tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47283573294799771232024-03-13T05:56:37.061-05:00Jenny's JottingsJennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04692878598073418386noreply@blogger.comBlogger466125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4728357329479977123.post-38616386407337560082015-02-04T21:26:00.000-06:002015-02-04T21:28:03.381-06:00Surfing on Lake SuperiorWe took the scenic drive home from Duluth the other day, and stopped to watch the surfers at Stony Point. It was about 10 degrees outside, and the water was probably in the 30's.<br />
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<i>I think this guy needed to warm up</i> </div>
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<i>The rocks along the shore are covered in ice </i></div>
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<i>So are the trees and plants </i> </div>
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<i>And dried leaves </i></div>
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<br />Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04692878598073418386noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4728357329479977123.post-45457113774163940022015-01-11T09:53:00.003-06:002015-01-11T09:54:46.973-06:00Christmas at the LakeWe celebrated Christmas with our extended families after Christmas. We were lucky that we got to spend some time outside sliding on the lake ice, trying ice fishing and warming up by the fire before the weather turned frigid.<br />
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<i>I find faces in a lot of inanimate objects, including this snow-covered rock around the fire pit. </i></div>
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<br />Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04692878598073418386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4728357329479977123.post-59332680943757448242014-12-29T17:33:00.000-06:002014-12-29T17:33:09.150-06:00Random Phone Pics (RPP)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i>Fall day on the beach by Lake Superior/Gooseberry Falls State Park, Remy and Raina </i></div>
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<i>Wish I had a CSA delivery right now! </i></div>
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Barry and I took off one day after the kids were in school to hike <a href="http://jennysjottings.blogspot.com/2013/09/hiking-oberg-mountain.html" target="_blank">Oberg Mountain</a> and drive along the shore.<br />
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<i>Bark can have such interesting colors and textures </i></div>
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<i>In a state of decomposition </i></div>
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<i>The damp summer/fall made perfect conditions for mushrooms to grow on trees</i></div>
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<i>Hiking up to great views </i></div>
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<i>We heard the grouse rustling in the leaves before we saw it</i></div>
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<i>Lake Superior in the background </i></div>
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<i>Fallen tree caught in the limbs of another </i></div>
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<i>My hiking partner </i></div>
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<i>Last year I took a photo of the kids on this bench </i></div>
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<i>Among straight trunks, a curvy one </i></div>
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<i>The trees were a bit past peak color</i></div>
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<i>The trees bathe the forest in a golden glow </i></div>
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<i>Geese heading south out of Thunder Bay, Ontario </i></div>
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<i>At the docks in Thunder Bay</i></div>
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<i>A few flowers still blooming </i></div>
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<i> I think this is a merganser</i></div>
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Remy had wanted to go hiking by Split Rock Lighthouse all summer, so we finally stopped one day on our way home from Duluth. It was a beautiful day with just a few clouds in the sky.</div>
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There is no bad view of Split Rock Lighthouse </div>
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Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04692878598073418386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4728357329479977123.post-21189305736783521952014-09-08T08:48:00.004-05:002014-09-08T08:48:55.267-05:00Back to School, Now and Then<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
We all made it through the first week of school! As you can see, the kids keep growing and changing.</div>
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Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04692878598073418386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4728357329479977123.post-66473301228256345932014-08-30T10:08:00.001-05:002014-08-30T10:08:33.748-05:00Just a Few PicsWe're enjoying the last weekend of summer before the kids go back to school. I just have a few photos to share from August:<br />
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<i>Interesting insect visiting my garden </i></div>
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<i>Young seagull </i></div>
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<i>I know sometimes people think of seagulls as rats of the sky, but I enjoy watching them</i></div>
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<i>Looks like a dandelion puff, but is really much bigger</i></div>
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<i>I pick about a half of an ice cream bucket of peas most days lately </i></div>
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<i>Purple clover </i></div>
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<i>Mix of colors </i></div>
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<i>I purposely took this photo out of focus </i></div>
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<i>Dainty yellow flowers </i></div>
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<i>These trees aren't growing anymore </i></div>
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<i>Daisy among yellow flowers </i></div>
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<i>Standing in the bottom of a ditch looking up </i></div>
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<i>I like the dead tree standing out among the others and the clouds in the background here </i></div>
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<i>I liked this photo so much I ordered a 16 x 20 print when Shutterfly had a free offer </i></div>
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<i>My favorite flowers</i> </div>
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<i>Thistle bud </i></div>
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<i>The kids are anxiously awaiting the ripening of these wild raspberries</i></div>
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<i>More wildflowers </i></div>
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<i>Also in the backyard, I think it's a black-eyed Susan bud </i></div>
