Category: Travel
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Weekly Photo Challenge: The World Through Your Eyes
Having just emerged from several unplugged and off-the-grid days in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA) Wilderness, images from that camping trip are fresh on my mind. Rather than sharing my view of the classic lakes and woods of the famed pristine wilderness, I am bringing you into the forest. The rains have been frequent,…
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Fleeting
Capturing that fleeting light as the sun sets is the challenge of the photographer. Snap too soon and the light has not fully matured to realize the potential of the sunset’s glorious hues. Wait a moment too long and the beautiful shafts of light are gone . . . but the surfers nicely backlit and…
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The Allure of Minnesota’s Cabin Culture
What is it about going to “the cabin”? So many residents of Minnesota already live in rustic, nature-filled settings, yet are eager to pack up the car and head out to “the cabin.” If it is not their own cabin, or their family’s cabin, then it is their friend’s or neighbor’s cabin. In Minnesota, it…
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Weekly Photo Challenge: In the Background
I had hoped to capture a shot for this week’s challenge while at the cabin this past weekend, but no such luck. Pick had challenged us to: Take a picture of yourself or someone else as a shadow, a reflection, or a lesser part of a scene, making the background, or — as in the…
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Escape
My planned post for this week’s photo challenge has once again been tabled. While spending a couple of nights in St. Paul, Minnesota for work, I was reminded that an escape may consist of a small oasis of downtime. True solitude was not possible, but some quality “me” time for a few hours in the…
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