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Through the Seasons

Purple pasque flowers peek out from brown grasses on a hillside in spring.

Pasque flowers emerge from a hillside of the brown spring grasses overlooking the Minnesota River Valley at sunset.

A carpet of trout lily covers the forest floor of Sakatah Lake State Park, their drooping heads are illuminated by the setting sun.

Tiny hairs on the edges of pasque flowers glow in the setting sun.

A fox squirrel rests on a tree branch surrounded by pink spring flowers.

An American Robin perches on a branch, surrounded by bright green spring leaves.

Small pink flowers in a tiny glass jar (vase) sit on a log in a bright green forest surrounded by other tiny pink flowers.

A brilliantly-colored male wood duck glides through a wetland of cattails and duck weed floating on the calm surface of the water.

An unidentified member of the Conopidae (thick-headed flies) family delicately stands on a small purple flower in spring.

A young wood duck duckling against a green grassy background.

A monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) rests on a flower at Sakatah Lake State Park.

A western painted turtle (Chrysemys picta) rests in green grass on its search for a nesting area.

Mist swirls over a creek surrounded by lush green vegetation and moss-covered rocks in the foreground.

A sandhill crane (Grus canadensis) wanders through a field of green grass at Sakatah Lake State Park.

Water rushes from a cave entrance and tumbles over a small waterfall in a lush valley of Southern Minnesota.

A spotted sandpiper (Actitis macularius) hunts for food on a sandbar along the river’s edge of the Embarrass River near New London, WI.

A monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) with a Monarch Watch ID tag rests on a goldenrod flower.

A purple patch of Vetch glows in the sunset light of the Minnesota River Valley.

A monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) rests on lavender flowers at Fragrant Isle Lavender Farm.

A carpenter and (genus Camponotus) pokes its head out of a hole in a log and deposits some wood it chewed from the inside of the tree.

A male mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) swims through a cloud of shimmering lake flies on the Lower Fox River in Appleton, WI.

A common loon (Gavia immer) swims along a wavy lake surface as a drop of water drips from its beak.

A western painted turtle (Chrysemys picta) stops in the middle of its road crossing on a gravel road in Custer State Park.

The still surface of a lake in Southern Minnesota reflects the Comet Neowise as it streaks across the night sky.

A monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) rests on a person's hand before taking flight for the first time after being hand-reared.

A clump of white aster flowers stand out against a background of orange and yellow fall leaves.

Four monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) sip nectar from a Goldenrod flower to gain energy for their upcoming migration.

Two ferns one new bright green, and one faded brown, mirror each other against a woodland backdrop.

Autumn leaves glow bright colors of yellow, green, and orange at the tops of trees against a blue sky as the photographer peers skyward.

A bee, full of water droplets from the morning dew, rests on a wild sunflower.

Black pointed spires of a wrought iron fence stand out against a background of orange and yellow leaves at the Hubbard House in historic Mankato, Minnesota.

Maud Hart Lovelace's childhood home, or Betsy's house from the Betsy-Tacy series, glows in autumn sunset light under a canopy of orange leaves.

A gravel road winds under a canopy of orange, yellow, and red fall leaves and the sky overhead is bright blue.

A patch of autumn leaves glow brightly against a dark leaf background as sun rays peek through the canopy, selectively illuminating the fall leaves.

A spider's web holds hundreds of water drops.

A mosquito, covered in glimmering water droplets, rests on a Goldenrod flower in the early morning mist at Bubolz Nature Preserve.

A single yellow fall leaf rests on a blanket of snow in a snowstorm.

An early snow coats the forest floor while yellow fall leaves poke up from the new snow.

One of the season's last leaves, with a rim of frost around its edges, hangs alone on a branch.

Pieces of prairie grass shrouded in ice stand tall against a sunset sky,

Tufts of fir needles poke out of patches of snow gathered on their bases, set against a blue, purple, orange, and yellow sunset lit background.

A leaf melts down into the snow.

