Category Archives: Art

Ham Lake Fire


During the entire month of May, we experienced a huge forest fire in our county, which spread into Canada. For more details, you can visit our local ISP home page at www.boreal.org or our local newspaper at The Cook County News Herald. But I thought I would post a picture or two here. For all the damage and heartache this fire caused, the photos are dramatic and even, in their own way, beautiful. I think the fire brought out the best in people in many ways.

Co Op Mural


For the past four years, the 4th grade at Sawtooth Elementary School has created a mural/mosaic on the side of the Cook County Whole Foods Co Op. The images depict the four seasons, and this year was the final installation, representing a winter night, and it just happened to be Madeline’s Fourth Grade class. She designed the owl by the moon. One day I went up to the school and helped place the tiles in the wolf and the rabbit.