A quick share of my nieces and nephew! They came to visit last week and I have to say, I’m a little impressed that I already have their photos posted…but they were too cute to let sit around untouched for too long.






A quick share of my nieces and nephew! They came to visit last week and I have to say, I’m a little impressed that I already have their photos posted…but they were too cute to let sit around untouched for too long.






A mini (very mini) trip to Duluth where I haven’t been for years. It was a good reminder to go more often.


This was a quick shot. Standing under the bridge…not my favorite thing to do.

I’ll admit it, I’m kind of a shoot up the tree addict.
Duluth Pier Lighthouse

Long exposure with the very handy homemade rock tripod. Yes, I did have to straighten it in photoshop. The lake was AMAZING that night, wonderfully calm.

I don’t look back through my blog too often but I did just this week and realized I’ve been extra lame! After I started the year with my “365 photo-a-day” project and didn’t make it into the second month, I realized that I haven’t posted any personal photos at all after falling off that train. Sometimes it’s hard to keep the hobby up after it turns to a job which really, is just plain sad. So I dug through my summer photos and am posting some of the ones I made a point to take (admittedly too few) with hopes it will remind me to take photos for ‘me’ a bit more often because I can’t be business all the time. Where’s the fun in that? (Ok, my business is fun but you get my point.)
Here are some from my Boundary Waters Trip folder.
Notice the moon peeking out? I was up THAT early which is probably the earliest I was up all summer.

Prettiest berries I’ve ever seen (with a little Lensbaby action).

This is one of ‘those’ photos. The ones that are all about the feeling and not about the technicalities. Early morning with the rare luxury of no rainfly, dew on the tent, cool breeze, cold nose, damp sleeping bag, birds and quiet water.

Taken from ‘The Island’ which had a little better sunset view than our campsite.

A little more Lensbaby action. This photo makes me dizzy which is kind of why I like it.


