Photography – Page 46 – M. Sullivan Photography

March 21, 2014March 21, 2014 M. Sullivan Photography Photos, Weather

Happy Spring?

It’s officially Spring here…the weather just doesn’t know it yet.

This was the scene in downtown Duluth at lunchtime today. I decided to take the skywalk from my office to get lunch at a downtown restaurant and snapped this picture with my iPhone. Mike and I usually spend our lunch break at home to give our dog Daphne a little love, some exercise and needed bathroom break. Fortunately our neighbor was home and kindly accepted our request to let Daphne out for us. We were lucky to stay put and not venture out. The roads were snow-covered and treacherous on what is supposed to be the second day of spring. The snow lightened up in the afternoon to allow the plows and salt to do their jobs. I guess this means the snow conditions for skiing will be excellent this weekend.

March 9, 2014 M. Sullivan Photography Photos, Skiing, Sports, Weather

Snowboard Lesson

After trying out Sebastian’s old snowboard in the backyard two weeks ago, Sophia took a free snowboarding lesson at Chester Bowl Ski Hill yesterday. It was a quick hour that she wished could have gone on longer. She was given the basics and really enjoyed trying her hand at a new winter sport. We stayed for more than two hours after the lesson was over so that she could try out some of the techniques her teacher showed her.

We were back at Chester Bowl again today for the ski races. Sophia finished in the upper third of her age category of close to 20 girls. After the races concluded and the trophies were handed out, she exchanged her skis for a snowboard and was back at again for another hour. I have a feeling she will sleep well tonight.

February 24, 2014February 25, 2014 M. Sullivan Photography Family, Photos, Skiing, Sledding, Vacation, Weather

Mini Olympic Games

There were no gold medals, no world records and no opening or closing ceremonies, but we did have our own Winter Olympics this past weekend in our backyard and front yard and even from our rooftop. When mother nature gives you snow, what do you do? Our latest storm gave us over 15″ of snow. We had plans to take a mini ski vacation to Giants Ridge while the kids were on winter break last week, but with the “blizzard” predictions, we changed our plans and stayed in Duluth to ski at Spirit Mountain. The white out conditions caused Spirit Mountain to close at 4pm which was probably a good thing. We got home before the worst of the storm hit. By the next morning, drifting snow buried our driveway, sidewalk and everything else. As a family, we ventured outside and began digging out. After most of the work was done, the kids decided to have a little fun. Out came the snowboards and sleds and our mini Olympics was underway.

Girls Division | Driveway Snowboarding

Boys Division| Driveway Snowboarding

Senior Division | Driveway Snowboarding

After a quick photo next to the tunnel that leads to our front steps and door, we moved to the backyard snowboarding course.

Girls Division | Backyard Snowboarding

Boys Division | Backwards Skeleton

Girls Division | Swing Set Jump

Boys Division | Swing Set Jump

Preparing for the jump.

The big jump.

Pairs Roof Jumping

Relaxing before the jump.

After the jump and digging out.

Boys Division | Luge

Senior Division | Roof Shoveling

The snowman that was created back in December has not melted, but is nearly buried by snow. Here he is during the early December snowstorm when Mike and Sophia made him.