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Renewing the Spirit on the Superior Hiking Trail
Noon already had come and gone by the time my favorite hiking companion and I hit the road. The last weekend of September is often when fall colors start to reveal their full glory in northern Minnesota. As we headed up Highway 61, snaking along the North Shore of Lake Superior, the trees were only…
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Saturated
Just one of the many photos I took yesterday while hiking and taking in the spectacular hues of the northern Minnesota landscape. This solitary maple leaf, gently cradled in a bed of spiky groundcover, seemed to bleed red from its veins, so saturated it was with the changing colors of the season. Ciao! ~ Kat…
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Weekly Photo Challenge: From Lines to Patterns
From lines to patterns . . . from trees to fungus. . . from Lake Yellowstone to Pearl Harbor . . . from marble floors on Palatine Hill to the sculptured gardens of the Castello di Brolio . . . beauty lies in everything around us. Ciao! ~ Kat This post was in response to the Daily…
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Inside
The inside of a perfectly toasted marshmallow is what makes a s’more treat so sweet. Toasted over the hottest of coals, melting and browning the outside just to the verge of catching fire, as the marshmallow starts to droop and sag on the roasting stick. That ooey, gooey goodness – sublime sugar perfection, sandwiched between…
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Honoring Their Memory on 9/11
“I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo. “So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The…
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