Photo by Jack Madsen

Reflections of a Wedding Reception, long ago:

Katherine Hubbard and her new husband, Henry Ervin, caught in a
fleeting moment in the hallway mirror.

Photo by Jack Madsen

  A little tree toad usually climbs my kitchen window,
snatching bugs and moths attracted by the light. Tonight he
managed to jump out onto the hummingbird feeder. Do you suppose
he's waiting to ambush a hummingbird in the morning?

A Man of Iron - Jack Madsen

Win Grundmeier was really feeling his oats today. After we finished
taking pictures down below Minneopa Falls, he ran all the way
back up the stone stairway, pounded on his chest, and bragged,
"I'll bet I can push that red oak right on over!" And, by golly,
he did! Here you see the photographic proof!

 

Jack Madsen

Meeting Lisa Kelly from Ice Road Truckers - Holly Mehltretter

 

I am sending these pictures because these two little boys have been playing ice road truckers for quite awhile. I haven't any good pictures of them on their semi though it was amazing how happy Hollis was to meet Lisa Kelly. Names are Hollis Knish (age 4) of Elysian and Tristan Mehltretter (age 4) of Mankato.

 

Grandma Holly Mehltretter of North Mankato

Ice Road Truckers - Holly Mehltretter

 

I am sending these pictures because these two little boys have been playing ice road truckers for quite awhile. I haven't any good pictures of them on their semi though it was amazing how happy Hollis was to meet Lisa Kelly. Names are Hollis Knish (age 4) of Elysian and Tristan Mehltretter (age 4) of Mankato.

 

Grandma Holly Mehltretter of North Mankato

Ice Road Truckers - Holly Mehltretter

 

I am sending these pictures because these two little boys have been playing ice road truckers for quite awhile. I haven't any good pictures of them on their semi though it was amazing how happy Hollis was to meet Lisa Kelly. Names are Hollis Knish (age 4) of Elysian and Tristan Mehltretter (age 4) of Mankato.

 

Grandma Holly Mehltretter of North Mankato

Photo by Sharon Sykora

Photo taken on the Kasota Prairie, July 2011.

A Puddles Perspective - Sara Peterson

"A Puddles Perspective"

Sara Peterson
 
www.sarajanephotography.net
 
 

Farmamerica grant

­ The Board of Directors of the Minnesota Agricultural Interpretive Center ­ Farmamerica was presented, during a recent meeting, with a check for $35,270 from Alliance Pipeline L.P. and its General Partner, Alliance Pipeline Inc. of Calgary, AB, Canada, to help construct a new facility known as the Farmamerica Environmental Education and Prairie/Wetlands Restoration project.   The sponsored portion of the project will be known as the Alliance Pipeline Prairie.  

Shown in the photo/check presentation are l/r front row:  James Gibson, Exec. Director (Farmamerica), Rick Bartlett (Alliance Pipeline-N. Mankato), Kathy Gessner (Janesville, Farmamerica  Board Member), Shannon Bode (Alliance Pipeline-N. Mankato), Edward C. Frederick, Chairman of the Board of Director.  Back row, lr: Farmamerica Board Members: Steve Melcher (Waseca), Bob Zelenka (Eagan), Greg Gosen (Albert Lea), Roy Johnson (Maple Grove), and Greg Bartz, DVM, (Sleepy Eye).

Photo by Jack Madsen

Somewhere, Over the Rainbow

The old Rainbow Bridge, formerly over the Little Cottonwood River
near Cambria in Cambria Township. Vestige of a simpler, quieter
time, still on duty, still beautiful!
This Rainbow Bridge may be the only one of its kind still
standing. The old riverbed was completely buried when the new road
was built. No water flows under this bridge any more. Young lovers
still scratch their names into the lichen -- for posterity.

Photo by Pat Lever

Rainbows over the lake

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Photo by Pat Lever

A sunset over Duck Lake

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Photo by Pat Lever

A hungry blue heron

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Photo by Pat Lever

Baby wood ducks

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Photo by Pat Lever

More gold finches at the feeder

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Photo by Pat Lever

Gold finch were hungry today.

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By: Vincent Ackerman

Toad in a hole

By: Vincent Ackerman

At Vernon Center

Cardinal bullies Gold Finch off feeder - Wayne Comstock

A Cardinal bullies Gold Finch off feeder.


Wayne Comstock
North Mankato

Gold Finch enjoys Cardinal mixed seed - Wayne Comstock

Gold Finch enjoys Cardinal mixed seed.

Wayne Comstock

Northern Hibiscus - Wayne Comstock

Northern Hibiscus enhance a North Mankato Roe Crest Park home.

Wayne Comstock

Photo by Jack Madsen

Molten, white-hot iron pours in a shower of sparks at the Dotson Foundry.

Hog Wild - Jack Madsen

O K, Smile!

Brother Rick Madsen tries to capture the moment with a potbellied
pig at a hobby farm east of Elysian.

The Smiling Boar - Jack Madsen

The Smiling Boar at Ahlman's Gun Shop in Morristown makes people
feel welcome. Pulled pork, anyone?

Base Ball Spectators - Jack Madsen

Kelly Enright and her daughter, Maggie, watch intensely (sort of) as dad participates in the base ball game during the Blue Earth County Fair.

Photo by Wayne Comstock

Backyard visitor

Photo by Arthur Sidner

Ladyslipper

Photo by Arthur Sidner

Grand Marais Morning

Photo by Arthur Sidner

Evening in the bay along the North Shore

Photo by Jack Madsen

Alayna Hawker of Garden City tames a wild horse on the Carousel.

Photo by Jack Madsen

Jerran Merritt proudly shows his champion bunny, "Blues the Bunny,"
Blue Ribbon, Grand Champion, and Red, White, and Blue Ribbon!

Photo by Jack Madsen

Rachel On Fire!: Rachel Osmonson's brother, Tyler, applies the torch at a performance at the Blue Earth County Fair.

Photo by Jack Madsen

Jonathan Brice does the Houdini with the help of a local crane.


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Photo by Jack Madsen

Jonathan Brice does the Houdini with the help of a local crane.


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Photo by Jack Madsen

Escape artist, Jonathan Brice, gets caught in the act at the Blue Earth County Fair.