happy heart day

snowshoe track heart
My Heart is happiest when spending time with the most special people in my life! 😉

lines and curves study

One of the fishing expos we attended in January was housed in the conference center attached to the Renaissance Hotel in Schaumburg, IL. The meeting hall was typically plain but the hotel was strikingly attractive. It’s architecture and decor is unusual and appealing. It provided ample views for a study of lines and curves.

Renaissance Hotel foyer
Renaissance Hotel foyer

staircase
artwork
hallway

lighthouse

One of the stops on our January business trip was at Canal Park, Duluth MN. Our hotel was at the edge of the harbour on Lake Superior. The morning light was so gentle.
superior morning
superior lighthouse

night sky Feb 2013

Thanks for your patience with my lack of posts. My work life almost completely consumes the month of January.
I did have the chance one very cold, windy January evening, to catch the sky begin to brighten with colour as the sun disappeared over the far shore. The wind had been howling all day and had created wave-like ripples on the frozen, snowy lake surface. I knew the streaks of colour might build then vanish in a short time but exposure in the frigid air painfully slowed time.
winter night sky 1
winter night sky 2
winter night sky 3
The shot I took as I headed in to warm up will serve as our February desktop calendar. Enjoy. Alternate screen resolutions can be found here.
free desktop calendar february 2013

Road trip

January finds us on the road as we market our fly-in fishing business in the mid west US. Technology has advanced to the point that we are able to manage our office from our smart phones. The photo below, taken with my iPhone, along with this post is being created and uploaded in a WordPress app!

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on frozen pond

As I post, the truncated 2012-13 NHL season start is still unknown. Meantime, the purest form of the game continues on ponds and lakes and rinks throughout the country.hockey puck on frozen lake

solo skater with stick and puck