prairie crocuses

It's a bird...it's a float plane...it's...a waterslide? . I'm double posting with no shame today 😛 I didn't think I had any photos that would match today's JJ forum theme of "Out of Place" but I was looking through my shots from our trip to the cabin on Saturday and rediscovered this one 😅 by all appearances this is a random waterslide plopped in a small pond off the highway...there is no path to it that I can see, nor any cabins around. Very curious. (at Highway 17)

[ ⛔🌾🐦 ] . This has to be the most beautiful rest stop in the history of rest stops. It's somewhere along the Lake Michigan Scenic Highway but I never got the exact place name...I'm pretty sure it's around Hog Island Point? The beach is beautiful and white, the beach grass and shrubs were plentiful, off to the left waves were crashing against rocks on the shore and spraying vapour into the air...and to top it all off we were blessed with the most amazing sunset we've ever seen. If I'd had my camera with me you would not have been able to drag me away with a herd of wild horses...or bison.... But as it happened, I'd lent my camera to a friend for two weeks and had to wait two or three more days until we were reunited (but it felt like years. Yes, I had separation anxiety from my camera. Yes, I trusted my friend. Yes, the first thing I said to him was "Do you have my camera??!?" Then I said hello. Priorities guys. I'm only half joking.) So my phone camera had to do as I tried to do this place justice, although even my DSLR would not have been able to capture this place properly. Anyways...if you're ever driving along the US # 2, you have to stop here. I want to go back just for this place. And I've totally lost my train of thought so I'm going to stop talking. (at Hog Island Point State Forest Campground)

🌆 [ last light ] 🌆 . Sometimes I forget to check my camera settings...this was one of those times. I'd been intending to expose for the mountains but I hadn't changed my metering setting 😅 It turned out to be a happy accident, I think. #truckbedmemories (at Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico)

🍟[ 60 years of yumminess ]🍟 . We didn't get to stop here as we drove past this afternoon...but we sure wanted to 😁 We'll have to wait for our yearly tradition of Farmers Market and French fries.... I shot this on the move, through the window on the OTHER side of the van, which explains the slightly weird crop...but I think I made it work? (at Ye Olde Chip Truck)

"As no man is born an artist, so no man is born an angler." ~ Izaak Walton (at Sioux Narrows-Nestor Falls)

🐾 [ paws for reflection ] 🐾

☁ [ obnubilate (vb): to becloud or obscure ] ☁ (at Petoskey, Michigan)

[ cross-traffic ] . a.k.a. being at the very front of a very full bus can be a good thing. #tb (at Downtown Winnipeg)

🍍 [ if you were a fruit, you'd be a fine-apple ] 🍍 . Stupid pickup lines always make me laugh...and I've been chuckling for a while when I remembered this one. It's been a long day...

[ a m b u s h ] . or, lunchtime for whom? . a #tb to the warmer days...it's snowing again today... (at Sioux Narrows-Nestor Falls)

🌱🌱...between the snowfalls...🌱🌱

And here I thought I was finished with the snow pictures for the time being........it had made it to 19 degrees yesterday and I woke up to fat fluffy flakes...there's Winnipeg for ya 🌱❄ #itsnotoveryet . @laurenfriesen01 has a bts of this shot 📷😜 #thatsisterlypromotho

#tbt to one Sunday evening at camp this past summer. We should do this again sometime soon 😀 (at Sandy Bay First Nation)

🌹 [ beauty ≠ perfection ] 🌹 . I was so excited when my little sister came home with a rose bush last spring, and even more excited when it actually bloomed the same year! I have high expectations for this summer 😁📷🌹

"Must...keep...ball...away...from...Gunner!!!" . Sheba, our next door neighbours' dog, loves coming over to play with Gunner (you should hear his excited whining when he knows we're fetching her!!) #tbt to one of their play dates this winter.

[ 🏢🚶🏃🚘🚐🏢 ] . I really enjoyed our little tour of Indianapolis. Alhough it's a sizable city it didn't feel crowded and uncomfortable, even during the lunch rush downtown. It's definitely a place I'd return to! (at Monument Circle Indianapolis)

[ 🏙🏢🏛🚦 ] . Looking down W Market St from N Capitol Ave (at Indianapolis, Indiana)