Cascade Falls

While visiting Minnesota’s North Shore area, one of the stops was at Cascade State Park, which is conveniently located right along the highway that follows Lake Superior up the coast. Cascade State Park has several falls along Cascade River. This post features the highest falls, Cascade Falls. A short walk from the highway is all […]

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Fun Friday: Rainbow Over Duluth

“You’ll never find a rainbow if you’re looking down.” Charlie Chaplin (1889 – 1977) During a short visit to Duluth’s Canal Park, a rainbow appeared over the horizon.    

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Bearly What I Expected!

I mentioned in a previous post that my bid to get some fall color photos along Minnesota’s North Shore was trumped by bad weather and an incorrect prediction of peak colors. But, as the saying goes, “When God closes one door, He opens another” certainly held true for me! After the North Shore portion of […]

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Butter-And-Eggs … Yummm

During my recent Minnesota trip, I found a new wildflower for me, the “Butter-and-Eggs” (Linaria vulgaris): This beauty is in the Figwort family, and also known as Toadflax. It grows 1-3 feet high and the flowers are 3/4″ to 1″ long, and gets it’s common name of Butter-and-Eggs from it’s uncanny resemblance to just that […]

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Colorful Caterpillar

I just returned home last night, from a 10-day trip to Minnesota. A lot of interesting experiences, as well as visiting with relatives on my wife’s side. One of the areas I photographed was the North Shore area, along Lake Superior. At Grand Marais, I stopped to photograph the lighthouse in the harbor. While walking […]

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Surfing the Webs

Yesterday morning, I photographed at Sherburne NWR, in east-central Minnesota. This location is one of my favorite when visiting this area. Yesterday was extremely foggy and I grabbed some wildlife shots in the fog … those will be shared later. Today’s images are some of the many spider webs I found in the early morning […]

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