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We had fun watching some people parasailing over Lake George (the Adirondacks are in the background).<br />
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<i>The 1.2 mile breakwater that leads to the tip of Cape Cod </i></div>
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<i>The concrete buildings are now overgrown with weeds </i></div>
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<i>Tiger lilies remain </i></div>
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<i>I wouldn't want to get locked inside here! </i></div>
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<i>I think this is a the Chesapeake Bay Bridge </i></div>
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<i>Dead vines climb up a tree</i> </div>
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<i>Really creepy graffiti/painting inside an abandoned space</i></div>
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<i>I love the unexpected randomness you can find on the beach, whether it's a piece of driftwood . . . </i></div>
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<i> <span style="text-align: center;"> . . . or a misplaced rock.</span></i></div>
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By mid-May, the weather was starting to warm up a bit, but there was a lot of rain. Combined with the snow melt, the Beaver River was roaring.<br />
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Finally, on Memorial Day weekend we actually had warm weather and enjoyed an evening walk at Tettegouche State Park and checked out my parents' new lake home.<br />
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<i>Learning how to skip rocks </i></div>
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<i>Bumps on a log </i></div>
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<i>The kids had great fun riding bike up and down the driveway </i></div>
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<i>Spring growth through last falls dead leaves </i></div>
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<i>Fiddlehead </i></div>
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<i>Bunches of fiddleheads </i></div>
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<i>Brothers </i></div>
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<i>Rosie </i></div>
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<i>I had fun watching the red-winged blackbirds while the kids were fishing with grandpa </i></div>
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<i> Riding in the car, Ollie felt he needed to wear his bike helmet</i><br />
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Three days of school left, and then the summer begins!Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04692878598073418386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4728357329479977123.post-29902648113432065132014-04-28T10:08:00.000-05:002014-04-28T10:08:12.013-05:00Sprinter in AprilSpring has been nearly non-existent this year. Our snow piles were just about gone last week, and then we got almost ten inches of snow again. It's hard to believe that May is only a few short days away.<br />
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<i>Bird on a wire</i> </div>
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<i>Sidewalk ice</i></div>
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<i>I'm surprised I found these before the kids stomped on them! </i></div>
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The weather has been slowly warming up, and we've been able to walk on the ATV trail where everything still looks pretty brown and dead.</div>
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<i>Woodpeckers have been around </i></div>
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<i>Still bundled up </i></div>
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<i>Looks like this tree has a large nose </i></div>
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Finally, we have been seeing some real signs of spring. One day the yard was busy with robins flying around. There must have been at least a dozen in the yard.</div>
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<i>One pulled a worm out of the ground while we watched it </i></div>
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We took a drive up to Grand Marais on Easter Sunday.</div>
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<i>Still some ice in the harbor </i></div>
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<i>Barry likes to fly his quad copter around, filming the scenery below</i> </div>
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<i>Scattering </i></div>
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<i>Icy </i></div>
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<i>Seagull on statue </i></div>
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<i>Flying away </i></div>
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<i>Geese standing around on the ice </i></div>
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<i>Boats waiting for summer use </i></div>
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<i>On the drive up we saw this eagle's nest through the trees. We stopped on the way back home to get a closer look. </i></div>
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<i>Just a subtle difference between sky and water </i></div>
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<br />Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04692878598073418386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4728357329479977123.post-78260125989820531482014-03-20T09:34:00.002-05:002014-03-20T09:37:48.766-05:00Marina IceOn this first day of spring, the snow piles are slowly dwindling. We escaped the predicted 6-10" earlier this week with only a dusting, not even enough to shovel. The ice on Lake Superior changes day by day depending mostly on the wind speed and direction. I took a day last week to check out the ice at the Silver Bay Marina.<br />
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<i>Naked branches</i> </div>
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<i>Ice meets open water </i></div>
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<i>On the docks </i></div>
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<i>I like both the shape of these icicles and the reflection in the water </i></div>
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<i>The hill up to the lookout; the snow was still very deep and I sunk in past my knee more than once</i></div>
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<i>Mountain Ash Berries still hanging on</i> </div>
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<i>Ice on ice; the big chunk is around ten feet across to give you a sense of scale </i></div>
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<i>Can you spot the man-made object in the middle of the ice?</i></div>
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<i>Closer to the shore, the ice is somewhat cut off from the rest of Lake Superior by the breakwall, so the ice is in more geometric shapes and is less broken up</i></div>
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<i>Slushy water</i></div>
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<i>Geometric</i> </div>
