northern mn

A few more quiet photos from my trip.
During the drive I revisited some cds that I hadn't listened to since college to accompany the kookoo thoughts that creep in when you're alone.

I'd really like to take classes from here, shelters, sauna, boats, brickovens, baskets...

bill bloedow box

This is an overdue post!
I received one of dreamiest, personalized packages about a month ago from the great Bill Bloedow, former President of the Friends of the Goldstein Museum of Design. The box contained an eclectic range of printed matter and he passed it on to me. I found it quite touching. I'll post some of the highlights in days to come.

Thanks so much Bill.

swimming

These beachy photos make me nutty and being in the midwest makes me long for seaside salty days.

cascade river walk

Last week I took a quick solo getaway to the North Shore. Stayed in a sweet cabin on the icy clear Superior, practiced my embroidery, saunaed in a great woodfired sauna and ate smoked fish. Here are some photos from a walk I took along the Cascade River—— X marks the waterfall, many shades of lush green, woodland faces, a floating caterpillar.

icecream

everything is an ice cream cone!

jot it

Genuine Robinson Reminders! the interiors are perfed into four sections. super handy!

reminders

Look at these sweeties sitting pretty for the camera.

playtime

kiting, wining, beach dining, painting, fridgecleaning, foyerfencing, and playparks.

happy father's day!

june

i'm growing the best clover patch this season.

summer vacation

ready to go!

photos found in 'discarded' albums... between years of 1924-52.

green

After a month of no showers——we finally got a boatload of rain. My peonies are in bloom and I'm eager to get back out in the garden.

Oh, Can anyone identity the pink and red ball-like clustered flowers?

Oh oh oh, the man with the green hat... if you immerse him in water, squeeze his hat, he squirts!!