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The wisdom of a bench

April 14, 2013 by thirdeyemom

This week’s travel theme by Where’s My Backpack is benches. The beauty of a bench is something sometimes easily missed. Yet for me, as I live in Minnesota, land of 10,000 lakes and many beautiful parks, there are benches everywhere. About these ads

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Categories: BLOGGING, Inspiration, iPhonography, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Other Photo Challenges, PHOTOGRAPHY, Reflection, TRAVEL BY COUNTRY, United States • Tags: Inspiration, Lake Harriet, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Photography, reflection, thirdeyemom, Travel

Weekly Photo Challenge: A day in the life of thirdeyemom

March 29, 2013 by thirdeyemom

Today’s Weekly Photo Challenge is rather fun. The goal is to try to capture a typical day in your life documenting it all on film. Since this month is iPhonography month, I decided to play by the rules and I snapped away shots of a typical weekday in the life of me, thirdeyemom. Today just so happens to be Good Friday which is a holiday. Thus it is not a regular day. My husband has the day off and the […]

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A visual feast at Macy’s Painted Garden

March 28, 2013 by thirdeyemom

This year’s Macy’s Flower Show is a definite stunner to the senses. The theme is The Painted Garden and is inspired by the colorful, brilliant flowers, jewels and market hues of India and Southern Asia. For most Minnesotans like myself, who are literally starved of color right now, the rainbow hues of the Painted Garden offer a visual feast to our hungry eyes. As you walk through the room, all at once you are at peace as you smell the […]

Categories: iPhonography, Minneapolis, Minnesota, PHOTOGRAPHY, TRAVEL BY COUNTRY, United States • Tags: flowers, Gardening, Inspiration, iphonography, macy's flower show, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Photography, Spring, the painted garden, thirdeyemom

Eye candy: A glimpse into the Painted Garden

March 25, 2013 by thirdeyemom

Today I decided that I’d had it with winter. I picked my daughter Sophia up from Kindergarten and we headed to downtown Minneapolis for the Macy’s Painted Garden Orchid Show. It was exactly what the doctor had in order. We stepped inside this tropical paradise on the 8th floor of the Macy’s department store and were transported into a tropical garden more likely found in India or Thailand. Of course, given how much I adore flowers I snapped away like […]

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Spring beckons….

March 22, 2013 by thirdeyemom

I went for run around my beloved lake today and felt the first signs of a long awaited Spring. The sun was beaming down brilliantly, birds were singing in joy and the winter thaw was finally beginning to subside. All I wanted to do was yell and scream in utter, absolute joy! I love the rush of renewal and rebirth that Spring brings. After a very long winter in Minnesota, there is nothing more invigorating and refreshing than the arrival […]

Categories: ACTIVE TRAVEL, BLOGGING, iPhonography, Minneapolis, Minnesota, PHOTOGRAPHY, Running, THE DAILY RUN, TRAVEL BY COUNTRY, United States, Weekly Photo Challenge • Tags: future tense, Lake Harriet, Minneapolis, Minnesota, postaday, Spring, thirdeyemom, Weekly Photo Challenge

A fresh coat of snow in photos

February 14, 2013 by thirdeyemom

Winter is still going strong here in Minnesota and I woke up this morning to the most beautiful coating of white glistening snow I’d seen in months. It was simply spectacular. When the sun caught the gooey, thick droplets of snow, it sparkled like a million shining diamonds stinging the eyes. “The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of world and wake up in another […]

Categories: BLOGGING, Inspiration, iPhonography, Minneapolis, Minnesota, PHOTOGRAPHY, TRAVEL BY COUNTRY, United States • Tags: beauty, CULTURE, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Nature, Photography, snow, thirdeyemom, Travel, winter

Weekly Photo Challenge: Home

February 8, 2013 by thirdeyemom

This week’s photo challenge is “home”. Living in Minnesota, land of over 10,000 lakes, provides us with a lot of beauty, four full seasons and many outdoor pursuits. It has been my home for most of my life, and I’ve learned to embrace the many seasons that we experience here in Minnesota.

Categories: BLOGGING, Minneapolis, Minnesota, TRAVEL BY COUNTRY, United States, Weekly Photo Challenge • Tags: CULTURE, family, home, ice fishing, Lake Harriet, Minneapolis, Minnesota, postaday, Sports, Travel, Weekly Photo Challenge

A snowy day

January 28, 2013 by thirdeyemom

The Snowy Day is a 1962 children’s picture book by American author and illustrator Ezra Jack Keats. Keats received the 1963 Caldecott Medal for his illustrations in the book. It features a boy named Peter exploring his neighborhood after the first snowfall of the season. The inspiration for Peter came from a Life magazine photo article from 1940, and Keats’ desire to have minority children of New York as central characters in his stories. Source: Wikipedia.

Categories: FAMILY, Minneapolis, Minnesota, PARENTING & FAMILY, TRAVEL BY COUNTRY, United States • Tags: family, Minnesota, Nature, sledding, snow, thirdeyemom, winter

Living in a Winter Wonderland

December 9, 2012 by thirdeyemom

“What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.” ― John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley: In Search of America Ok…I said I was done posting but what can I do? Nature has serendipitously dropped a brilliant white wet snowstorm on us and it is magical outside. After gearing up the kids and putting on my snowshoes, I headed to my lovely lake and snapped away. It was utterly breathtaking outside. We spent the rest of […]

Categories: Minneapolis, Minnesota, TRAVEL BY COUNTRY, United States • Tags: CULTURE, Lake Harriet, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Nature, Photography, thirdeyemom, Travel, winter

Changing Seasons Part III: The real thing

December 9, 2012 by thirdeyemom

I don’t normally do three full posts on the weekly photo challenges, however, this week’s challenge, “Changing Seasons” is utterly happening right before my eyes. An update….We finally are getting a wet, thick coating of snow! My how things have changed over the last two days. I’m going to try to get outside today and take pictures as it is truly spectacular!!!! Hoping to make it skiing or snowshoeing later on. Check out how much things have changed over the […]

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