The 2016 Minnesota State Fair, Pt. 1

An Experience In Four Parts.

Part One: Wandering Around

Welcome To The Fair

Big Crowds

Everyone Loves The Fair

Stillwater Trolly

The Skyride

Shortcut

Up In The Clouds

The Giant Slide

We Grow Great Corn

And Great Beer!

We’ve Got Bees

And Dirt!

With Dirt, Comes Tractors

John Deere

Old School

Sweeping The Awards

Everyone’s A Winner

Pick Your Prize

Should’ve Cleaned Up After Himself

Everyone Should Have A Flaming Patio

 

Crabby Ol’ Bills

Mini donuts worthy of the journey across the seas.

My Duluth Morning

My blog posts lately have had a definite local theme, local being Duluth Minnesota, with several posts revolving around the recent Tall Ships Festival.  Although the festival is done, I’m still home in Duluth and seeking out visions that appeal to me.  Today I chose to awaken early and head for Lake Superior in time for sunrise, which was about 6:20ish this morning.  One nice thing about getting up early, there aren’t many other people out then and I had my chosen spot all to myself.  The heaviest traffic I witnessed was the fishing charters leaving the harbor with their customers on board on their way to find lake trout.  With my coffee cup nearby, I setup my tripod at the end of the south pier to await the sunrise.  I was not only rewarded with a beautiful light show as the sun peeked between the layers of clouds, the Paul R. Tregurtha exited the harbor and sailed into the sunrise.  All in all, a very pleasant place to enjoy a cup of coffee.

Under the Aerial Lift Bridge

On to the Lake

Into the Sunrise

All Quiet On The Waterfront

The ships are gone, the crowds are gone and the harbor is back to a less chaotic state of being.  The Tall Ships Festival was amazing, the number of people that attended was staggering and the ships beautiful.  But it’s nice to have things a bit quieter, more peaceful and less crowded.

Uncle Harvey’s Mausoleum…

…on a hot summer afternoon.

Time To Leave

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Originally posted on Little Blue Bridge:
The 2016 Tall Ships Festival is over and all but one of the ships have left Duluth.  The El Galeon Andalucia stayed a couple of extra days to allow more time for tours.  The Appledore…

Afternoon Paddle

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Originally posted on Little Blue Bridge:
After another tough day on the Little Blue Bridge, I dashed home, change clothes and loaded up my kayak.  I wanted to paddle along the row of tall ships and get a different perspective…

Duluth Tall Ships Festival

Today marked the beginning of the Duluth Tall Ships Festival and thousands of people showed up to watch as the ships entered the shipping channel on their way to dock in the harbor.  As much as I don’t enjoy large crowds, I couldn’t resist being where I could capture all the action as the ships passed.

When and If

Pride of Baltimore ll

Denis Sullivan

Mist of Avalon

Abbey Road

Appledore V

U. S. Brig Niagara

Zeeto

El Galeon Andalucia

The Slow Parade

Heading for the 7:30 lift of the Aerial Lift Bridge after sailing in the regatta.

Playing With Magic

Magic often surprises us with the unexpected.  In this case, a simple press of a key while working with an image, magically turned an interesting photo in to a something entirely different.  When I saw the result, I was blown away and had to stop what I was doing, sit back and ponder the possibilities of this discovery.  It’s a combination of capturing nature and blending it with technology.  I’m sure you’ll see the results of this work in the future as I perfect the process.