Photo by John Cross

Bovine House Call: A small herd of beef cattle express mild
curiosity about me as they enjoy the sunshine on the lawn of an
old deserted farm site south of Mankato.

Photo by Gary Cooper

  Going through the Rockie mountains

Photo by Jenna Hiniker

My cat Poppy loves playing with her bergan starchaser cat toy after
I sprinkle it with a little bit of catnip. :-)

Photo by Jenna Hiniker

My cat Poppy loves playing with her bergan starchaser cat toy after
I sprinkle it with a little bit of catnip. :-)

Photo by Bob Bunde

Louie Bunde's deer of a lifetime!

Photo by Gary Cooper

  Sundown

Photo by Gary Cooper

  Frost in the morning

Photo by Jack Madsen

Looking to the Light: Right outside your door this morning . . .Oh, so beautiful!

Photo by Gary Cooper

  FROSTY MORNING  ON THE PRAIRIE

Photo by Gary Cooper

An old barn on the edge of Good Thunder

Photo by Jack Madsen

Pier Pressure

Looks good, but will it hold for another hundred years?

Photo by Jack Madsen

alor Remembered:

His name obscured by time, he fought (and died?) at Shiloh. A
member of the Minnesota First Regiment, now he lies in the
shadowed quiet of a pioneer cemetery in McPherson Township.

Photo by Arun Vijay

Spring 2011 - flood on the side of Highway 169.

Photo by Arun Vijay

Linnaeus Arboretum at Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter

Photo by Jenna Hiniker

A picture I took of colorful fall leaves along the sidewalk.

Photo by Jenna Hiniker

I originally took a photograph of my funfetti birthday cake. I did
some graphic design with it and this what I came up with! :)

Photo by Jenna Hiniker

I took a photograph of a tree at Sibley Park. When I took the
photograph, I focused on the tree branches. I did some graphic
design with this photograph. The finished design turned out to
resemble a butterfly. :-)

Successful hunt - Tony Cornish

Rep. Tony Cornish and his son, Gabe, pose with the eight-point buck the lawmaker bagged Nov. 10, while hunting on his farm near the Blue Earth River.

Photo by Jack Madsen

Deep Valley: Our Town, Steeped in History

Photo by Jack Madsen

Old Main in Retirement

Photo by Jack Madsen

Towers of Faith

Photo by Rick Pepper

Photos taken from 2000 - 2004 showing progress
of the Victory Drive and Raintree Road expansion projects.

February 14, 2004 Looking northeast across Thompson
Ravine, the new Victory Drive bridge is well under way in the
foreground.

Photos by Rick Pepper

Photos taken from 2000 - 2004 showing progress
of the Victory Drive and Raintree Road expansion project.

November 1, 2003 The new Victory Drive bridge that
spans Thompson Ravine under construction (looking north/northwest).

Photo by Rick Pepper

Old photos from the Victory Drive Expansion, 2000-2004

May 11, 2000 A track-hoe helps a struggling mover's
truck to remove a Ivy Lane house (Kozitza's) out onto the former
Ivy Lane roadway.

Photo by Gary Cooper

Rapidan Dam, 2011

Photo by Arun Vijay

A scene from Minneopa State Park

Photo by Arun Vijay

Mankato Place Mall

Photo by Gary Cooper

All that chrome

Anderson trucking reflections - Gary Cooper

  Anderson trucking reflections

Photo by Gary Cooper

A Very Special Meeting - Jack Madsen

Between Two Worlds: My Trophy Buck

There is a mystery to this deer that draws attention to itself. In him we have a glimpse of another world. His world --  which is very different from ours. What is it like to be him? What things does he know? What things frighten him or give him comfort and security. But the glimpse was so fleeting. In a moment he disappeared into the darkness of that pathway in the center of the picture (Did you notice it?). He was gone without a trace, and it would have been futile to try to follow him. But now I have that moment when we saw each other in a special place between our worlds.

Photo by Jack Madsen