A much needed morning in the country

While I should be going through my images from June for my June Image Dump post, I am doing a quick post about my ride in the country yesterday. It was muggy. It was wet feeling. It was foggy and moody. It was just awesome. I really needed that. The recipe for life depicted in […]

My favorite places

I grew up in MN. Trips to Lake Superior were special. I remember the first time I saw Gooseberry Falls. I remember the first time I tried to swim in Lake Superior. I remember the first time at Split Rock Lighthouse and the endless supply of skipping rocks. I could go on and on with […]

Worth waiting for – The forgotten roll of film

Well…..After 4 months I finally developed a roll of film that I started back at the end of February of 2014. When I saw the prints I was once again blown away. Man do I love film. Yeah, these shots below are not 100% sharp, perfectly focused or developed/printed perfectly. Nope. I know folks can […]

Riding with my son

Last Friday I had this great plan. I was planning on working, riding my bike then going to take photos at the pro cycling race that was in town. Somewhere around 5:00 my plan was foiled when I realized I left my camera bag at work in my workspace. Dang it. Fortunately, my neighbor called […]

May 2014 Image Dump – Wow, what a month!

As I sat down tonight to review images and memories from May, I knew I had a busy month but until I looked at the images, I didn’t realize just how much I did. I had to trim the pictures quite a bit or we’d have to break these up into two posts. I really […]

Chasing Clouds

I just wrote a couple of days ago about the lesson of taking advantage of what you have rather than focus on what you don’t have. So when my son’s soccer tournament was cancelled due to rain and weather, I took the opportunity to go for a much needed, longer ride in the country. Ahhhh….A […]

April 2014 Image Dump

April was a busy month for me and the Gnat family. Lot’s going on. I finally finished Big Blue (my new Fargo Ti) and did my best to get out as often as I could. April was still cold though, much colder than normal but I made it work anyhow. On the family front, we […]

Friday Ride Stoke – 1 mile

I am back today with a Friday Ride Stoke entry. I’ve been riding quite a bit more and while I may not have something super for every Friday, I certainly plan to post Friday Ride Stokes when I do. Today is one of my favorites. I call it 1-Mile. I have ridden past this spot countless […]

Spring bike racing photo project

Despite the snow happening at the moment I write this, it is spring here in MN. Spring means cold, wet and early season racing. Here in MN we get anxious to get out. Many train all winter for THE START of the season. Last night kicked off the Minnesota State Fairground crit series. Some folks […]

A Day In The Country – 04-06-14

While I had high hopes to share some thoughts, images and experiences with my Surly Krampus, I just never got to it because I got distracted by the incredible weather outside. I could have taken another hour to finish my new Salsa Fargo, but I did not have time. My window of opportunity would have […]

Campagnolo Peanut Butter Wrenches

I have been interested in Tumblr for some time. I’ve played around with it as a visual and creative diary. Much like blogs and other forms of social networking, it sort of has it’s own culture and group of folks that follow it. I find myself using Tumblr more and more to research specific tags. […]

Back in the saddle

I finally got back in the saddle after taking some time. It seems I have an internal ride barometer that keeps me centered and grounded. I needed some time away from the bike to come back to it motivated. My ride wasn’t spectacular in length or difficulty nor did it feel very good physically. In […]

Why I do it – The People

Not long ago I posted this, Why I do it. It was a post declaring why I do what I do. Why do I spend hours of time and my own money to develop, maintain and keep my blog going? Well…That little post got me going. Why I do it is going to be a […]

2012 Film Project – 2 months & 3 rides

It seams I have fizzled a bit on my film project. It’s not that I haven’t been thinking about it nor is it because I no longer enjoy film. Nope. Not at all. I just was planning for my trip to California and knowing I was not going to shoot film on that trip, I […]

My 2012 Film Project – February

I know it is mid March but I just got around to scanning my film from February. I made it a second month. I have to be honest, it wasn’t easy this past month as I struggled a bit not with film, but with my photographic mojo. It just wasn’t happening for me. I had […]