Category: Travel
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Door
The door to a charming setting for a pottery sale, with artistic inspiration galore! I shared with you an afternoon at the Rustic Road 13 Pottery Event in this blog post. Save the date for the 2015 sale this fall and explore the charming grounds yourself – September 19th and 20th! The pottery event’s website with schedules…
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Muse
What is my photographic muse? It is that big, beautiful body of water called Lake Superior, a frequent subject of my photos and thoughts. The shores of Gitche Gumee are ever-changing, and each season has its own character and allure. I have to give a nod to Bryan Hansel Photography, and an evening photo workshop I was…
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Weekly Photo Challenge: ROY G. BIV
A creative response to this week’s Photo Challenge? Perhaps not. But, this rainbow so vividly displayed the full spectrum of colors, as we drove through Theodore Roosevelt National Park in western North Dakota a few years back, it immediately came to mind when I reviewed our photo charge for the week! If only we had more time,…
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Weekly Photo Challenge: On the Way
A trip to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA) Wilderness in northern Minnesota is all about the journey, not the destination. It is what you don’t see on the way that makes it so special … no buildings, no power lines, no signs of development … it is a special place that must be preserved.…
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Gardener’s Mecca in Minnesota: An Illustration of the “Why”
Along a lonely stretch of highway, near the small town of Zim, Minnesota, one can find a little piece of heaven for gardeners. Byrns Greenhouse is unassuming from the road, but as you pull in the driveway (or park along the shoulder of the highway on the typically busy weekends) and make your way toward…
Travel. Garden. Eat. 