Tag: Lake Superior
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Juxtaposition
Summer lounge chairs waiting for spring on the snow-covered beach at Lutsen Resort; Minnesota’s distinct seasons, classically juxtaposed. Ciao! ~ Kat This post was in response to the Daily Post’s Weekly Photo Challenge. ”Juxtaposition” was this week’s theme. Everyone is welcome to join in the Challenge; further details on how to participate and links to others’…
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Beginning
The temperatures had already started their downward trend, -8°F with a –28°F wind chill when this photo was taken mid-afternoon from Duluth’s Brighton Beach, as the sea smoke rose from Lake Superior. The beginning of the far-reaching cold snap had arrived. Minnesotans may be hardy stock, but this impending deep freeze has even prompted the…
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Monday Musings: Simple Pleasures
“After all,” Anne had said to Marilla once, “I believe the nicest and sweetest days are not those on which anything very splendid or wonderful or exciting happens but just those that bring simple little pleasures, following one another softly, like pearls slipping off a string.” ~ L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea Ciao! ~ Kat P.S.…
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Julebyen on the North Shore
When the temperatures dipped below zero, Minnesotans still got out to enjoy a weekend of outdoor markets and festive activities at Knife River’s “Julebyen” (Christmas village). After winter storm Cleon blasted northern Minnesota with two to three feet of snow, Knife River — a small town along the North Shore of Lake Superior — forged…
Travel. Garden. Eat. 