May Sunset, Northern Minnesota

The clouds sure were pretty the other night as the sun was setting!

Siblings

The spring babies are starting to show up!  These fox kits were being adorably cute yesterday as they played and cuddled at the entrance to their den.  

Reliable Rainbow

Grand Portage State Park, MN - When the water is high and it's a clear, sunny day you know there's going to be a fantastic rainbow at High Falls! (or two... see the double rainbow?  It's faint, but it's there!)

Beautiful End to a Gray Day

It seems like we've had a lot of dreary weather lately.  Lots of rain, snow accumulation on a few occasions and even some ice build up preceding one of our snow storms.  This past Friday evening, though, the pattern changed.  It rained all day long but as the day drew to a close the rain stopped and the clouds started to break up.  As the sun dropped below the horizon a beautiful sunset was revealed.  Now this weekend the weather has been beautiful!  We'll see how long it lasts :-)  I love all the changes in weather that we experience, though.  Without those changes photos like this would be much more difficult to come across!

Spring on the Fall River

It's waterfall season and I've been out photographing a few waterfalls the past couple of weeks!  This one is on the Fall River just west of Grand Marais, MN.  A short walk from Highway 61 leads you down to this beautiful waterfall just a stone's throw from Lake Superior.  

Abstract River

Grand Portage State Park, MN: A close-up shot of foam on the Pigeon River makes for a very abstract image.  I made quite a few photos of the foam as it drifted past.  No two photos were alike as the patterns were constantly changing.

Spring Foam on the Pigeon River

Foam floating downstream on a spring day in Grand Portage State Park, MN.  The Pigeon River never fails to fascinate.  It has so many different moods and characters.  In some places it is wide and meandering, in other places it is wide and tumbling down rapids and in other places it is narrow and plummeting over dramatic waterfalls.  One of the widest sections of the river is just downstream from the High Falls gorge.  I find this area of the river super fascinating to photograph in all seasons. The other day it presented a view which is rarely seen.  A large section of water was filled with some of the most intriguing foam patterns I've ever seen.  It was a calm spring day and the water was flowing slowly past this location along the shore.  I was mesmerized by the constantly changing patterns in the foam. I could have easily watched it all day long :-)