Yesterday started with Pine Grosbeaks and Bohemian Waxwings at the tops of the Boreal Pines in northern Minnesota, and ended with the wedding of Peter and Catherine ( #EnzGame ) at the top of the Asphalt Jungle at Windows On Minnesota in Minneapolis (top of the IDS Tower … floor 50). I had not been to the top of the IDS for over 30 years when I took my middle son, Carl, out for dinner on his first day ever of school (kindergarten). The public restaurant no longer exists. My other son, Erik, was best man. I shall ever remember Peter as the young man who raced the American Birkebeiner in his striped green and white pajamas (Note: Peter is a good skier, and they were NOT pajamas, but it was my name for his ski uniform.)

Northern Minnesota Boreal Forest (pine grosbeak – female)

Southern Minnesota Asphalt Jungle (still beautiful!)

These images stretch from minutes before sunset (about 4:45 pm) to around 9 pm. The photos were taken with my Sony A6300 and a wide angle lens stabilized on a small tripod, and also using a photographer’s shade that attached to the window and allowed me to insert my camera in the dark environment.