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Different Look

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Even though it happens every year, I still find it amazing to witness the change that evolves in a forest at this time of year. I look at it every day, but it seems to happen mysteriously. Space just opens up and all of a sudden you realize it is possible to see through to the other side of a grove of trees.

A couple of months ago, it looked like this:

IMG_iP1462eYesterday afternoon, it looked like this:

img_ip1738eThe forecast for temperatures tonight and tomorrow morning includes the possibility of frost. That means it is time to drain and coil our garden hoses, and blow out the buried line that runs down to the labyrinth spigot. I even heard use of the word “snow” in predictions for areas of northern Minnesota.

Regardless the overall general warming of temperatures around the globe, we still get cold enough here in the winter to have snow.

I love that our weather changes dramatically with each season, but it would be nice if just once, the seasons weren’t in such a hurry to come and go.

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Written by johnwhays

October 7, 2016 at 6:00 am

Story

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Words on Images

Words on Images

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Written by johnwhays

September 29, 2016 at 6:00 am

Like Artwork

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Cyndie shared a scene of the horses out in the hay-field that she captured on Sunday evening and my first impression was that it looked like it was a painting.

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There’s a filter for that. I dipped into the effects toolbox and came up with an oil painted version of the same view. Sometimes living here feels like being in a 3-D gallery of fine art.

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Written by johnwhays

September 20, 2016 at 6:00 am

Pequenita

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Written by johnwhays

September 1, 2016 at 6:00 am

Scratch Fest

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IMG_iP1628eWhen I walk in the door at home after work, Pequenita kicks it in to high gear, meowing and rubbing herself against my legs in a plea for attention. The second I settle somewhere to take a load off my feet, she climbs aboard.

I am at her service, giving her whatever she seems to want the most, in terms of massage and scratching. Her head shifts up and down, to and fro, moving to direct my fingers to the next sweet spot.

I suppose we both gain something out of the exercise, but I get the impression that she tends to enjoy it just a little bit more than I.

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Written by johnwhays

August 31, 2016 at 6:00 am

Dashed

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Written by johnwhays

August 20, 2016 at 8:30 am

Sharing Licks

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Cyndie caught this shot of Hunter and Cayenne sharing time on a mineral block that hangs on a rope around the fence post.

Sure, they are on the block at the same time, but it looks to me like Hunter (on the left) is being as careful as possible about respecting her space.

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Written by johnwhays

August 18, 2016 at 6:00 am

Cyndie’s Capture

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She was simply taking the dog for a walk between evening rain showers. It just so happened to be at the perfect window of time when the sun was moving below the horizon. The scene changed dramatically over the brief 10-minutes they were out, and the cloud show morphed significantly in perfect coordination with the low sunlight blazing behind it.

I picked this one from the series of many she took.

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A short time later, as darkness settled in, the heavy roar of a downpour rumbled across our roof. It added an extra exclamation point to the exceptional serendipity of the timing of her evening’s stroll last night.

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Written by johnwhays

August 17, 2016 at 6:00 am

Number Stories

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What more could I write to tell the stories captured by these images?

New car.

Overnight rain.

Numbers.

Oof.

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Written by johnwhays

August 12, 2016 at 7:27 am

Spin

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Spin

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Written by johnwhays

July 28, 2016 at 6:00 am