soiled hands with red-stained fingers holding some blackberries

Berry Picking

Dowling Community Garden. Photo: Carri Musil

fat yellow and black bee on violet flowers with green foilage

Busy Bee

This bee was so busy pollinating… Photo: Carri Musil

woman with two hula hoops on grass with some tree trunks

Dancing Hula Hoops

…while listening to the wonderful Music in the Parks. Photo: Carri Musil

kids play around a large cardboard castle in a green field surround by hills and trees in the background

Cardboard Camp

House of Hart castle during Adventures in Cardboard Summer Camp… Photo: Hillary Oppmann

saxophone player in white shirt, jeans, and straw hat playing in the dark as a woman looks on in the foreground and three people clap hands along in the background

Sax Jam

Jamming with the audience at Minnehaha Park Bandstand… Photo: David Skarjune

Tall rough dirt hill next to railroad cars under blue sky with thin clouds

Temp Ridge

Next to the new Hiawatha Trail Gap bike path. Photo: David Skarjune

backs of heads with a small group at night watching a movie on a screen

Movie Night

Annual outdoor showing with The Dude at Du Nord… Photo: David Skarjune

green garden of flowers & vines with tall sunflowers blooming, and white house in background

Lush Summer

My garden is still lush… Photo: Roxanne Dunlop

fat black and yellow bumblebee with whitish wings crawling on the yellow stamen of a bright orange flower bloom

Autumn Nectar

Bumblebee getting nectar from Mexican sunflower. Photo: Roxanne Dunlop

Looking through green-leafed tree limbs to the river with bits of yellow and orange color on some trees in the distance

Glimpse of Color

Stopped raining long enough for a glimpse of leaves turning… Photo: Roxanne Dunlop

Orange horizon behind shadowy trees.

Sunrise Pending

Surrounded by trees and pending sunrise in Minnehaha Park… Photo: Roxanne Dunlop

Orange horizon behind trees

Time is Precious

First hard frost in Longfellow. Enjoy now… Photo: Roxanne Dunlop

Human hand on wood pieces next to a large steel circular saw

Woodshop

Making a pivoting block for dog training class. Location: Cooper Neighborhood Photo: … READ MORE

Looking through bare tree branches to a river scene with dam in distance

Clear View

It will be clear like this for a while now… Photo: Roxanne Dunlop

frilly pink and white cone-shaped flowers hanging down on green stems

Still Trying

Despite the challenging weather… Photo: Roxanne Dunlop

Ice crystals in foreground with blue sky and sunrise colors in background

Icy Morning

My window was frozen… Photo: Roxanne Dunlop

Nightscape with house in distance decorated with purplish holiday lights

Season of Darkness

We don’t know light without it… Photo: Roxanne Dunlop

dim sunrise over river scene over a stone wall with bare trees

Very Peaceful

… morning near the Mississippi River Gorge. Photo: Roxanne Dunlop

pink clouds in a gray-blue sky with some bare trees on edges

Winter Clouds

…spectacular color lately… Photo: Roxanne Dunlop

bare trees with faint sunrise in background

Sleepy Sun

…rising at its latest time… Photo: Roxanne Dunlop

stained glass window lit up high on church at night

Shining Bright

Backlit church window at night. Photo: Roxanne Dunlop

Shadow of a bare tree on bluish colored snow with black fence outline in background

Night Shadow

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winter scene along parkway with street sign & bare trees

Yarn Bomb

How do knitted items end up on poles? Photo: Roxanne Dunlop

bare trees in a snowstorm

Cheers to Winter

The big snow storm… Photo: Roxanne Dunlop

gray twilight scene of city street with glowing yellow-orange storefront lights down the street in background

Lights and Snow

There is beauty in winter… Photo: Roxanne Dunlop

receding gray sidewalk dusted with snow and footprints in a winter urban landscape

Morning Dust

…with people and pet tracks… people and pet tracks.

snowy night scene of park bench facing bridge lights with reflections on the water.

Peaceful Lights

…lining the Ford Bridge…. Photo: Roxanne Dunlop