Where I've been and what I've learned along the way…
I recently made it back to my “homestead” in extreme Northern Minnesota to visit my friend Peter. One of our projects was to rehab the old sauna on our original property. It took us half a day to cut down trees, brush out the chimney, and clean up after the critters who had been using it as winter quarters for the past ten years. But it was worth it to have a real wood-fired Finnish bath!
I had the opportunity to visit Stowe Vermont for a recent conference. We had our afternoons free and took mountain bikes along Rock Brook and hiked to The Pinnacle (both popular local attractions). I was able to take several HDR photos of the flowing water. We also saw several interesting plants along the way, including Indian Pipe (Monotropa uniflora) a flowering plant that has no chlorophyll and lives more like a mushroom. It is related to blueberries oddly enough!
