Minnesota River Flooding – St. Peter, Minnesota
Last week, much of Minnesota received massive amounts of rain. Many areas have been declared a disaster by Governor Mark Dayton. While St. Peter definitely isn’t the most flooded area in the state,...
View ArticleACO Silo without a Barn
Yesterday my family and I were headed from Mankato to Nicollet to stock up our freezer at Schmidt’s Meat Market. About half way there, I spied an ACO silo! (If you haven’t seen my first post about ACO...
View ArticleMinnesota Vikings Training Camp 2014
This time of the year, it’s super fun to live in Mankato because the Minnesota Vikings have their training camp at our local university – Minnesota State University, Mankato. The town turns into purple...
View ArticleInstagram Project 365 | January 1-4
It’s a new year and with it brings so many new memories to capture! Not only am I recommitting to blogging more, I am excited to be starting a new project… a 365 Instagram project with a great group...
View ArticleIt’s all about family | Maggie Lu & Penny Marie
So in early December we were presented with the opportunity to adopt Penny, Maggie’s sister from the same litter! At first we didn’t think we wanted a second dog, but after much thought (okay, let’s be...
View ArticleInstagram Project 365 | January 5-11
I hope you enjoy this week’s images from my iPhone Instagram project 365! If you missed my first post and are wondering what a 365 is, you can see it here. So this week was especially exciting...
View ArticleInstagram Project 365 | January 12-18
I’ve been having so much fun with this Project 365. I didn’t have a chance to play with my PhotoJoJo lenses this week, but I still got some fun shots none-the-less. So Sarah from My Four Hens...
View ArticleInstagram Project 365 | January 19-February 1
Hello there! I’m overdue for a blog post for this project. I’m just starting week 4 of a college algebra class and it is literally sucking up all my time! Thankfully I am still getting my daily...
View ArticleInstagram Project 365 | February 2-19
So today you get a couple week’s worth of images. It’s been a busy few weeks… and so very cold here in Minnesota. We had a scare with my mother-in-law’s health two weekend’s ago and I’m still working...
View ArticleInstagram Project 365 | February 20-April16
Here’s a long overdue blog post…. you’ll get over 1 1/2 months of images in this post! Please scan through them… you won’t be disappointed! Ha! So, I finally finished my college algebra class a...
View ArticleWinter Nature in Cleveland, Minnesota
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View ArticleLe Sueur Pioneer Power 2014
Every year, my dad business, Mark’s Carburetor, sells at the Le Sueur Pioneer Power Show. While a big portion of this show is tractor parts, there is a large flea market and antique section. My...
View ArticleMinnehaha Falls – Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minnehaha Falls is a 53 foot waterfall located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. I remembered visiting the falls as a young child, and always dreamed of the day I’d see it again. And finally, 30ish years...
View ArticleACO Silos in Southern Minnesota
About a month ago, an amazing friend of mine traveled to Minnesota from Michigan to visit me. We went on many adventures, and of course I took a lot of pictures! Since we are both avid Little House...
View ArticleIngalls Dugout Site – Laura Ingalls Wilder – Walnut Grove, Minnesota
So as I mentioned in my last post, my friend and I are huge Little House on the Prairie fans so it was super exciting to visit Walnut Grove. One of our favorite parts of our visit was seeing the...
View ArticleInstagram iPhone Project 366 .:January 2016:.
It’s been a very long time since I’ve blogged (gosh, almost a year), and I’ve missed it. I have so much to share here on my blog. This past year was a fun one with some great images taken and I’ve...
View ArticleColfax Avenue – Denver, Colorado (June 2015)
In June 2015, I traveled to Colorado to visit some friends. I’d never been there before and not only was I excited to see my friends, and I was super excited to see beautiful mountains for the first...
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