Skywatch Friday

I haven't done a Skywatch Friday photo in a while.  Here's are a couple of sunset photos from last September.

SkyWatch Friday is hosted by a team of bloggers (Klaus | Sandy | Ivar | Wren | Fishing Guy| Louise).  Be sure to stop by and visit them.

SkyWatch Friday

SkyWatch Friday is hosted by a team of bloggers (Tom, SandyCarlson, and Imac).  Be sure to stop by and visit them.

The following pictures were taken by pier in Pepin, Wisconsin on June 28 of this year.  I think I was kneeling in the first one in an attempt to get the entire tree.  That is why my photo is a bit lop-sided.  The hills on the other side are Minnesota.  

 

Here is a close-up of the roots.  There were a few other trees growing like this.  

 

In the following two frames, I am still around the tree, but concentrating on the bigger view here.  The clouds were moving pretty fast which changed the lighting nicely.

 

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Bridging the Gap #6 and SkyWatch Friday

Bah Humbug…  I had wanted to combine both memes today, but due to unforeseen circumstances I had to use that particular bridge photo earlier this week.  That's what I get for leaving my camera in a car that was traveling 90 miles away for 3 days.  I hate it when goofs are of my own dumb making. (lol)  Oh well, the best laid plans of mice and men, I guess. 

I do have a couple of combination photos that I can use, but it feels a tad like cheating.  Those who have followed my bridges this week will probably figure out why pretty easily.

All photos were taken in July of this year.  

 

Those who were here on Tuesday will recognize that bridge in the background.  Those who were here on Wednesday will recognize the stone bridge as being from a Japanese Garden.  This garden has been featured here before, but not this past week.  

  

 

  

 

This last picture is from underneath the stone bridge.  My camera wasn't quite sitting on the ground, but pretty doggone close.

I have to say that I think Japanese gardens are my favorite style.  I enjoy flower gardens, but there is something amazingly peaceful about a Japanese Garden.  A couple of informative websites are The Japanese Garden and The Japanese Garden Database.  Of course the old standby of Wikipedia is helpful as well.

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This is the northeast View overlooking my back yard this (Thurs) evening.

 

  

This is the northwest view overlooking the front yard.

Yep, a storm finally blew into town several hours later.  Unfortunately, it didn't drop much rain.  I'm bummed about that because I didn't water my garden hoping for good soaking.  We have had a wind advisory all day.  I've actually been chasing stuff all over the yard for 3 days now.  Just one of the joys of living on the prairie land that forgot to stop at the North Dakota border.  We are supposedly getting storms pretty much all day tomorrow (Friday) which will hopefully satisfy my garden's thirst and save my water bill.

Now for a little cuteness factor.  These photos were taken in Sertoma Park in Grand Forks, ND.  I often have lunch and snap photos in this lovely park which also hosts a Japanese Garden celebrating it's former sister city of Awano, Japan.  I posted a few pictures of that during Quilly's Alphabet challenge last May.  You can see them here.

 

 

It's a very peaceful park with a coulee running through it. There are several families that nest in this area.  I often have to climb amongst tall grass and stand upon the muddy bank to get photos.  It is definitely one of those times, I wish I had a better camera. 

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My first try at this meme. 

I took this picture while on our vacation earlier this summer.  I loved the way the clouds reflected in the water.  This is the Chippewa River where it flows by Durand, WI.  If you look at the picture closely you can see where the old bridge came across between the trees in the near center of the picture.  The dip between the tall trees is where the bridge was located.  They moved the bridge and re-routed it to the other end of town for safety's sake. 

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