It was a traveling month for Dave Vorland. Along the way, the Bloomington, Minn., photographer captured images from the PGA Memorial Tournament in Columbus, Ohio, the Vesterheim Museum and Heritage Center in Decorah, Iowa, as well as others from around the Twin Cities.
June 28: Honey bee at work yesterday at the University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, a short drive from our place in Bloomington. Experts are concerned this bee may have become an endangered species, which if true would have serious consequences for humankind.
June 26: Most of the birds remained in the trees during the 93 degree heat yesterday in Bloomington, Minn. Those appearing at our feeders seemed a tad short-tempered.
June 24: The Vesterheim Museum and Heritage Center in Decorah, Iowa.
June 23: Somewhere near sunset in the Florida Everglades? Nope, I photographed this scene on the lake property of Dorette’s cousin, Denise Herbel Krefting, and her husband, Fred, near Moravia, Iowa, on June 17.
June 22: My supper with Dorette Kerian last night. Baby back ribs prepared in the slow cooker, served on the deck of our place in Bloomington, Minn., with several sides and, naturally, beer. Ribs purchased at our local Von Hanson’s Meats, the only vendor I’ve found that ranks with L&M Meats of Grand Forks, N.D. And yes, I’m usually better with portion control than this. But not always.
June 16: Frank Lloyd Wright designed Park Inn Hotel in Mason City, Iowa.
June 8: You can see the best gymnasts in the world at the Minnesota Zoo, a short drive from our place in Bloomington.
June 7: Great White sharks grow to be 20 feet long and often live 70 years. Worldwide, they account for most of the fatal, unprovoked shark attacks on humans. Think of the movie “Jaws.” Or Hemingway’s novel “The Old Man and the Sea” (oh wait, no, those sharks were Makos). So friends who scuba dive (you know who you are), be alert. The Great Whites are expanding into new territories, raising fears, for example, in coastal California. Not to worry about this one it lives at the Minnesota Zoo and is about the size of a large Muskie.
June 6: Kara Dusterhoft and her husband Paul Kuhns, photographed June 5, on their deck in Columbus, Ohio. Their Shih-Tzu, “Oscar,” is one of the three wonderful dogs who live with them. Taken with a Canon SX710HS pocket camera.
June 5: PGA Memorial Golf Tournament in Columbus, Ohio.
June 4: Phil Mickelson putting during round 3 at the PGA Memorial Tournament in Columbus, Ohio.
June 3: To me, the best golf courses are works of architectural/landscape art, creatively beautiful in their own right over and beyond the “game” of athletic skill that is played upon them. We had a great time today wandering Jack Nicklaus’s Muirfield Village course in Columbus, Ohio, for his annual PGA Memorial Tournament. Round Three tomorrow!
June 2: Say what? You guys are flying to Ohio to see Kara and Paul and their dogs and not taking me along?
