minnesota ~ Moving to Freedom

15 February 2010

Frosted Over

We woke up to some beautiful frost on Saturday; all of the trees coated in white. I took a few pictures, but my bland suburban lot and poor photography skills didn't make for anything share-worthy.
But then I received this in my inbox:
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A winter wonderland. I like the lone deer in the foreground.
This [...]

by Scott Carpenter on 15 February 2010 at 3:28 pm
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6 July 2009

Beware the Bronze Birch Borer

We're under attack! From the Bronze Birch Borer beetle. We trimmed off dead branches and removed the fourth trunk from this clump yesterday but couldn't reach the dead stuff at the top of one of the trees. Here's what it looks like when these guys get to your beloved paper birch and start killing it [...]

by Scott Carpenter on 6 July 2009 at 8:10 pm
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27 September 2008

A Crossing @ Afton State Park, MN

We're having a beautiful September here in Minneapolis. Yesterday my wife and I visited Afton State Park for the first time, where we found pleasant weather and good trails.
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by Scott Carpenter on 27 September 2008 at 8:25 pm
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23 August 2008

Images from the 2008 Minnesota State Fair

Mmmm... French Fries
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by Scott Carpenter on 23 August 2008 at 5:38 pm
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28 July 2008

Is this Poison Ivy?

We went camping about a month ago and I was blessed by the loving touch of Toxicondendron radicans; the dreaded poison ivy. It took about two weeks for the rash on my legs to run its course, during which time I told myself it was preferable over two other Minnesota attractions: Lyme disease or [...]

by Scott Carpenter on 28 July 2008 at 4:44 am
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8 November 2007

At the St. Paul Curling Club

Lunch today at The Happy Gnome and then a walk across the parking lot to the St. Paul Curling Club for a couple of hours of curling. The Happy Gnome is a nice little restaurant and bar (although I apologize for their web site which seems to be all Flash). Went back afterwards [...]

by Scott Carpenter on 8 November 2007 at 10:18 pm
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5 October 2007

Cascade River, again

From the same beautiful day as the last picture: Cascade River State Park, Minnesota, on the North Shore of Lake Superior.
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by Scott Carpenter on 5 October 2007 at 5:11 pm
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22 September 2007

Cascade River State Park, Minnesota

Cascade River State Park, Minnesota, on the North Shore of Lake Superior.
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by Scott Carpenter on 22 September 2007 at 10:46 am
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2 September 2007

Photopost: Minnesota Aspens in Summer

From the same Aspen family featured in Autumn in Northern Minnesota and More Minnesota Aspens in Fall.
My wife thinks I take too many pictures of these trees.
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Previous free aspen pictures were taken with a 2 mega-pixel Olympus D-520 camera. [...]

by Scott Carpenter on 2 September 2007 at 12:15 am
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14 July 2007

Lake Superior Rocky and Pebbly Shoreline

Penguin Pete wrote a nice tutorial on how to make 3D pebbles in the GIMP. I haven't tried the howto yet but trust that it will explain things very well.
He wrote "Grab an example image of pebbles or rocks from online/creative-commons works. Since we're only going to be sampling them for a few pixels, [...]

by Scott Carpenter on 14 July 2007 at 9:56 am
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