road trip

For some much needed adventure, Grace and her friend Madi are headed west.  They overnight in Bismarck, spend 3 days in Bozeman for a campus tour (Montana State), snowshoeing, hiking and hopefully lotsa fun.


 


still...

distant learning.


happy birthday

11 years ago a little girl turned 7, today she turns 18, and through the magic of photoshop, they're sharing the same table.  I wonder what the kind, disciplined, thoughtful teenager might tell her younger self... Hopefully not much, cuz we love what she's become.

Happy Birthday Grace


happy new year

another year in pictures, but this look back is with an ice cold shoulder.


beach party

New Years ~ Beach party ~ Lake Superior

Said no one ever.  Lucky for us, had the place to ourselves.

ps. it was cloudy, and... I cheated again.


skate the lakes

Skating Hartley pond.

~full disclosure... sky was slate gray, totally cloudy,  so I decided to have a little photoshop fun :-)


sci-art

once again,  it's hard to tell what Isabel's working on... science or art.


Christmas tree

looks like the girls found something they like in our Charlie Brown tree forest.


knitter

Kennedy's response to the Social Dilemma...  Mittens!


it's beginning

it's beginning to look a lot like...


teddy

A year ago my photo buddy Sparky and I were in Theodore Roosevelt National Park during a snowstorm that closed roads, and left us stranded in the Dakotas for days. This year, we shared 4 days of warm, sunny skies, with lots of COVID weary visitors.  Wind had the wildlife hunkered down for a couple days but we manage to make a few photos


senior

lots more senior photos to go through, my fav so far...


practice

Isabel helping me work though some ideas for Grace's senior photos.


back to school

not exactly...


autumn

Wait...What? Already?  No thank you.


Kennedy

it's a long story...


workin'

Isabel workin' at the new Crank and Dasher ice-cream shoppe.


BWCA

I've been looking forward to this trip for a really, really long time, like years, even decades.  There've been lots of training trips over the years, but today is the BIG day.  Grace is going to the BWCA with her friends...

and I'm staying home...

It's gonna be the best trip of my life.

 

 


10 mile

4 days, 10 Mile Lake, 10 Marshiks, 3 Frenskos and 1 photo to sum it up.

Crazy Fun!

Thanks Everyone!


Brook

Beach day with cousin Brook.


I meant what I said

"When I said boys are cancelled this summer, I MEANT WHAT I SAID."


lazy

long lazy weekend in the BWCA.