some landscapes if you have looked over them at formative times in your life, become like something you own. for me, those landscapes have included the rolling farms of central wisconsin, the rolling vineyards of the languedoc, and the rolling hills of northern california. one landscape i never expected to think of that way were cattail beds, but after looking over them just beyond our back yard for four seasons a year during this peaceful and productive decade of happy marriage and good kids, and an energetic young creative career, i have to say, i think of cattails as a now-permanent part of me. additionally, when you have forgotten until 3:00 pm to take a still blog photo, and you have no backup images to fill in with, it is a great relief to have a cattail bed in your back yard. i mean . . . i imagine that would be true,  if i ever found myself in that position.

november cattails

turtle lake, saint paul, minnesota