#northernwayoflife

Trout Lake sunset near Boulder Junction in Vilas County, Wisconsin, 27 September, 2012. Photo by me. #NorthernWayOfLife#Sunsets

Got back to the house, got out of the Edge, looked to my left and there was this mini-fall color explosion happening right here at my place. #Autumn#NorthernWayOfLife

A Barred Owl lands next to an owl decoy on a tree stump in Price County, Wisconsin, 1 September, 2026. Photo by Jean Nelson. #OwlsOfTheFediverse #NorthernWayOfLife

Yanno things are slow when you take time to be all artsy fartsy with a bourbon pour in a glass someone at some time purchased from a long-defunct John Deere dealership (before I found the set at a thrift store a few years ago) and a Saturday evening sunset. Just go with it. 😄 #WoodfordReserve#Sunsets#NorthernWayOfLife

I was thinking about, as I putted around preparing for some deck time at the end of my first day of vacation, how many times I’ve done this since June of 2011. Dunno why. It’s definitely not New York City and there’s no saxophone (there is, on occasion, air guitar 😉) but I guess it’s me (here it is - sorry, Steve) talking back to the night. #MusicOfMastodon#80sPop#TalkingBackToTheNight #NorthernWayOfLifehttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ftC6oGfxUgE&ra=m

The gruesome twosome look out over where I’m gonna be in about 10 or 15 minutes for some Wednesday evening deck time. #CatsOfMastodon#CaturdayEveryday#NubsNGizmo#Sunsets#NorthernWayOfLife

I’d only been on deck for about 10 minutes, had some Bruce Hornsby and The Range goin’ when I happened to look to the right side of the yard and saw I had another visitor besides the squirrels and chipmunks scurrying around. Things like can make this a pleasant place to be. #MusicOfMastodon#80sPop#ScenesFromTheSouthside#NorthernWayOfLifehttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1dR76WeK-N4&ra=m

It’s been kinda smoky today; wildfires in Minnesota and Canada will do that. A view from a corner of the yard. #Sunsets#NorthernWayOfLife

It works for me. #MusicOfMastodon#ClassicalMusic#BeethovenPianoConcertos #Sunsets#NorthernWayOfLife

The first “blue hour” departure from Duluth of the 2026 shipping season for the Mesabi Miner, loaded with iron ore for Cleveland, 23 March, 2026. Photo by David Schauer. #ShipsOfMastodon#GreatLakes#LakeSuperior#NorthernWayOfLife