In lieu of a real post, I submit some photos from this wonderful winter weekend. After last week’s bitter cold, it was great to get out snowshoeing two days. Both trips featured big, fluffy snowflakes and a real sense of the wild within a short drive from my door.
One outing was an exploration of a [...]
Images of a Minnesota winter weekend
January 20, 2009
Wonderland
March 6, 2007
Forgive this longer-than-planned absence… I got sucker punched by the flu on Saturday, I’m just now emerging.
Our second major helping of snow in less than a week fell last Thursday as Rosie and I escaped the city to Chateau du Her Parents’ for a little winter getaway while they were vacationing in warmer climes. That [...]
Molasses
March 6, 2006
We just took a four day vacation to Minnesota’s North Shore, staring at the awesome expanses of Lake Superior, skiing, snowshoeing, reading, sleeping, eating and doing nothing at all. Aside from playing outdoors and relaxing indoors, we also visited some old friends of my parents who have found a wonderful place for their retirement in [...]