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August 4, 2019August 4, 2019

Life of the very small

Below is a collection of macro shots that explores life right up close in and around our summer retreat. All of the pictures were taken within a 100-foot radius which shows that you don’t have to look far for interesting pictures if you are willing to look differently.

A landscape of fresh bread

Strawberry macro

A juicy blackberry

Wood fungus

Wood fungus as seen up a dead oak tree

Lichens on old bark.

Raspberries just coming in

I was trying to get a picture of the bee. At the time I did not even see the frog.

Green tree frog on milkweed

Big bumble bee digging the milkweed

Another shot of the bee

A tree frog was trying to hide in the blossums but kept almost falling out the bottom.

Puffball mushroom in the moss.

August 2, 2019October 24, 2019

Wisconsin Outdoors

With Wisconsin vacation now over it is time to start clearing the pictures off of the camera. This first gallery has a theme of things we did in the outdoors – enjoy!

An old grain loading dock in canal park

A moody tonal shot of the same abandoned grain dock.

The SS Honey Badger coming in to dock

Nora is just happy to be there.

Not great resolution but otherwise a good shot of a loon drying its wings.

Loon 1 cleared for takeoff.

Pull up! Pull up!

The tree we never really paid any attention to suddenly made it impossilbe to ignore.

After the fallen tree was cleared out.

Eagle drying its wings on Eagle point.

Eagle taking wing

A view of the Yellow river just above Danbury taken from the Gandy Dancer trail.

Storm front rolling over Bass Lake

A picture of the Grantsburg city limits sign. Why is that important? Becasue it is over 50 miles round trip and I biked it.

Enjoying the sun on Bass Lake.

Kai with his splint trying to enjoy the boat

Tree line on Bass Lake

A hazy cloud that caught my fancy on Bass Lake.

Eagle over Bass Lake

Eagle looking for prey over Bass Lake

Eagle roosting in the trees on the edge of Bass Lake

Nora taking advantage of a low-wind day to paddle board.

The Great Blue Heron that hangs around the swamp on South Shore Drive

The Great Blue Heron takes to the trees

The firepit as seen through the lens ball.

Lens ball shot of Bass Lake

A sad summer event. The picking up of the pontoon until next year...

July 1, 2018July 1, 2018

Bass Lake 2018

Here is the first of the Bass Lake summer galleries…enjoy!

It has been a wet year so far which means lots of frogs. This one was on the house near the garage

Bass lake with sunshine

Crystal Lea Ann and the kids with the new raft float.

Enjoying a day with temps in the mid 90s

Nora rehyrdating

Hanging out on a hot, humid day

Lazy days on Bass lake

July 4, 2017July 5, 2017

The Danbury Parade

The little burg of Danbury just up the road had their fourth of July parade early and we attended with neighbors Pam and Lois. A great, small town parade and they were not stingy with the candy.

Getting ready for the Danbury parade

Kai with broken finger and allergies

Crystal at the Danbury parade

Neighbors Pam and Lois practicing their parade wave

Crystal waving to traffic at the Danbury parade.

Kai and Nora coming out of the candy store.

Nora smiling at the parade.

Probably trying too hard

Here comes the fire truck at the Danbury parade.

Neighbor Pam volunteers Nora to get a better look at the fire truck.

Kai gets volunteered as well.

The aftermath

Kai, Nora, Pam and Lois at the Danbury parade

December 27, 2016

Bass Lake in the Winter

Here are a few random photos that did not make the other galleries I posted.

Minutes after landing Kai and Nora were out cold.

The tree out on the deck.

Kai building a snow wall.

Kai and Nina working on a snow wall.

The Danbury Lion with snow.

Bass Lake Little Planet view

July 14, 2016

Danbury Vacation Begins

Here is the first summer gallery with pictures from the first few days back in the USA. Included are pictures of an amazing purple sunrise on our second day back. Enjoy!

The first boatride of summer - a couple of hours after arrival.

Nora could not wait to try on her new mermaid tail.

Kai and Nora on the first tubing of summer.

Kai completed community service by keeping the syrup flowing at the Forts Folle Avoine pancake breakfast.

Kai representing troop 1 KSA in Danbury.

Grandma and Nora at the pancake breakfast.

Nora on July 4 before the fireworks.

Ben out for a kayak when the weather starts to turn.

Beautiful purple dawn on Bass lake.

The lakeside of the house at dawn.

Danbury Sunrise!

Sunrise on Bass lake.

One of the morning eagles on Bass lake.

January 4, 2015

Another Expedition to Hidden Lake

With only a day left in vacation we set out on a winter expedition to Hidden Lake which lies beyond the swamp behind our house. In winter it is a fun trek through the swamp and pine scrub but in summer it is completely impassible.

Kai, Nora and a very bundled up Mom on an expedition to Hidden Lake.

Sunset over Hidden Lake.

Crystal with moon over Hidden Lake.

Sunset through the trees on Hidden Lake.

Nora doing snow angels on HIdden Lake.

Kai working on snow angels on Hidden Lake.

Crystal and Nora on Hidden Lake

December 28, 2014

Danbury Christmas 2014

It was a wonder 2014 Christmas. We had the traditional Christmas Eve fondue dinner followed by a ham dinner on Christmas day. That we were able to spend it with Grandma Ellen and Grandpa Art was a special treat.

Kai and Nora with Grandpa Art and Grandma Ellen on Christmas Eve.

Another family shot with the grandparents

Making the traditional oatmeal porridge for the reindeer.

Kai and Nora up early and ready for presents.

Nora with her new earings from Jim and Monica.

Merry Christmas!

December 27, 2014

The day before the day before Christmas

Here are some pictures from the day before Christmas eve. There was a fair bit of snow in Spooner but the rain left none in Danbury. There was about 1.5 inches of standing water on top of the 7 inches of ice on the lake. It made for a fun, though slushy, expedition.