Frost was all over everything this morning in Maple Grove, MN. All the right weather conditions must have come together last night to form this great frost.
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It snowed in Maple Grove, MN this last Saturday 11/19. Really nice that the snow held off this year because it gave me a chance to finish some outdoor projects. Two bigger projects were sanding and sealing our deck and building a large firewood rack. There were also many smaller projects: trimming the bushes, staking our Honey Crisp apple tree, driveway sealed and cracks filled and many other small outdoor projects. I’m also excited to report that I changed the transmission fluid on my car by myself; first time ever. The car also got a nice coat of wax, so it should be all ready for the winter.
I took a few photos with my film APS camera the last two months. Most of them were family photos, but I have a few to show below.
This photo is looking down the hiking and horse path in the northern section of Elm Creek Park Reserve, not too far east from the parking on French Lake Road.
Ash tree leaves in our backyard on the ground.
Dahlia flower.
My Honey Crisp apple tree. Planted summer 2010. Early in the year it was full of apples on all the small branches and all the way up to the very top. I ended up cutting off all but four of the apples so it wouldn’t be overloaded.
Made the pictures a little wider this time to fill the entire space. Now to mess with the blog software to make the space even bigger.
September 25th 2011 was a great day. Weather was perfect. The clouds evenly distributed themselves over the entire sky. The wind carried the clouds briskly enough that the sun poked through every minute or so.
The leaves on the Sumac trees have changed colors already. I’m looking forward to all the Maple trees turning red and orange soon.
Welcome everyone to the New Year! I hope you were able to celebrate in your own way and have found successes last year and things to look forward to in the up and coming year.
I’m happy that I started exploring new opportunities with my camera last year, made it up to the North Shore with my home-made tent and just in general had a very busy but good time. There are many more excursions and adventures written down on my to do list for this year, and I’m super excited to start working on them. May we all have a wonderful 2011!
A few of my favorite pictures from 2010 that standout in my mind:
