- Al Batt, of Hartland, found this puffed up robin eating sunflower seeds. Al’s mother said that a returning robin needed snow on its tail three times before it was truly spring.
- The sun was hanging on the horizon, making the whole sky red, when Brenda Kotasek took this picture near St. Peter.
- Last July, Dale Dietel, of Waconia, Minn., shared this portrait of a loon family out for a swim.
- A good place to take shelter in a storm. St. Wendelin Church, just south of St. Cloud in Luxembourg. Shared by Kristie Flachmeyer of Litchfield.
- Poor Tom Hauer, of Darwin, Minn., got attacked by a cactus in Arizona.
- Marty and Fluffy, brothers from different mothers, were waiting for Elaine Jacobson to give them their dinner in Milaca.
- Gail Bjorge of Elk River, found a view with some chairs while visiting vineyards in Washington.
- A deer and his little friend, Chip, had a bite to eat at the edge of Jeff Stave’s Brainerd driveway.
- Linda Fellbaum went on a quick, cold, country walk with sundogs in Culdrum Township, west of Little Falls.
- Frosty the snowman would look right at home in this winter wonderland. Shared by Dave and Carol Bakker, of Renville.
- In January, Dan Markell sent us an extra frosty morning view he captured near Green Valley.
- Stacy Peterson, of Sacred Heart, saw this flamboyant pheasant flying over the snow.
- Why did the pheasant cross the road near Dalton? Photo by DeeAnna Tuttle.
- Outside the Donnelly Rod and Gun Club in February, Gail Kloos saw this nasty sundog behind the flag.
- Gloria Stargel looked outside to see a golden sunset over Nashua in January.
- The minimum maintenance road sign was almost buried off State Highway 55. Shared by Kat Becker, of Tintah.
- Kathy Wood, of Staples, sent in a night scene from near Menahga this winter.
- Nothing is more peaceful to Ralph Hinnenkamp than watching a candle light flicker in his garden chapel near Morris. It is so quiet, he can almost hear the snowflakes fall.
- The moon was looking full already over Lake Osakis (near Alexandria, Minn.) on February 19, the day before the snow moon. Sent in by Rebecca Callahan.
- Sandra Reger, in Kensington, watched bunnies enjoying corn.
- Steve Gunderson, of Vining, put this sign up mid-February when everyone was getting tired of the snow. His neighbor, Sandy Hansen sent in the cute picture.
- Sue Peterson found cedar cicles growing in Alexandria.
- In Park Rapids, sometimes Steve Maanum goes looking for the birds and sometimes they come looking for him.
- John Pfeiffer enjoyed his neighbor’s late summer flowers last year in New Ulm, Minn.
- On her trip to Florida with her grandson, Lou Ann Marks, of Alexandria, Minn., found this intact sand dollar while on a beach walk. A rare find on Clearwater Beach.