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Road trip through Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming, and South Dakota.

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Spring throughout Minnesota

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Winter bleeds into Spring in Minnesota

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Winter camping/ski trip in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area of northern Minnesota

Here are a few photos from a winter camping and cross country ski trip with a friend to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area near Ely, MN. We had some lovely weather aside from every lake having a layer of slush to ski through and it was a unique experience for me as my first trip the the BWCA. Luckily we had a packed trail from dog sled teams to carry us over the slush for most of the skiing.

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Winter Hoarfrost in Minnesota

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Woodworking

Fall Woodworking Update

Here are a few project updates for my new woodworking projects this year. I tried to make a few new ideas including a burning log lamp and wood sided bags. I hope you enjoy the update!

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2018 Show Schedule

July 1st   Brainerd Arts in the Park

July 14th   Moose Lake Arts in the Park/Agate Days

July 27th – 29th   Ely Blueberry Festival

August 4th – 5th   Grand Rapids Tall Timber Days

September 8th   Little Falls Arts in the Park

September 29th   Crosslake Arts in the Park

October 6th – 7th   Stillwater, Rivertown Fall Art Festival

November 9th – 10th   Owatonna Santa’s Cellar

 

You can find me at all of these shows this summer if  you are interested in seeing my photography or woodworking in person!

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Summer Woodworking Projects II

This is a Shou Sugi Ban charred cedar breakfast table with white pine trim and metal hairpin legs. Shou Sugi Ban is a Japanese style of wood finishing involving charring cedar wood planks in order to protect the wood from insects, weather, and fire and providing a unique dark look to the wood which contrasts nicely with the light pine surround.

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Summer Woodworking Projects

Here is a quick update of a few of my recent woodworking projects from this spring and summer. The coffee table, sofa table, jewelry box, and magnetic knife block are made from black walnut wood which my great-grandfather cut and milled decades ago from our family farm in southern Minnesota. The oak desk/breakfast table is made from live edge wood that we milled with a chainsaw from an old dead oak tree on the same farm/woodlands of our family. The interesting character to the wood is from partial rot, weather damage, and insects and makes for a very unique piece.

 

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Road Trip through England and Scotland

I recently had the opportunity to road trip around England and Scotland with my English friend James and his wonderful, and convenient, driving and tour-guiding. We managed to drive around the United Kingdom; visiting London, Canterbury, Winchester, Oxford, Stonehenge, The Cotswolds, Birmingham, The Lake District, Hadrian’s wall, Edinburgh, Glencoe, the Isle of Skye, John o’ Groats, Inverness, Loch Ness, Lindisfarne, York, Sutton Hoo, Canewdon, and Southend on Sea, as well as many, many stops along the way. This was a wonderful journey with great history, architecture, landscapes, and natural beauty to photograph along the way.