Pipestone “THE AREA IS SACRED because it’s the only place you can find the stone. When the Creator puts something like that in a specific place, you know there’s something sacred about that place and all the animals and plants in it.” -Alice Erickson (Dancing Flower),Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate

Making ice

Northern Lights over Bayfield County Forest

Super Beaver Moon and the Northern Lights

Sunset

Swamp milkweed

Quiet time

Memorial Day reflection. Tim Houlihan, my great grandfather, somewhere in a trench in France during World War One. Both sides of my family tree are full of war veterans going back to nearly every conflict since the revolutionary war. The ripple effects from the machines of war continue to inflict harm on the generations that follow. Every war is a war on the poor working class. Unless you are willing to send yourself and your children to the front lines, stop funding war.

Memorial weekend sunfish

Stella Blue going for a ride on the Easy Wind

Bass fishing bliss

Neighborhood tulips

Twins win against the O’s on a beautiful night in Minneapolis

You are beautiful

Owl carving

My first attempt at carving a cardinal from basswood

This past weekend I brought a friend out for his first ice fishing excursion. He caught five bass and one bluegill! He also beat me in cribbage…twice. Everyone gets their lucky day from time to time. The sunshine was strong and the winds were calm. What a beautiful day!

Today was a great day for a ski through the woods

Last night I pulled my broomball gear out of storage to play a doubleheader on my old team. The Broom Ninjas lost both, and we had a fun time doing so! What a great night on the ice.

First ice fishing outing of the season. First fish on the board!

Christmastime on the lake

Snowy Monday morning

Dual sport ride

Doe sunset

Pipestone old stone face