May 29: I was very fortunate to get these beautiful clouds in the sky for this wide angle photo of St. Stanislaus Catholic Church, “The Pride of Warsaw, N.D.” The dedicated stone marker on the right pays tribute to the Polish pioneers who must have labored many months to complete this historic church on what was then the plains of North Dakota, which was then turned into very productive farmland. This beautiful church was built by Polish immigrants in 1900. They started migrating into this area starting in 1877.

May 29: Inside the church with the beautiful stained glass windows.

May 29: I love these old stained glass windows!

May 28: Another photo of the colorful night sky at sunset tonight near Grand Forks, N.D. This country church has probably seen many of these type of storms pass over through the years.

May 28: Spectacular storm clouds at sunset tonight. There were low-ground, mid-sky and high ceiling clouds that created a colorful night sky around the Grand Forks area.

May 28: Golf anyone? Took this early-morning photo at King’s Walk Golf Course in Grand Forks, N.D.

May 21: Plans for today? Get out and explore The Greenway of Greater Grand Forks!

May 17: Beautiful flowering crab apple trees along a Grand Forks, N.D., street.

May 17: Alley art in downtown Grand Forks, N.D.

May 17: An alley stairway in downtown Grand Forks, N.D.

May 17: “Climbing the wall,” in downtown Grand Forks, N.D.

May 6: Three meteors in one shot. At the lower right, the main part of the Milky Way (Galactic Core).

May 6: A vertical shot with this old windmill and the Milky Way, near Grand Forks, N.D.

May 6: A selfie with my headlamp.

Photographer Dave Bruner’s landscape images from this past month spark the imagination. Among them, “Milky Way Night on the Prairie of N.D.,” which Dave offers this following description: “I was out until 4 a.m. in the morning on a crystal clear night this week to capture these beautiful shots of the Milky Way. There were meteor showers (falling stars) going on also, and the first photo has three of them shooting across the sky. I used this old abandoned windmill as a way to tie the total composition together. I was able to start capturing the main part of the Milky Way (Galactic Core) around 1:30 a.m. as it rose up from the horizon. That is the largest and brightest part on the lower right of the photos. The yellow light on the bottom is light pollution from a city’s lights, which were about six miles away. Your human eye can see the Milky Way of course, but a good DSLR camera set up on a tripod on a long exposure keeps gathering layers of light and color and stacks them into a total image that allows the light and colors to come out much better than your eye can see in one moment.”