Katie in the Cattails
Name: Katie Age: 97 Neighborhood: Bryn Mawr Swimming Hole: Cedar Lake Quote: Cattails, cattails, In Dutch my father says to stay out of the lisdodde! My mother calls them der Schilfkolben but she’ll never find us hiding in them.
Golden Valley, Garbage and the Laurel Ponds
An environmentally friendly documentary based on work done during the summer 2010 to help the animals living in, on and around a group of ponds in Golden Valley. I’ve spent enough time stomping through swamps west of the cities to tell you they all look like this and they’re getting worse.
Swamp of the Day
Pale green haze of new growth begins to obscure the bony structure of the swamp. Too sweet for me. I search for my fallen tree, for its upturned blackened roots the pit-strong mass, weighty, bulky, thrusting into the air, reflecting its silent strength in the water. A description of the merry month of May from [...]
Swamp of the Day
A mischievous little mess of cattails and mud in Medina just off Arrowhesd Road. Is that a Mosquito Patrol Helicopter?
A Cold Early “Sprinter” Day at Fagerness Point
Looking out across the clear, dark waters of Lake Minnetonka to Fagerness Point on a cold early “sprinter” day.
