Terrier-pointer mix leaping on a snow-covered trail in woods where the sun rises behind trees iced with flakes.
After days so warm that opening the sun porch door heated the house, the forecast is for 15" of snow this weekend. Life is change. Move with it and be happy. #dogs #dogsofbluesky #findthegood #nature #photography
In the foreground a tree trunk that has been affixed with eyes, a nose, and a tear. The tree appears to be looking longingly at a dog in the background, in the shade of its branches.
I led writing workshops yesterday at the Young Writers and Artists Conference in Mankato. One girl was writing a story about "a lonely girl" who befriends a "mistreated tree." Nature teaches us to see the spirits in everything around us.
The Crow-Hassan nature preserve in Minnesota. Santi and I love a prairie!
Dog with high tail and pricked ears racing to the end of a promontory surrounded by a wind-ruffled lake under a blue sky with scudding white clouds.
It's Friday: get out there and find your dreams. #dogs #dogsofbluesky #nature #photography #findthegood
Pit-pointer mutt striding through snow on a prairie with a lone oak on a hill in the background.
Snow won't last forever. Get out and enjoy what the cold has to offer! #winter #dogs #dogsofbluesky #nature #findthegood
Pit bull pointer mix sitting and looking at the camera, head tilted, eyes soulful, chest draped with beads that are sinking to his feet
Santi's first Mardi Gras, 2016, after running away from his first home three times. Our experiences are like beads on a looped string, some satisfying, some painful, all of them together a glittering whole. Happy Mardi Gras! #dogs #dogsofbluesky #adoptadog #mardigras #happy
Dog sitting in front of mural that features a lipstick kiss and the words "Sweetness is my weakness."
If you take the time to look around, you'll find that life is sweet. #ValentinesDay #dogs #dogsofbluesky #findthegood #GrandMarais
If the world seems to be a badlands of destruction, go to a quiet place and create something beautiful. #dogsofbluesky #dogs #nature #photography
Dog on hind legs, ears flapping as he jumps at the sight of a deer in the mid-distance on a green slope dense with wildflowers.
Make more weekends: it's magical out there. #dogs #dogsofbluesky #nature #photography
Sunny June day, dog in the foreground unaware of a groundhog in the grass several feet away.
Sooner or later, shadows pass. Happy Groundhog Day! #dogs #dogsofbluesky #nature #groundhogday
A stone painted with a red background and lying on a weathered bench reads in blue letters "Everyone matters."
During the pandemic, the trails in Minneapolis and its suburbs were filled with mutual aid in the form of painted rocks. A colorful message nestled in the crook of a tree might read, "Laugh" or "Be kind" or "You're beautiful." Here's a favorite: in childish lettering with a blue butterfly. #nature
On Sunday I'll be leading a writing workshop @betsytacy.bsky.social focused on Minneapolis: "set on the storied Mississippi, glimmering with lakes." It's the city author Maud Hart Lovelace and her surrogate Betsy felt lucky to live in. Here's my favorite pic of Santi "riverbanking."
Grave marker on a sunny hill that reads simply "Humanity prevails."
My aunt picked the photo today. I took this in the graveyard on the day of her funeral. She organized the donation of so many medical supplies to Ukraine that there's a plaque with her name on it in a hospital there.
Foreground sign on forest trail reads "All dogs must be on a leash." In the background is a terrier-pointer mix walking the path alone with a leash trailing from his back.
Sometimes, you have to do what you think is right. #dogs #dogsofbluesky #nature #photography
Terrier-pointer mix crossing a footbridge over a pond mirroring clouds in a blue sky as a duck flies overhead
Walk, swim, fly: just get over the hump. #Wednesday #dogs#dogsofbluesky #quiet #nature
Dog on snowy shore watching two geese on frozen lake
It's MLK Jr. Day. Walk gently among your neighbors. #dogsofbluesky #dogs #nature #photography
Green ferns and sunflowers on the riverbank in the foreground, smooth river in the middle reflecting curving green trees in the background, all under a cloudless blue sky.
People see what's in their own hearts. To me, this is what Minneapolis looks like: Mississippi River, August 2017.
Terrier-pointer mutt, nose to weathered boardwalk, facing the camera, blue sky above and marsh grasses beyond the railing
@craniatology.bsky.social @firthermor.bsky.social and others are posting boardwalks: those places where we remember that we are made of stardust and water. Santiago and I love a good boardwalk. #nature #dogsofbluesky
@santiverse.bsky.social we love a good boardwalk! #boardwalk #dogsofbluesky
Thank you @betsytacy.bsky.social for a warm writing community on a cold winter day. Here's one for you: Santiago above the Minnesota River as it flows out of Old Town.
#dogsofbluesky #books #writing #friends
Frost-lined trees, muted sunshine, brindle terrier-pointer mix with snout buried in snow-covered forest understory
Snowy pic for a snowy day: Bassett Creek Park, Crystal MN 2022. #dogsofbluesky #dogs #nature #photography
Santi took us to a fairy house this morning, but the fairies were gone. We'll have to make our own magic. #findthegood #dogsofbluesky #dogs
Lost winter hat propped on a stick leaning against a tree for its owner to find.
All is not lost. To foster peace in the world, foster it first in yourself. Get outside. #nature #photography #findthegood
Hey, Kat. I love the squirrel. But if you need some more calming fun, join me and Santiago over in the santiverse. And thanks for the cats!
J of the Good Hair
It took me decades to figure out that I have asthma on cloudy, warm winter days not because they reveal mold under the snow but because they trap pollution. I'm in need of fresh air. So here's Santiago in Theodore Wirth Park in 2022: sunlight, flowers, and bird flight. Breathe!
2018: Santiago follows Canada goose tracks beside the Mississippi River in Minneapolis. Go where life leads you. #photography #wildlife #dogs #urbannature
Welcome to the day. Don't forget to notice something wonderful.
This is Santiago on the hitching block @betsytacy.bsky.social. I'm leading an online writing workshop with the Betsy-Tacy Society Sunday, January 11th. Ready to check in with yourself about your place in the world? Register at betsy-tacysociety.org. #books #writing #friends #place
We did a green burial of our Christmas tree today. #goats
Part of what makes my dog Santiago beautiful is that he is the color of winter.
