This morning, my mom and I brought Fannie and Missy to Carver Park Reserve Off-Leash Dog Park in Victoria, Minnesota, for Fannie’s first visit to a dog park. As I say in this post from 2021, this was also Pugsley’s first dog park.
My mom and I took Fannie and Missy to Centennial Lakes Park in Edina, Minnesota, for the first time (at least for Fannie) this evening.
Unfortunately, my mom dropped Fannie’s leash as she was conversing with other pedestrians, causing Fannie to bolt approximately 100 feet along the man-made pond. Luckily, a Good Samaritan caught up with Fannie and stopped her from going any farther—avoiding a potentially dangerous situation with the water.
These four photos were taken between 5:56 and 6:15 p.m.
Fannie on a sidewalkFannie on the sidewalk near a boulder. It was a boulder like this one that helped the Good Samaritan catch Fannie’s leash and potentially save her life.Fannie and Missy check out some flowersFannie on a sidewalk after her misadventure
Beginning today, we are having an Indian summer in the Twin Cities.
My definition of Indian summer is simple. It is after the first hard frost when it is unseasonably warm and dry. The next four days will be Indian summer as well, with high temperatures of around 60 degrees Fahrenheit on all of these days.
I decided to photograph this year’s Indian summer today, as I don’t believe it happens every year. I took these photos at Lake Ann Park in Chanhassen, Minnesota, from 4:02 to 4:09 p.m.
Mom and MissyMom and Missy IIMom and Missy by Lake Ann
It’s probably been over five years since I last used Photoshop. I even had a blog devoted to editing photos in Linux, which is possible but not nearly as feature-rich. As of this morning, I’m excited to announce that I’m back on board with Adobe! In addition to Photoshop, Lightroom is included with my subscription. The total cost is $10 a month—a steal in my opinion.
Here are 10 photos I took this morning around my neighborhood from 9:50 to 10:10 a.m. to test out Lightroom—of which I’m a first-time user—and Photoshop.
Missy and Pugsley sit on the stairs waiting for mom to come homeSunstars are achieved by stopping down to the smallest aperture, in this case f/22My houseThe leaves on the deciduous trees in my front yard fall later than any of the other trees in my neighborhoodMail truck in my neighborhoodStop sign for leaving my neighborhood on Audubon RoadCrosswalk for the other entrance and exit in my neighborhoodPine tree between my neighborhood and the National Weather Service’s forecast office in the Twin Cities/Chanhassen, MinnesotaDoppler radar at the National Weather Service’s forecast officeThe former house of the late U.S. senator Rod Grams, located along Audubon Road in my neighborhood. He owned all the land in my neighborhood before my family moved there in 1993.
This afternoon, my mom, my puggles, and I visited Centennial Lakes Park in Edina, Minnesota. These photos were taken from 3:13 to 4:10 p.m.
Walking labyrinth/meditation mazePrairie grassPugsleyMissyPugsley and MissyMissyMy mom and our puggles next to a Rotary International clock at the entrance
For my third outing leaf peeping this year, I visited Excelsior, Minnesota, with my mom and our two puggles. I took these photos today from 11:42 a.m. to 12:11 p.m.
Small plane that started flying over the Excelsior Commons as soon we got thereScarecrow in someone’s yardLicks UnlimitedPort of ExcelsiorTommy’s Tonka TrolleyStaircase to a pierPier FourMissy, Pugsley, and my mom
June 1 is the first day of meteorological summer, which is based on the temperature cycle. But some contend the first day of summer is actually June 20–22, the solstice, which is based on the position of Earth in relation to the Sun. In any case, today’s blue sky and fluffy clouds look like summer. I took these photos with my phone.