Dragonfly macro

 

The Milky Way

 

Little Bear RC Tugboat

Spring will soon be here.  It’s time to charge the batteries and make sure both water canons work.  Last year I bought a spare after I burned out a windshield washer pump for the upper water canons.  Kids of all ages like to be chased down and squirted by the bear tugboat at the pond. 

Yes, this is a radio controlled tugboat I built years ago.  It’s 3 feet long, 12 inches wide, weighs 37 pounds.  It is powered by two electric motors with a smoke generator.  Gingerbread scented smoke wafts up through the smoke stack.  

That little GoPro camera was lost to the depths of the pond when my 60mph RC speedboat flipped.

Green Dragonfly

It stopped by for a rest.

 

Red on the Pond

Photo from summer’s past.  We wait patiently for our ponds and lakes to thaw and go sailing again.

 

Chevrolet

 

Little Cedar Tree

The little cedar tree has seen over 40 years struggling to live on the rock.

 

 

Hjordis

Grand Marais, MN

 

Ursa Minor Little Bear Towing Co.

 

Summer boating fun at Centennial Lakes in Edina.  We chased down pedal boaters squirting them with both water canons.   The children loved that.  The tugboat is is drydock for repairs and new additions while the bears hibernate.

Sunset walk

 

Lutsen Mountain

 iPhone 11 pic

Fish house on Lake Superior

 

The Crew

 

Notre Dame

 Forgotten photos from years ago

San Gimignano

 Lost in San Gimignano, Italy

Fountaine de la Numphe Marine

 Paris, France

Fire and Ice

 

Ice lantern glows warmly illuminating the winter scene.

Little Bear RC Adventures

 

Happy Halloween

 

Vermilion Sunset

 

RC Sailing

https://youtu.be/Q28Z_kUzJ0o https://youtu.be/Q28Z_kUzJ0o

RC Schooner

 Sailing Centennial Lakes in Edina, MN

Crossroads

I’m standing at the crossroads.   I did not see the devil.  But he did try to persuade me to keep walking and not go back to the office.

Bridge to Mirkwood

 

Bee in macro

 iPhone11 photography

Giant Hockey Stick

 In Eveleth, MN.

Parade of Boats 2022

 

Rice Creek

 

Merry Christmas

 

Busy Bee

Shot with iPhone11

 

 

Grand Canal

 

Lake Sylvan

 Black Hills, South Dakota.

The Beaver Pond

 

Brass Zippo in Action

 Nothing quite like a fine evening and cigar.

Sailing Luxembourg

 

 

Six years ago we took a trip to Paris.  I enjoyed watching the children sail their rented static sailboats in thr Luxembourg Garden fountain.  Later, the adults came to sail with their larger Radio Controlled sailboats.  I was hooked and built my own RC sailboat.  I have plans to build another one, soon.

World Photography Day

 Happy world photography day!

Lake Pepin

 Marina at Lake Pepin on the Mississippi River

Lake Pepin

Views of Lake Pepin from Frontenac State Park, Minnesota.  

 

Butterflied

 

Draco

Draco the wonder pug

Big and Little Dippers

 

Ursa Major and Ursa Minor 

Saskatoons

 Juneberries, Serviceberries, Saskatoons, whatever you call them, have suffered under this drought.  Only a couple trees were plump with berries.  The rest shriveled on the tree.

The Mayfly

Another hobby is Radio Controlled sailing.  Its a 37 inch long sailboat roughly 5 feet from keel to mast.  Two channels are used for control.  One for the rudder and one to control the sail booms.  Wood construction, half the fun of RC sailing is building the boat.

 

Floral Macros