Tag: winter
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Horizon
The original fifty shades of gray . . . Sometime the horizon is the thinnest of lines, a subtle demarcation separating the heavy sky from the frozen winter lake. Ciao! ~ Kat This post was in response to the Daily Post’s Weekly Photo Challenge. ”Horizon” was this week’s theme. Everyone is welcome to join in the…
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Up (Encore)
The fresh snow compelled me to post a second response to this week’s Photo Challenge. After a busy couple of weeks of travel for work and family commitments, I have been feeling woefully behind on all fronts. Leave it to my favorite furry friend to convince me that I had time to get out last…
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The Cure for the Extended Winter Doldrums
It snowed again. And again. That was our weekend, and our start to the week. I really shouldn’t complain, but misery loves company, and Northern Minnesota has a lot of miserable company as April continues its snowy reign. Because my faithful four-legged friend was short-changed for exercise this week, between work and family activity schedules…
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Life Lessons: Success Is Letting Go of Perfection
I was disappointed when the sunset did not contain the brilliant colors it had displayed earlier in the week, as I stood on the icy shoreline of Lake Superior with camera in hand. I thought, “Is this all?” Seemingly flat colors, uninteresting cloud formations, no breathtaking moment as the sun dipped below the horizon. But,…
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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…
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