ShyDandelion

Happy accidents are the best

A close up photo of a bumble bee on a cone flower. There are a few cone flowers in the background as well as a blurry road bridge in the distant background.

Witnessing a gathering. 🐝📸🌸

#bee
#flowers
#alttext

A calm and glassy lake with fog dusting the far water. A prairie hill and trees hug the lake shore and the horizon. Whisps of clouds look like embers because the hidden, rising sun tells the world "Good morning".

Foggy dawn
🌄📸

#maplewoodstatepark
#kayaking
#fog
#minnesota
#alttext

A close up photo of a thistle flower with a fishing hook stuck in it in the background you can see green foliage and you can see very sharp thistle thorns in the foreground.

A photo of a glassy River with reeds in the background and clouds off in the distance as well as a forest off in the distance a clear blue sky highlighted on the mirrored Waters edge.

A thistle string enough to to the hook from fishing line and a beautiful night.

#foundthimgs
#minnesota
#weeds

A photo of a jellyfish washed ashore, surrounded be seaweed and rocks. Clouds and sea seed fill the background.

A photo of a Seattle shore, with pebbled beach and cloudy skies. Some forest making an appearance in some of the background.

When you look closer.

Photo of the stage and audience at an All American Rejects concert. The band is on stage performing with stage lights that partly illuminate the crowd. The strongest lights give off a lens flare while the spotlight illuminates the lead singer.

@allamericanrejects.bsky.social
Played the Red River Valley Fair last Friday night and I became a fan. Engaging, genuine, 🔥.

"you have the people, and then, the people" 😜 IYKYK

#bestconcert
#wheresmikey
#photography

Sunset colored sky with an airplane hovers over a city at night. The perspective is from the center of a city street, taken at dusk, with traffic, jaywalkers, streetlights and buildings in focus.

A surprise airplane photo bombed my midle-of-the-street photo. It made my photo better. 📸🌃

#city
#fargo
#photography
#alttext

A photo of a lady slipper orchid, which has white upper petals and a lower "slipper" shaped bulbous thingy that is pink with white striations. It is a side-profile photo and there is green grass in background.

I am always excited when I stumble across these beauties. 🌸📸
Minnesota's lady slipper blooms in late June through early July.

#ladyslipper
#minnesota
#wildorchid

Love this composition and the color on the boats 😍

Photo of a cloudy day with green trees in the background and a pond as the focus with tall grasses in the foreground.

Photo of a pond with tall grasses and trees in the background. Lots of green in this photo.

Close-up photo of water vegetation including growth similar to lily pads but smaller and tall grasses in the background.

Finally posting some pics from my Seattle trip.

Visited the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge with @markglad.bsky.social during my trip and had fun with my Galaxy zoom options on my phone camera. 1x, 3x, 10x zoom of the same scene shown below.

#refuge
#lilypads
#photography
#alttext

No Kings. It should be a non-partisan goal. But here we are.

#supportdemocracy
#processmatters

Reminder: Protesting is a protected right in the U.S.. Journalists have a right to gather and report information in the U.S..

Propaganda is real. Vet your sources, review all footage and images critically.

Oppressors will try to make the oppressed look violent to control the narrative.

Photo of the lake with a sunrise and glare effects from the sun and the sun's reflections on the water. The tip of a kayak is in the bottom of the photo. The sun is leaking up above the trees on the shoreline.

A photo of two loons on a lake with a cloudy sky and a tree-lined lake shore in the distance. The lake water is not calm but not fierce either.

Kayaking pics from the last few days.

#minnesota
#kayaking
#lakelife
#loon
#sunrise
#alttext

A photo of a gnarly tree in the forest during summer. Bright green leaves and blue sky peeking through the canopy.

A photo of a forest trail with remnants of last fall's leaf-drop. Blue sky perks through the canopy.

A photo of a dead tree stump on the edge of a lake with a new tree growing through the rotten stump.

Pics from today's hike.

#hiking
#forest
#lake
#minnesota

A photo of a lake, with reeds as a boundary of the lake and stormy clouds off on the horizon.

A photo of a lake with a boundary of cattails and storm clouds on the horizon.

A redwing black bird among cattails with storm clouds brewing in the background.

Kayaking just before rain today.

#kayak
#minnesota
#lakelife
#alttext

A photo of a candle, half eaten. The inside shows more air pockets that preferred in a canelé, but not bad for a 2nd attempt. There are other canelés in the background cooling on a wire rack.

A photo of Canelés cooling on a wire rack. The sheen of the buttery crust is very visible.

Today's adventure was Caneles. A french treat that I first tried in Ireland last year.

#caneles
#dessert
#alttext

Border Collie and Lab mix? Our Murdoch had the same coloring. I did a double take on this video. Love the sound in the video.

Alt text on fourth photo didn't come through 😭. It is a photo of Lily pads under water on the lake bottom with some already having emerged to float on the surface.

A photo of a lake edge border e by tall reeds with green trees in the background. A very blue sky with whisps of clouds. The lake surface has only small ripples.

A photo of a lily pad on the surface of a lake and you can see the lake bottom fairly clearly with sun ripples and shadows decorating the lake bottom.

A photo of a kayaker on a lake with blue sky, whisps of clouds, and a sun glare crossing the blue sky. The water is calm with some ripples.

An epic day for kayaking. 🛶📸

#minnesota
#kayak
#lake
#lilypad
#alttext

1950's, can't spot the location though

That is one stunning dandelion! 🌼

A close-up of a yellow tulip from above looking down into the petals.

A teeny, tiny, micro yellow daffodil among grasses.

A close-up photo of an unopened pink and green tulip with some raindrops on the head.

Happy Mother's Day

#tulips
#daffodil
#alttext

A single tulip not yet emerged from its bud phase.

Photo of the base of a spring rhubarb plant. The stems are bright red and the leaves are a stunning green. A single rhubarb stem with folded leaf is just emerging while surrounded by already-emerged branches of rhubarb.

Signs of spring that make me happy. 📸🌷🥬

#spring
#alttext
#rhubarb
#tulip

A photo of a single bookshelf with an odd variety of book titles showing as well as little vinyl figurines of Duo from Duolingo.

A book shelf speaks volumes about the owner.

Some read, some TBR, some DNF.

#bookshelf
#duo

I don't know you, but Congratulations 🎉! My son and daughter were wrapped in the same patterned blanket when they were born. They are now 18 and 16 🥴

You say "Curious", I say "Cheeky" or "Sly" or whatever the word is for "Girl, please" ☺️.

#captionthis

Close up photo of a frog with his eyes open resting in dried grasses.

Photo of dried grasses with a frog that is camouflaged so well, he is hidden.

Bullfrog camouflage

I almost stepped on this guy 😬. He was so well-hidden.

#frog #bullfrog #camouflage #photography #alttext

Thank you!

Screen capture of a mobile phone camera gallery with the heading "Yesterday". The pictures are all of sunrises. Some photos have hearts on them because the photo has been marked as favorites.

Was up with my teen daughter at 6 am yesterday to walk down to the river.

At one point, I said she should take her phone out to capture the beautiful sunrise. She said, "I have photos like this already."

My response: "Said no photographer ever."

Photo of a lake at sunrise. There is a small building close to the shore and you can see reeds and tall grasses in the foreground and a treeline in the background with an orange sky reflected on the lake water.

#sunrise pic from yesterday. The sun always looks "painted" in my #samsunggalaxy photos.

📸🌅