a spectacle!

of seagulls! waiting to eat at a restaurant called Ivar's, we were able to pass the time by feeding the gulls and trying to get out of swooping range when they'd come horning in for a fry of piece of bread. my dad helped me with baiting a few of these guys, but it worked. it bloody worked!

"it is a gift, accept it."

and you realize, you've been held up this whole time.

a collage of colorado

muffintuffs

i miss mine.

boulder, colorado

...and i'll have spent almost a week here! leaving today and onward to seattle, washington.

independence day

like most of my fourth of julys, this one was spent with my family at our cabin (though we missed lindsay and ben!). our cabin is on george lake, which is two miles outside of new london spicer, where we go to watch the fireworks on green lake. this year we watched (and almost participated in) a boat parade, went tubing, and watched the fireworks. my mom still "ooh'd" and "aah'd" and we even got to stay for the entire finale instead of running frantically for the car with my dad well in the lead yelling, "we've got to beat the traffic!"

'twas a good fourth.

:)

i did it! huzzah!

finally! taken in beautiful and sunny boulder, colorado.

flight of the bumblebee

spending time in my mothers garden (and my what a beautiful garden she has!).

i WILL capture a bee in flight, crisply, and perfectly. and without getting stung.

just buzzin' around

back in minnesota and hanging out with the bees in my yard. this messy little guy got pollen all over himself.

p-p-p-pea!

this is a pea. it is the juvenile version of the smooth trunkfish. they are literally the size of a pea and probably the cutest thing i've seen underwater thus far. the fins and tail are translucent at this stage so it's just a little black ball bobbin' around and peckin' away with those cute little lips.

adiós roátan

pederson cleaner shrimp

this shot was taken with the canon g11, which is going to be my newest purchase when i get home. i'm leaving roátan for a month. today was my last day of diving.

:(