Enameled Clearwater Beach

Playing with pictures and Paint Shop Pro can give some interesting results. This is a sunset at Clearwater Beach, FL, enameled and adjusted. I don't know- I like the effect. Maybe you can pretend it's a moonlit night- bright shining harvest moon - and we wait for the Halloween bewitching hour? Or maybe not.

Date of original: 1/3/2005

Minnesota River Autumn

This was taken on the bluff above the Minnesota River near Mankato a few years ago. While there's not a lot of wild and vivid colors, I was struck by the many different colors and lines and light. The river in the distance is over-exposed, which makes for an interesting contrast with the shrubs and leaves.
Date: 10/16/2004

Cosmo and Bug

Let's not forget summer yet. Bugs and flowers make such great subjects.
Date: 8/12/2003

Maple Red Autumn

This tree in our front yard adds so much to the Fall each year. Except this year. The extremely dry summer followed by a lot of wind and rain short-circuited the beauty in 2007. Maybe next year.

Date: 10/9/2004

Bluegrass Shadows

The Minnesota-based bluegrass band, Monroe Crossing performing. I liked the interplay of light and shadow. Maybe I should turn it into black and white and play around a little on Paint Shop Pro?
Date: 8/25/07

NFL History

Okay, I know it's not a great picture. I was way up in the stands and this is a zoom-in using Paint Shop Pro. But it is history. Brett Favre throwing TD pass number 421. And I was there. Neat.
Date: 9/30/07

Gulf Sunset

Still in Clearwater Beach, FL. A very photogenic place!
Date: 4/22/06

Lines in the Sea

Lines are everywhere- even in the Gulf of Mexico. Clearwater Beach, FL
Date: 1/2/05

Posing Nicely

This guy was really cooperative. Nice pose. Black Hills, SD
Date: 7/27/07

Relaxing Casting

What a way to fish. Sylvan Lake, Black Hills, SD.
Date: 7/24/07

A (Really) Way Back Machine

A mastodon skeleton- or at least the tusks of one- in the Black Hills of South Dakota. This is one of the most important such digs with more skeletons than can be counted at this point. Don't meet one in a dark alley.

Date: 7/27/07

When the Train Still Ran

In this scan from a slide, my 2 year old daughter watches a Conrail train head down the line in Pine Creek, PA. The tracks are now long gone and the rails turned into a trail which I hope to travel next summer.

Date: Summer, 1983