09-30-09, Sumac

09-29-09

Brief moment of sunshine

09-28-09

09-27-09, Big Love for my Dad

Happy 80th Birthday, My PaPa!!

Splendor! out the driver's side window on the drive home.

09-26-09, Twin Clouds

9-25-09, Puddle

9-24-09, Sky for Nancy

What the sky looked like today after the funeral.

9-23-09, Moonflower

Moonflower.
Sacred Datura.

Spiral open,
Spiral back.

Remembering a good man who just passed from this realm to the next.

9-22-09, Rain

9-21-09, Leaves over the alley

9-19+20-09, Makato, Honoring the 38

Makato Wacipi.
From great tragedy...a slow healing.

The largest mass execution in the history of the US occurred on December 26th 1862 in Mankato, MN. Thirty eight Dakota men were hanged. Not many Americans (or even Minnesotans) have much of an awareness of this. For the past 37 years, there has been a pow wow in the Mankato area to remember and shed light on this history, and to honor the ones who were killed.
The area is called "Mah-Kah-Toe" by the Dakota. Maka=Earth, To=Blue. Blue Earth.
Read more here: US Dakota War

9-18-09, Changing

already...

09-17-09, Morning Glories

By the front door at home and outside Java Jack's

09-16-09, Sunkissed?

Same bike path,
opposite direction.
(see 9-10-09)

09-15-09, Heavy fruit

09-14-09, Sunset

Sunset over Penn Avenue

09-13-09, Night pods

09-12-09, Son-Shine

My son, Ian, on a beautiful day.
St. Peter, MN

09-11-09, sage+feather

Pheasant feather found in a patch of sage.

09-10-09, Sun-Surprise

Bike path between Lake Calhoun and Lake of the Isles, Minneapolis.

09-09-09, Day One

A good day for Beginnings.