fools spring

i’m well aware that we can get another foot of snow at any given moment, but hitting 60 degrees today feels springy enough to post this pic, cherry blossoms in tokyo from 2 years ago.

heaven or grand marais

thank you, random seagull, for providing some balance to this image.

right where i need to be

another great renville county park campsite, on the banks of the mighty minnesota river.

stop and smell the ginkos

no charismatic megafauna or flora here, but this is the mood of the day.

safe harbor

literally no editing. glad i got to share one of the best sunsets of my life with my parents during their first visit to Grand Marais.

what happens in the meadow at dusk?

or, in this case, dawn? if you ask me, i’d say everything. this nice young family lives on the banks of the minnesota river, on the renvile side of the redwood/renville county border.

Gitche Gumee

the largest freshwater lake in the world! (by surface area, not volume)

brisk

not much but a calm moment in the superior national forest.

(f)unemployment

as previously documented on this site, i’ve tried and failed to photograph the northern lights over the years. i had some quality time up north at one of my favorite state parks and got this shot from just over my truck.

idle hands are known to be the devil's workshop.

picking up the pace around here! from my first and perhaps only time on the southern shores of the north sea.

bookend

taken just about a year ago, some sandhill cranes during their mass migration.

3 hours in rome

i had 3 hours in rome and managed to see a lot of the “greatest hits”, including this one.

this bulging river

a brief break from intense rains in redwood county. i needed to sit next to a field for a while, so i did.

another post, another rando european beach

i was on a quick work trip in “amsterdam” which was actually in a suburb maybe 30 minutes away from the city center. it was my first time on the shores of the north sea.

just deserts

within a 15 minute drive from palm springs, you can lose yourself in the desert.

Doing less

straight from the iPhone with no editing. this is the lake of the clouds in the porcupine wilderness in Michigan.

i always come and go, but it's out of my control

i did a double take when i thought i saw post malone busking in athens

for alberto

i was (briefly) in italy for work; the factory was near the adriatic beach town of san benedetto. it was the offseason but it was nice, as were my coworkers.

hanoi rocks

from over a year ago, i can still taste the crispy spring rolls.