This little bird stayed with me, and he moved to a branch only 15 ft away so my zoom camera was happy and I got nice and crispy photos
I’m watching you, you see me up here?
Nuthatch in all her/his glory
Nov. 2, 2014
Minnesota valley national wildlife refuge
I filmed this short clip of nature sounds at the Minnesota River Valley National Wildlife Refuge on a nice walk, Oct 16 around 2PM .. enjoying the Minnesota Fall.  This was my first visit to this park.  When you stop thinking, moving, and enhance your awareness to the present moment things start to become more vivid, colors, sounds… this video attempts to share that experience
You can watch this on youtube and as full screen for a clearer view here: http://www.youtube.com/v/gckSurwx4O8
video description from youtube: Ready for a moment of enhanced awareness? Maybe see some magic?  look around, listen, watch … Nature sounds, crickets, wind, trail, leaves, sun, valley … this video might offer you a mystical minute of enjoying some awareness to the surrounding nature, shot during a walk at the MN River Valley National Wildlife Refuge (in between the noise from airplanes taking off)
Here is another one, this one is more of a quick 360 view
You can watch this on youtube and as full screen for a clearer view here: http://www.youtube.com/v/L5eFs_aG_uI
Watch the sky, clouds, sun, big waves and listen to the sounds… filmed on a pier at Lake Calhoun, Minneapolis MN, on Saturday October 4 2014. Temperature must have been about 45, windy so felt colder.
Walking to pier:
A still video portrait
A still video portrait:
A still video portrait:
Nice fall colors on the side of this hill, in the shade you will see frost on the grass – Oct 10, 2014, Hopkins, MN
Photo above shows a sumac plant
October 8, 2014 – Chan, MN
Fall colors, Chanhassen, MN
Oct 9, 2014
above photo is at highway 212
Below, shows early fall colors in the metro
Below is Red Rock lake in Eden Prairie
Many Have worshiped
One of my favorite celestial objects, the sun.
Photos taken in Savage, MN on 09/23/2012
Make sure to click on the photos for the full-size. Then spend some time exploring the colors of these intense sun rays, look at the clouds, and the areas around the sun for many colorful pieces of natural art curtsey the sun and water vapor.
Why is the sky not blue? because this is a photo of the sun, not the sky.
I enjoy the shape, geometry, symmetry, snow-like looks
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Click on images for the full-size
Oct 24, 2010
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The first snow storm of the season caused many tree branches and at times full trees to break and fall.
As it snowed heavy wet snow, driving became unpleasant and most people stayed indoors.
That’s a sign it is time to head out and enjoy this winter wonderland.
These are some photos of the massive beauty of a snow-covered world, taken during snow fall
November 13, 2010 in Minnetonka, MN
Trail entrance
A heavy wet burden
Fallen tree branches, with one perfectly lined in the middle of the trail
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Some wild plant, thorns and soft cotton
Great for a desktop background image
Shot Aug 28, 2010 ::Â Next to the Hennepin Public Library, Minnetonka, MN
Taken with a Canon Rebel XSi 12.2 MP D-SLR Camera
This little gal is looking for food in this decomposing tree
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Hairy Woodpecker (female)
Photos not enhanced in any way, only cropped from the larger original
Next to Starring Lake, Eden Prairie MN :: April 12, 2010
Enjoy,
Wild flower, I thought this was a Daisy with fine white petals with a hint of pink and a vivid yellow center, but a friend pointed out this was an Aster flower.
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Shot June 01, 2010 ::Â Lone Lake Park, Minnetonka, MN
Everywhere I look, I see beauty,
Wild flower, Aster flower, white petals with a hint of pink and a vivid yellow center
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Shot June 01, 2010 ::Â Lone Lake Park, Minnetonka, MN
Taken with a Canon Rebel XSi 12.2 MP D-SLR Camera
Water Lilies at Lone Lake
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Shot June 01, 2010 ::Â Lone Lake Park, Minnetonka, MN
Taken with a Canon Rebel XSi 12.2 MP D-SLR Camera
Full moon, behind down town Minneapolis, with a frozen lake Calhoun.
Photo taken from lake Calhoun on January 28, 2010 at dusk.
The moon was not directly behind Minneapolis, with some photoshop magic I moved the moon to behind the buildings.
Enjoying Stillness
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We, humans, ought to learn from Geese, learn to enjoy stillness and just ‘being’
A Canada Goose enjoying stillness on the partially ice-covered Starring Lake in Eden Prairie, MN
March 24, 2010
Taken with a Canon Rebel XSi 12.2 MP D-SLR Camera
September 2003
Southern MN
“I am not the Artist, Nature is — I only enjoy her art” ~ Me
September 2003
Soaring clouds and soaring eagle
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September 2003, Mankato MN
Wind and snow… resemble desert sands
2003
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Shot with a basic point and shoot Olympus digital camera.
MSU campus, April 26, 2003
Simply, Minnesota Summer Sky
Taken in Mankato, Minnesota, Green, Blue and White
Shot September 2002 with a basic point and shoot (Olympus) digital camera
