M. Sullivan Photography Lake Superior, Landscapes, Photos, Weather

Mammatus Clouds

We had very strange weather this week with stormy skies in colors of yellow and green.  The worst of the storms missed us, but others received large hail and wind gusts of up to 70mph.  I don’t think I have ever seen clouds like the ones below.  The photos don’t do them justice, but they certainly show the eerie colors and odd cloud formation.

Mammatus Clouds
Eerie Sky

Out on the lake, we saw three different ships that were lit up from the odd light, but the dark skies in the distance show where the heavy rainstorms were taking place.

Coming Into Port

After a week of weather ups and downs, we are enjoying sunny skies and temperatures in the low 70’s this weekend.  Perfect September weather.

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Duluth Sailboat Races

While the boys were at baseball practice last night, Sophia and I ventured out on the warm summer evening in search of ice cream.  We put our search on hold when we spotted all of the beautiful sailboats out on Lake Superior.

Sailboats & Aerial Lift Bridge
Red & White
Sailboat Races
Red & White With The Retired Sundew
Red, White, Blue & Yellow

Sophia and I both agreed that watching the sailboats was amazing.  Our ice cream was really good too!

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The B’s

BOATS

This boat was traveling out on the lake near sunset tonight.  The calm waters of Lake Superior made for a reflection in the water that we could see from our house miles away.  Beyond the boat in the background is the ice that continues to shift in toward shore. Tonight it had moved further out towards Wisconsin.

Reflection | Boat On Lake Superior

These two tugs escorted the BBC Celina into port yesterday morning.  I had hoped to catch her going under the Aerial Lift Bridge, but was slowed down on my drive towards the harbor by a garbage truck.  I think this shot turned out better than the one that I had wanted to get.  You can also see it on Daily Duluth Photo.

Big Boat, Little Boats

Not long after the BBC Celina came under the bridge, the Wagenborg came in.

Two Big Boats

BASEBALL

Sebastian’s intermediate baseball season is underway.  We saw his first game on Sunday afternoon.  He did a great job pitching and also had a single, stole bases and had a great catch in the outfield.

Lefty Pitcher
Right-Handed Batter

BLOSSOMS

My daffodils are finally blooming now that it is the 3rd week in May.

Blooming Daffodils
Standing Tall

My Mother’s Day flowers are still looking good a week and a half later.

Big Bloom
Colorful

BRANCHES

The trees and shrubs are slowly showing signs of tiny leaves.  Spring has been slow to come this year, but I think it really is here .

Budding Branches

BEAUTIFUL MUSIC

Sophia’s Spring recital was on Tuesday at Weber Music Hall at UMD.  Once again she had the opportunity to play piano on stage in front of an audience.  She did a wonderful job playing a piece called Little Grey Owl and another that she composed last fall titled Autumn Dance of the Leaves.

Pianist

At the end of the recital, she and many of her fellow piano students received their awards/certificates for piano testing that they did earlier in the year.

Awards

BIRDS

We have had a number of birds at our bird feeder, including this little guy who didn’t seem to be bothered by my picture-taking.

Dinnertime

I was trying to get a picture of this little red bird (and wasn’t doing a very good job), when a chickadee photobombed my image.

Photobomb

We are all looking forward to a long weekend with the Memorial holiday ahead.  We are planning to relax and enjoy the beautiful weather.