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Tall Ships Duluth

The parade sails during the Tall Ships Duluth Festival was a little different from previous festivals.  Included in this year’s event, the world’s largest rubber duck.  Can you spot him in the photo below?

Peek-a-Boo

While editing the photo below, I noticed the Coast Guard cutter offering a drink of water to the rubber duck on this hot summer day.  Or at least the photo makes it look that way.

The hot, humid day changed to breezy and dark with rain drops towards the end of the parade of sails.

It was a nice afternoon break during a long work day.

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Brighton Beach

Thin ice formed along the shores of Lake Superior this year.  Heavy winds pushed the sheets of ice toward the shoreline.  What was left behind was quite impressive.  I was hoping for a break in the clouds tonight with beautiful golden sunshine to illuminate the ice, but instead photographed the scene with gloomy skies overhead.

 

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20 Minutes

The past few mornings have been cold.  Brutally cold.  Temperatures in the -20 range with windchill factors around -40 or colder.  Today was slightly better, plus the sunrise was quite nice.

I stepped outside our front door at 7:38 a.m. to snap this photo of the beautiful pastel sky and the sea smoke rising above Lake Superior.

7:38 a.m.

Twenty minutes later everything had changed with the exception of the sea smoke.

7:58 a.m.