Waterfalls at Nerstrand State Park frozen over.

Icicles hang all the way to the ground.

Jagged crevices formed in an icy lake surface.

Trees gnawed by a beaver stand on the edge of a creek.

An old barn silhouetted in a snowstorm.

A bright yellow tractor rests, snow-covered, against a frost forest backdrop.

A country road winds between frost-enveloped trees.

A perfect snowflake rests on a black woven scarf.

Moss and fungi poke up from the snow-covered ground.

A stone church stands on a hill framed with pine tree branches.

A red heart hangs on frosty pine branches.

A lone bison wanders through a snowstorm at Minneopa State Park.

Fresh snow covers Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in the countryside on a winter morning.

A shot looking upwards at a curtain of icicles from the frozen Hidden Falls at Nerstrand State Park.

A stone country church viewed from a field of last year's crops.

Spires of geometric frost coat grass blades in the yellow glow of sunlight.

A close up of an icicle with a drop of water frozen mid-drip set against a pink, orange, yellow, and purple winter sunset background.

Frost with a unique geometric pattern coats green grass blades.

A white old-fashioned church stands in the countryside bathed in early morning sunrays.

Three snowflakes rest in a field of shattered snowflakes against a black sky-like background.

Multiple perfect snowflakes rest on glass creating a beautiful winter scene.

Delicate frost crystals on pine needles in colorful morning light.

Bright red berries hang on frosted branches under a blue sky.

Nebraska

Spiky yucca plants on a rise on a prairie.

A single prairie dog looks out over a vast prairie.

A prairie dog nibbles on a piece of grass it holds between its front paws.

An abandoned farmhouse stands in a wheat field, with a blue sky backdrop.

Rock columns and layers create a visual maze in Toadstool Geologic Park, Nebraska.

A replica covered wagon passes below Scott's Bluff National Monument, Nebraska.

A mourning dove perches on a branch surrounded by glorious white flowers.

Lake Superior

One bolder in a calm Lake Superior where the waterline and horizon line are blurred.

Vertical bars of white trees with their bark peeling off against a background of green.

Blue and grey rocks surround a bright red rock underwater as sun rays create watery patterns on their surfaces

Lake Superior shoreline from a tall vantage point on a cloudy day.

Pine branch in focus in the foreground silhouetted against a pink and orange sunset sky.

A large cave opening with orange rocks running horizontally arches high over teal colored water in the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore.

A cairn in the foreground with Split Rock Lighthouse perched on a high cliff overlooking Lake Superior in the background.

White daisy-like flowers in the foreground amongst a sea of green grass and yellow flowers with Lake Superior and pine trees in the background.

Coastal Georgia

Whelk Shell in Bubbles on Beach

Avenue of the Oaks at Wormsloe Plantation

Shrimp Boats at Sunrise

Alligator emerging from underwater

Sunset sky glowing with silhouetted pine trees in the foreground

An alligator sunning itself stares directly into the camera

Close up of a palm frond's center

Floating dock in marsh grass amid fog with a pink and orange sunrise-lit sky

Sunset in Okefenokee Swamp

A barred owl in a tree looking directly at the camera

Bright green cypress trees stand tall in the foreground against a bright blue sky

A fiddler crab scurries amongst broken oyster shells

Florida

Palm trees stand along the banks of a turquoise blue spring.

A pink flamingo stands on one leg against a backdrop of dark green and blue swirling waters.

A canal surrounded by palm trees with a blue sky and the palms reflecting in the water.

A snowy egret on a branch with a backdrop of dark green forest and a sunbeam.

A palm frond glows bright green as the sunlight streams through the leaf.

One fish in a beam of light facing a whole school of fish in the shadows.

Spanish moss draped in front of a spring with the morning's first sun rays hitting the fog.

An emerald colored ocean wave rushes onto the beach.

A red bridge spanning a creek with fog rising up from it.

Palm trees silhouetted against a blue and yellow sky.

A sitting bobcat peers over grass.

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