Driveway

Recent snow has brightened the landscape and brought winter to parts of the North Shore. Even driving up our driveway feels like inserting yourself into a winter post card.

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Snow Covered Cattails

The cattails have taken on a coat of white.

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Snow Covered Spruce

The spruce branches are heavily loaded with snow. Barring a warm spell, we will definitely have a white Christmas this year.

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Rosebush Creek 001

Here is the downstream view from the Rosebush Creek bridge.

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Rosebush Creek 002

This is a view upstream.

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Hidden Falls Cascade River 001

About three miles up the Cascade River is Hidden Falls. It is accessed from County Road 45 and gives a beautiful view into the Cascade River Valley. The pine and cedar are completely covered in snow. Notice the three pileated holes in the dead white pine to the right.

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Hidden Falls Cascade River 002

Here is a closer view. Pileated woodpeckers make a new nesting cavity each year; sometimes up to three in the same tree. The new snow really outlines the entrances to these abandoned nests.

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Lake Superior Waves

While the higher elevations were getting snow, huge waves coated the shoreline with ice.

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Grand Marais Harbor Iceycles

Beautiful icicles are hanging on many of the branches and railings around Grand Marais.

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Sawtooth Mountain Sunset

This little spruce gets covered in ice almost every year making a great sunset photo. The Sawtooth Mountains are in the background.

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