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<i>More ice on ice</i> </div>
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<i>A little bit of green</i> </div>
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<i>Tree lichen </i></div>
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<i>This tree looks like an old man to me--see the two arms, one holding on to a walking stick?</i></div>
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<i>Back at home, I saw this pileated woodpecker out the kitchen window when I was doing dishes</i></div>
Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04692878598073418386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4728357329479977123.post-18546520769997583392014-02-22T11:21:00.000-06:002014-02-22T11:22:44.019-06:00Las Vegas and the Valley of FireAs I sit here looking outside at more large piles of fresh snow, I'm grateful that Barry and I got to escape the Minnesota weather and go to Las Vegas for a few days. The weather was perfect, in the 70's (with low humidity of course) during the day and 50's at night. We went to a couple of concerts, did just a little gambling (ending up a bit ahead), had a nice Valentine's Day dinner, saw the Blue Man group, and even met up with Barry's mom and a friend who happened to be in Vegas at the same time. One of the highlights was a drive we took about 45 minutes or so outside of Las Vegas. We drove by the Hoover Dam and Lake Mead, then on to the Valley of Fire. The scenery was gorgeous, unlike anything here in Minnesota.<br />
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<i>Lake Mead</i> </div>
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<i>An old train tunnel </i></div>
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<i>Big horn sheep </i></div>
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<i>Rugged scenery </i></div>
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<i>Flora </i></div>
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<i>Interesting rock formations</i> </div>
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<i>On our way out of the park, we saw more big horn sheep </i></div>
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Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04692878598073418386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4728357329479977123.post-32604906731745977442014-01-28T10:13:00.002-06:002014-01-28T10:16:19.893-06:00Winter in Two HarborsWhen none of my kids jumped at the chance to go grocery shopping with me recently, I happily shopped alone. I brought my camera with, as it was about 10 degrees outside, certainly warmer than most of the month of January. The sun was shining and it was a beautiful day.<br />
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<i>Heavy winds form some interesting drifts </i></div>
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<i>No shipping this time of year, just lots of ice </i></div>
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<i>Ice-covered rocks</i></div>
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<i>Shoreline </i></div>
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<i>Can you believe people fish in the open in this cold weather? I'd be scared I'd slip right into the lake. </i></div>
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<br />Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04692878598073418386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4728357329479977123.post-7150104052416741472014-01-14T09:50:00.002-06:002014-01-14T09:52:31.214-06:00In the BackyardLast year <a href="http://jennysjottings.blogspot.com/2013/01/sunrise-january-13.html" target="_blank">at this time</a>, we didn't have any snow on the ground. This year, we have piles of snow. We're finally out of the frigid below zero temperatures that started the year, and the kids have been thrilled to finally be able to play outside. While I haven't gone out to take photos of sunrises, I have looked around the backyard for interesting things to photograph.<br />
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January 4, it was only about 10 degrees, but we had some snow cleanup to do, and the kids were itching to get outside:<br />
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<i>With so much snow so early, we bought a little snowblower to help blow out the driveway. I think we've almost got our money's worth already. </i></div>
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<i>I like the curve of the branches </i></div>
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<i>If you look closely, you can see the snowmobiler through the trees </i></div>
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<i>We won't be grilling for awhile! </i></div>
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<i>When it's cold outside, the sun makes it feel much better</i></div>
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<i>This leaf is impaled on the branch </i></div>
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<i>Maybe it just doesn't want to surrender to winter </i></div>
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January 11, 30 degrees almost feels like a heat wave!:<br />
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<i>The kids turned the huge snow pile in the backyard into their personal sledding hill </i></div>
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<i>Raina waits her turn</i></div>
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<i>Remy J </i></div>
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<i>Even Jackson got in on the fun </i></div>
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<i>Ollie Max </i></div>
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<i>They've worked on shaping the hill just right</i></div>
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<i>Off she goes! </i></div>
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<i>Deep in concentration </i></div>
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<i>Anticipation </i></div>
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<i>A tale of two boys: one who doesn't want me to take his picture, the other who smiles nicely for the camera </i></div>
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<i>Neighbor's pine tree</i></div>
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<i>My garden chair </i></div>
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<i>Last year's plants poking through the snow </i></div>
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<i>Fourth of July colored hair </i></div>
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<i>Foggy morning by the lake </i></div>
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<i>Radishes from the garden; they're either the French Breakfast variety or the Watermelon variety </i><br />
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<i>Eating outside </i></div>
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<i>Bay Days parade</i></div>
Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04692878598073418386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4728357329479977123.post-33095389657330164162013-12-31T20:26:00.004-06:002013-12-31T20:28:45.531-06:00My Top 13 Lake Superior Sunrises of 2013Between the busyness of the holidays, massive snow, and artic temperatures, I have not been out to photograph the sunrise since November. Since I don't have any new photos to share, I thought I'd give you my top 13 favorite Lake Superior Sunrise photos of 2013.<br />
