Memorial Day

I found these flags at a tiny unnamed cemetery northeast of St Cloud, and the near perfect light only reminded me of the purpose of the day. We are blessed as a nation.

The big lake...

I sneaked/snuck away for a day or so to go to Lake Superior and my land near Port Wing. The weather was suspect, but the break was great, even if I didn't take some of the pictures I wanted. One reason is that the weather and the seasons are easily three or more weeks behind us "down south." That was a bit surprising--I was hoping for apple blossoms and found mostly bare trees.

It's May

In between (a lot) of rain showers, I found these photos.

Baseball

I have a friend who is going to be going to a ton of baseball games this year. I remember the days when I would go to several a week, hoping for at least one decent photo per game. I had the chance to go to a few games for my college team, who recently won second place in their league. One day I froze and was more than soggy, but I enjoyed another game on a sunny warm day. I shot nothing great, but it was fun to spend time at a field shooting baseball.

I'm just saying...

Or, I am just kidding...

Tulips

Just goofing around with some tulips. It was more or less an exercise in learning depth of field all over again. The color was good, though.

Just because I thought it was cool

Spring, continued...

Yesterday was part work day, part goof off day. I saw the movie "Thor," the one where I served as a body double. Then I had a picnic dinner at Lake George, this cute little lake right near downtown St. Cloud. They recently rehabilitated the lake front, and this tiny 3 acre lake is a really a perfect picnic spot at sunset. It also was a great spot to take pictures. It became a venue for prom-goers, and not just for pictures. They were, well, promenading! It was a nice evening. I even had my first ice cream cone of the season at the famous Mr. Twisty's, an emporium with great ice cream.

Spring. Finally

Just a few spring flowers. Let's hope there is more to come...