I took a trip to Door County. For the record, this is one of the only counties I know of that is referred to in common conversation. I mean, you never say you're heading over to Monroe County, or Hennepin County, for a pop-in. Am I right?

*of note: this is my first photoshop collage. It only took me about an hour to figure out. Expect a many more to come. In fact, there's already another one later in this post.




But anyway, the place is beautiful.
My entire family was there (Mom, Dad, Brother and Sister-in-Law). The official reason for the visit was a request by my mom for her Birthday, but the visit fell on my Birthday, so we got to celebrate together. You'll notice we both turned one this year.

We stopped at an "Art & Music Jam" at Gallery 42(www.GalleryFortyTwo.com). Jake played music while Tim painted. The creative energy during that stuff is insane.