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Category Archives: Photography
Fancy Coffee Friday: Go Take a Hike at…
Forestville/Mystery Cave State Park in Preston, MN. Weeks ago I wrote a post about a camping adventure I took with friends where we saw Yoda in the forest and I promised to write more about the park, etc. So here … Continue reading
Fancy Coffee Friday: Costa Rican Vacation, Part 2 – This is for The Birds
Want to catch the intro, part one or the final installment? Follow the links! I’m a bit of a bird nerd – that is, a birdwatcher – and have been since I was young. Growing up, we had an old … Continue reading
MLiP Wednesday: First Ride of the Year
I admit that I’m a wimp when it comes to the weather – particularly any weather that threatens cold temps, rain, wind, high temps and humidity. Bicycling weather has a narrow window and I like to stick to that window. … Continue reading
MLiP Wednesday: February cruise on Carnival Liberty
I think I’ve reached that point in life where even though I carry around my Canon 30D nearly everywhere, I don’t take nearly as many photos unless I’m specifically going somewhere “to take photos”. Such was the case aboard the … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Musings, Personal, Photography, Travel
Tagged Carnival, Carnival Cruise, Carnival Cruise Line, Carnival Cruise Lines, Carnival Cruises, cockburn town, cuttlefish, dune buggy, grand turk, half moon cay bahamas, havensight st thomas, humpback whales, jack's shack, jerk chicken, life boats, minions, Old San Juan, paso finos, san juan puerto rico, snorkeling, turks and caicos, vacation
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MLiP Wednesday: Ice Caves at Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
It was last minute… or last opportunity rather, to see the ice caves at Apostle Islands National Lakeshore in Cornucopia, WI. My cousin put the bug in my ear to make the almost-seven hour drive to the northern tip of … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Outdoors, Personal, Photography, Travel
Tagged America's Best Value Inn Hayward, Angry Minnow, apostle Islands national lakeshore, ashland wi, cornucopia wisconsin, Deep Water Grille, Gabriele's German Cookies & Chocolates, gluten free, hard cider, Ice Caves, ice-racing, king of the bay, Norske Nook, Siskiwit falls, South Shore Brewery
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MLiP Wednesday: Azena Photography
So for those who just started following along, you may not have noticed (or read anywhere in the multiple places I have it listed) that sometimes I model. That’s right. Model. Blue Steel. Normally on MLiP (My Life in Pictures) … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Modeling, Personal, Photography
Tagged azena photography, blue steel, boudoir, Hillary Schave, madison wi, madison wisconsin, MLiP Wednesday, model, model education forum, photography, wedding, zoolander
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Sunday Morning: Hiking and Minor Hiccups
It occurred to me that I’d not done a “Go Take a Hike Sunday” for a while and Mr. Muse and I had done just that a couple Sunday’s ago. I live in Wisconsin’s Driftless Region, and we have some … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, Blogging, Hiking, Personal, Photography, Random Thoughts
Tagged Alton Brown's Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies, American Players Theatre, canon 30d, Canon EF 70-200 Zoom Lens, Crafting the Personal Essay, Driftless Area, Go take a hike Sunday, Pillsbury gluten free pie and pastry dough, Spring Green WIsconsin, Strange Trip Times, The Elements of Style, Tower Hill State Park, Who to Not Write Bad, Wisconsin Driftless Region, Wisconsin River Valley
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*Knock Knock* Who’s there? Would you like to make a pledge?
Yes, yes you would like to make a pledge. Here is the crux of the matter. My friend Richard Allen is looking to fulfill his dreams of a photo studio and upgrade some camera equipment with some better, used equipment. … Continue reading
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Tagged black cherry kamikazes, crowd funding, donate, donate money, frozen custard, INdieGoGo, Kopp's Custard, Kopp's Frozen Custard, Kopp's Frozen Custard Bluemound Road, model education forum, model educator, Model Mayhems TheLIST, model mentor, Perceptions Edge Photography, photography
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MLiP Wednesday: Captured
Sometimes, as we hike through life, we should look down; if we don’t, we may miss the start of something beautiful. Right now, this is just an ant that got caught in some tree sap, but if this little wonder … Continue reading
MLiP Wednesday: Little Green and Adorable
Sometimes you find little creatures crawling on you and even though you’ve been camping, you still wonder when they got on you. This one appears to be a baby member of the Walking Stick family. I found this walking on … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Musings, Personal, Photography, Random Thoughts
Tagged phasmotodea, photography, Rocky Arbor State Park, walking stick, walking sticks, Wisconsin Dells
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Musings of the Amusing Muse 