Mike Houge

Saying goodbye to fall?

Another fall season has passed way to quickly and I'm feeling rather cheated. In an effort to ease my pain and possibly yours, I have a few more fall images to post from previous years.

I hope you enjoy this set of images as much as I enjoyed taking them. These images always remind me of those warm dry days with a mild breeze and the sound of crunching leaves under foot.

Thanks for taking the time to stop by and have a great harvest season.

Northern MinnesotaColors:

My wife, Pam and I were able to get a way for a long weekend last week and this year we hit the fall colors around Grand Marais just right. It's always a risk picking a date months in advance and hoping the colors will wait around for you but occasionally mother nature takes pity. The above image was taken from the side of Carlton Peak near Tofte, and it was drop dead gorgeous.

We stayed in the beautiful little village of Grand Marais and I was taken back by the gorgeous sky Friday morning. I spent a lot of time there on the beach capturing the sail boats in the harbor and enjoying the calm morning ( it didn't hurt that the Java Moose coffee shop was across the street).

The above image was captured at another of my favorite haunts- Split Rock Lighthouse State Park. The weather was wonderful but the colors had reached their peak the week before we arrived but I thought this view over the old bridge still showed some promise.

Thanks for taking the time to let me share some of my northern images. The weather is turning cold and windy and I'm afraid we are about to lose the little color we have here in Iowa, so I hope you've had time to enjoy this years fall. Have a great week.