explorations and salutations

I LOVE having people come visit me. My parents visited me, my bestie Alice from high school visited me, and then my dad came and visited me AGAIN! Alice (or Alibus, as I frequently call her) visited while it was still the dead of winter (though to be honest, it isn't QUITE real spring yet), so here are a few shots I snapped while exploring the center property and Banning State Park.









































winter attempted to make sure ALL GREEN WAS COVERED, but winter FAILED





have you ever read a more intense, beautifully written opening paragraph to a park interpretive sign?









I took this for my yellow compilation



And some extras...





stars in her eyesss







"Welcome to Staples, may I help you?"

All of the pictures taken in Banning State Park were done on Aperture priority mode. I'm taking a step toward shooting primarily in Manual! I'M DOING IT! And I'm pretty proud of those pictures, too!

I had so much fun with Alice, we had dance parties in the climbing wall, went owling in Duluth, drank beer and ate wild rice burgers at Fitger's, had movie nights, went cross country skiing, explored rivers, and went on night-time woodland adventures (what we do best). I'm so happy she came and visited me (even though it was like, two months ago...)

I'm also uploading pictures from the two days we had of spring when my Dad was here tonight. I WILL MAKE TIME TO BLOG.