Tag: seasons

• No Spring Skips Its Turn

  “No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn.” ~ Hal Borland Garden benches still buried in snow, ski trails freshly groomed, robins lying in wait somewhere — it is Spring in northern Minnesota! “The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another.  The difference between them is sometimes…

  Kat at travelgardeneat

  03/24/2013

  Garden, Quotes

  cross-country skiing, garden bench, icicle, seasons, Spring, winter

• A Sauna for All Seasons

  I am a relative newcomer to the Minnesota sauna culture.  [Note before proceeding further:  sauna is pronounced SOW-na, not SAW-na. Use this handy pronunciation guide from PBS if you need further instruction!]  If my husband had his druthers, a sauna would have been the first structure on our little piece of lake property in the northern Minnesota…

  Kat at travelgardeneat

  02/28/2013

  Life, Travel

  barrel, bath, cabin, Finnish, health, lake, Minnesota, sauna, seasons

• Weekly Photo Challenge: Surprise

  As I mulled over this week’s Photo Challenge theme,  I considered possibilities surrounding birthdays, holiday celebrations, and arguably astonishing sights while traveling.  I then remembered little Surprise Lake along Highway 38, a National Scenic Byway in Northern Minnesota, and decided it fit the bill nicely! The fall season when I took this photo was a particularly…

  Kat at travelgardeneat

  12/21/2012

  Travel

  Edge of the Wilderness, Fall, Fall Colors, Highway 38, lake, Minnesota, National Scenic Byway, northwoods, postaday, seasons, surprise, Surprise Lake, weekly photo challenge