The tulips on the south side of the house finally broke out of their slumber and have joined the lilacs in beautifying my yard.

It was a great night: a soft, creeping fog... a bright full moon overhead... cool refreshing darkness... the picture doesn't do it justice.

A beautiful rainbow appeared over the grain elevators early Saturday evening. This isn't a spectacular shot, in my opinion, but rainbows are fleeting and I caught this one to share (ok, did that sound cheesy or what?)

A simply beautiful day capped with a beautiful sunset.
I really am liking how the Sony P71 saturates colors. I mean, look at those yellow and reds and oranges. Wow. Yet it doesn't blow them out of whack. Just right almost every single time.

Amazing what a few warm days will do to the plant life around my house - grass is growing, leaves have appeared out of nowhere and the lilacs have started to bloom.

Neon ampersand at night.

Finally some nicer weather and the ability to sit out on the patio in back of Grumpy's downtown. A gorgeous spring night.

All the trees and flowers are in full bloom in Woodstock, NY. Fragrant and beautiful. This one is having a private moment with a bee.

We ate lunch at the Mountain Gate restaurant in Woodstock, NY on Saturday. I love samosas.

Crossing the Hudson River at night heading towards Poughkeepsie, NY.

A hippie-ish fellow was ambling around the town of Woodstock, NY, with this crazy homemade rickshaw. For a ten-spot you could ride around on hippie-power (he hooked himself into the harness) and listen to his goofy pan-pipe music he'd tootle out while hauling you through the streets. Looked like fun but we didn't try it.

Flying over the heartland on the way out to New York state. I believe this is the farmlands of eastern Wisconsin.

At the Spring Dance Party the other night I toured part of the rest of the building and discovered a "butterfly ranch" in one of the upper offices. Here they raise numerous butterflies for release into the wild or for release at events like weddings, etc. Quite interesting. They allow a person to go into the environment and interact with the fluttery creatures. Neat. You might even get to feed them (Gatorade).

This is the view of the St. Anthony Falls area in downtown Minneapolis. I am standing on the Hennepin Avenue Bridge looking towards the East and this picture is actually a composite of three separate photos. Click the image to see a larger version of it in a pop-up window!

Documented proof of the, uh, squirrely (sorry) techniques used by squirrels to get to the tasty morsels in the bird feeders. I had to be very stealthy and take the photo through the blinds of my window. Oh, and this picture is from a few weeks ago -- the snow has actually melted as of a few days back.