Good Morning Venus
Venus soaks up the new day
Reflecting in the Bic blue sky
Even the trees reach to hug
Her translucent beauty
Good Morning Venus, my love
~ PLR
Pilings
Two Harbors, MN | Lake Superior 2013
The ice forms around the pilings
Like plaque around an aging tooth
Prie-dieu
Silver Lake Park, 3-Rivers | St. Anthony, MN | 2012
Weighted down
Drifted over
Cloaked memories
Ruminations signaled
Snowman
Living in a land that is covered with snow for 1/3 of the year I found the only way to survive is to get out in the elements.
We have snowshoe’d in weather as extreme as negative 20 degrees, photos of frozen hair to prove it. There are some who say “your nuts” to those I merely smile and say “yes, I am”!
The tree and snowscape was taken at a local state park Wild River State Park in North Branch, MN
The image of the man in the snow was taken during a photo shoot with a kindred spirit and friend.
This is my attempt at merging spirits, Mother Earth, Old Man Winter and a wise Shaman.
Thaw 2012
Lake Christine | Lutsen, Mn 2012
“A lake is a landscape’s most beautiful and expressive feature.
It is Earth’s eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature.”
― Henry David Thoreau, Walden
FinePix S800fd | focal 4.7 | f-stop 4.5 | exposure 1/250
Misted Path 2012
Snowmobile Trail | Lutsen, MN 2012
“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious.
It is the source of all true art and all science.
He to whom this emotion is a stranger,
who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe,
is as good as dead: his eyes are closed.” ~ Albert Einstein
Canon PowerShot ELPH 100HS | focal 5| f-stop 2.8 | exposure 1/500 | fisheye
Green 2012
Silver Lake Park, 3 Rivers District | MN 2012
When living in the land of ice and snow, or in the case of this winter…
brown and gray
Green is always a welcome color, now just waiting for the smell of fresh cut grass and earth
Reflection 2012
Silver Lake Park, 3 Rivers District | MN 2012
Warm reflections surface of a season now past
Knowing this too will evaporate into a memory
FinePix S8000fd | focal 9.4 | f-stop 4.5 | exposure 1/300
Whispers in the Wind 2012
Silver Lake Park, 3 Rivers District |MN 2012
The wind whispers ~ Spring
as the bite of winter is exhaled on its breath
FinePix S8000fd | focal 84.2 | f-stop 5.6 | exposure 1/550
Red Squirrel Totem 2012
Red Raven Retreat | Willow River, MN 2012
One of a family of seven. The woods were moving with curious red tails all afternoon.
The chatter and whistles of 6 babies old enough to run as momma looked on from above.
FinePix S8000fd | focal 84.2 | f-stop 4.5 | exposure 1/480
Flame Art 2012
Red Raven Retreat | Willow River, MN 2012
Ribbons of flame curl the once green 3-inch pine needles
Nature sculpts her own Flame Art
FinePix S8000fd | focal 61.2 | f-stop 4.5 | exposure 1/600
New Fallen 2012
Red Raven Retreat | Willow River, MN 2012
Crystal kaleidoscope gathered
Perched atop the small bud
Patterns drawn in my mind
FinePix S8000fd | focal 9.8 | f-stop 4 | exposure 1/180
November Ice 2007
Pigeon Falls | Grand Portage, MN 2007
An icy cold November day, worth the trek.
Often times we think that winter has no color, look close at the tree line
varying shades of red draw a line along the rocky header.
FinePix S5100 | focal 6.7 | f-stop 2.8 | exposure 1/220
Frosty Reminder 2012
Silver Lake Park, 3 Rivers District | MN 2012
Dangling above and zoning out as I peered over the rail into the frozen lake
Embedded in the solid moisture is a reminder of another season
FinePix S8000fd | focal 44.3 | f-stop 4.5 | exposure 1/400
Promise of Summer 2012
Title: Promise of Summer 2012
Location: Red Raven Retreat, Willow River, MN
Setup: FinePix S8000fd | Focal Length 9.8 | F-stop 3.5 | Exposure 1/120
Red Squirrel Totem
Red Raven Retreat 2012 | Willow River, MN
One of a family of seven. The woods were moving with curious red tails all afternoon.
The chatter and whistles of 6 babies old enough to run as momma looked on from above.
FinePix S8000fd | focal 84.2 | f-stop 4.5 | exposure 1/480
New Fallen
Red Raven Retreat 2012 | Willow River, MN
Crystal kaleidoscope gathered
Perched atop the small bud
Patterns drawn in my mind
FinePix S8000fd | focal 9.8 | f-stop 4 | exposure 1/180
November Ice
Pigeon Falls 2007 | Grand Portage, MN
An icy cold November day, worth the trek. Often times we think that winter has no color, look close at the tree line, varying shades of red draw a line along the rocky header.
FinePix S5100 | focal 6.7 | f-stop 2.8 | exposure 1/220
frosty reminder
Silver Lake Park 2012 | MN
Dangling above and zoning out as I peered over the rail into the frozen lake
Embedded in the solid moisture is a reminder of another season
FinePix S8000fd | focal 44.3 | f-stop 4.5 | exposure 1/400
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