Daphne – Page 6 – M. Sullivan Photography

October 12, 2013 M. Sullivan Photography Daphne, Family, Lake Superior, Landscapes, Photos, Weather

Buena Vista

The forecast was for another beautiful fall day on Friday. Warm, sunny, breezy and highs in the upper 60’s . Mike planned to take the day off to study for his outdoor emergency training refresher/CPR class. He thought I should take the day off as well. It didn’t take a lot of convincing. The morning started off very promising. Another beautiful sunrise. While Mike got Sophia to the bus stop, I made a quick trip over to Hawk Ridge to watch the morning come to life.

I wasn’t the only one who drove to the overlook to watch the sun come up over Lake Superior. An older gentleman pulled up right before me and took a few photos with his point-and-shoot camera. We exchanged a few remarks about the beautiful sunrise and he left a short time later. Next, a motorcycle pulled up. The guy lit a cigarette and watched the sunrise. Once he was done, he also departed. Then a minivan with a Mom and her kids drove up. They got out, took a few photos with their point-and-shoot camera and also left shortly thereafter. Luckily I didn’t have to rush off and was able to enjoy several minutes of the colorful skies.

Mike continued studying for most of the morning. I did some outdoor work – cleaning up my container garden, picking grapes and sweeping the decks. We decided that Mike needed a break and Daphne needed some exercise, so we drove over to Hartley Park to take a hike in the woods and view the fall colors.

It was time to head home, have lunch and get ready for the rest of our day. Flu shots for Mike and the kids (I already had mine), Bulldog pizza for dinner and tickets to the UMD Bulldog Hockey Game.

p.s. The Bulldogs won and Sebastian was the lucky winner of a pizza delivered to his seat. I’m not sure who was happier, Sebastian or his middle school buddies that were also at the game. They devoured it in a matter of minutes.

October 7, 2013 M. Sullivan Photography Animals, Daphne, Family, Landscapes, Photos, Weather

Fall Color

It’s a beautiful time of year in the Midwest. The leaves are changing color. The evenings are crisp and cool. We need to enjoy it while it lasts because winter is just around the corner. Here’s a slice of Northern Minnesota from the past week.

September 15, 2013 M. Sullivan Photography Animals, Birds, Daphne, Family, Photos, Weather

Wildlife

Sophia and I enjoyed the last weekend of “official” summer with a walk/bike ride. We brought Daphne with so that she could enjoy the warm weather too. The forecast of 71 degrees happened early in the day. It cooled off later in the afternoon and then the rain began during the evening. We spent an hour or so enjoying the weather, picking up fall leaves, acorns and other items for Sophia’s craft project. We also enjoyed seeing some of the local wildlife. No bears this day, thank goodness!

The first of the wildlife was a pair if deer in a yard about a half a mile from our house. This doe was rather curious and watched us for a while before bounding off into the trees.

We saw a group of ducks including some nearly full-grown ducklings. The colorful feathers on their heads had not filled in yet.

We also saw this heron standing completely still in the pond.

When the bird had enough of our picture-taking, he/she flew off.

When we went around to the second pond, we saw him/her again.

The geese spotted us and made their way over across the pond looking for hand outs. We forgot to bring food with, so they lost interest after a while.