Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

These pictures were taken today. The weather was somewhat hazy.

_{*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

_{*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

(Fantastic colors - less fantastic original image; I had the worng settings, so lots of post-processing)

_{*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

_{*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

_{*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

any pros want to give feedback for which one works better for them, and why?

thanks

'The history of public debt is full of irony. It rarely follows our ideas of order and justice.' Thomas Piketty

(taken by my daughter)

'The history of public debt is full of irony. It rarely follows our ideas of order and justice.' Thomas Piketty

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

Not too bad, but I'm inordinately proud of it since it's the first real shot I 've got from that thing since building it. I think I need a more modern lense for outside work though ... the one I have flares horribly.

Things to do while walking in a big circle waiting for Christopher to nod off in his sling. He's an accomplished sleep evader already.

The leaves of a mighty burr oak were still lacy and delicate yesterday.

The cemetery at Valley Grove is being decorated for Memorial Day.

Our restoration project lumbers toward completion.  Nothing like a coat of paint.

This may not look like much of an accomplishment, but here's a picture of that rotten corner we were dealing with last winter.

Here was the rotten structure being rebuilt.

Minnesota was 150 years old as a state this spring.  Our restored piece of evidence that the Nordic people settled here turns 146 years old.  It should last at least another 146 thanks to our efforts this winter.

"Remember the I35W bridge--who needs terrorists when there are Republicans"

Different perspektive!

In the villa's rose-garden:

In the villa's gardens:

View from the villa - ah, let's go the other way:

Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner - that I moved to Nice.

I have no idea how Christopher ended up a blur, because I'm almost certain that's wide open so the shutter speed must have been high.