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<i>The first day I saw ice built up on the lake</i></div>
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<i>This ice-covered rock looks like a large creature frozen in the middle of the lake. I love the reflections of the clouds in the lake, too. </i></div>
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<i>Calm ripples</i></div>
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<i>After the April snowstorm</i></div>
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<i>I like the silhouette of the trees against the orange sky</i></div>
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<i>And sometimes the sky was pink </i></div>
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<i>Lighting up through the leaves</i></div>
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<i>Have to include one of Split Rock Lighthouse </i></div>
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<i>Minimal sunrise</i></div>
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<i>More ripples </i></div>
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<i>Not exactly a sunrise photo, but I also enjoyed watching waves break against the shore, rocks, or driftwood</i></div>
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<i>One of my personal favorites from 2013</i></div>
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<i>This sky is what got me hooked on going out at sunrise</i></div>
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<b>Round One:</b> (pictures taken on Tuesday)<br />
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<i>The kids couldn't wait to get out and play in the snow </i></div>
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<i>These trees sure hold a lot of snow </i></div>
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<i>Leftover Mountain Ash Berries really stand out against the snow</i> </div>
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<i>That's a lotta snow on this little twig</i></div>
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<i>Remy slogging through the snow</i></div>
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<i>Snowier tree </i></div>
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<i>They were digging in the snow, enjoy one of three snow days they had</i></div>
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<i>To make a snow cave </i></div>
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<i>It sure is pretty!</i></div>
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<i>The lilac bush is quite loaded down </i></div>
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<i>These three leaves were dancing in the wind, not quite ready to fall off </i></div>
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<i>Even in decay, nature is beautiful </i></div>
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<i>Lots of this going on </i> </div>
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<i>Snowman after the wind blew snow around, creating this crater surrounding it </i></div>
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<i>After this, we got a few more inches on Sunday! I think it's safe to say we'll have a white Christmas.</i></div>
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<i>Raina at the Bayfront Park playground in Duluth </i></div>
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<i>Sunset at Canal Park at the end of June </i></div>
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<i> It was cloudy last weekend, so here's a sunrise from June</i></div>
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<i>I first tried the safe harbor area, but the sunrise was a little hard to see </i></div>
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<i>I went to the overlook instead, where the sun lit up the sky despite some pretty heavy clouds</i></div>
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<i>Leaves are gone, but the berries hang on </i></div>
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<i>Back at home, the plants and flowers now look sepia-toned</i></div>
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<i>Barry and I were on our way home when we saw this amazing sunset that filled the sky with color. Here you can hardly see where the sky ends and the lake begins.</i> </div>
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<i>Cold summer eve means hot chocolate . . . </i></div>
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<i> . . . and being wrapped up in a blanket. (Taken June 17) </i></div>
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<i>Hanging out at Grandpa and Grandma Braun's house.</i></div>
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<i>This Luna Moth was hanging out on the side of the Holiday gas station one morning when I went to buy the Sunday paper.</i></div>
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<i>I didn't go out for the sunrise last weekend because it was cloudy and not good for taking photos, so here's one from last June</i></div>
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<i>Raina's birthday. She chose ice cream sundaes instead of cake, so we improvised with Skittles instead.</i></div>
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<i>Sailboats by Canal Park in Duluth</i></div>
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<i>Shoreline looking south </i></div>
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<i>There's the sun already!</i></div>
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<i>The chain link/barbed wire fence gets in the way of the view </i></div>
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<i>The sun lights up the lighthouse </i></div>
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<i>The clouds reflect in the window</i></div>
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<i>Foghorns </i></div>
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<i>The sun also subtly lights up the trees </i></div>
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<i>Crazy tree growth </i></div>
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<i>Looking up the 100+ steps I descended to get to the shore. I opted to take the trail back for a more gradual rate up the hill. </i></div>
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<i>The steps follow the path of the old tramway that used to bring supplies from boats on the shore up the hill to the lighthouse</i></div>
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<i>Looking up toward the lighthouse </i></div>
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<i>Just a few leaves still on the tree </i></div>
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<i> That's a big rock!</i></div>
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<i>A small plane flew by</i></div>
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<i>I like the silhouette against the morning sky </i></div>
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<i>Fall meets winter </i></div>
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<i>Sunlight brings out the red in these leaves </i></div>
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<i>A glimpse of the sun through the trees</i></div>
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