most evenings when i am editing my STILL blog image for the next day, i end up with two alternatives. i call my husband over, and inevitably he picks the photo that is the more “interesting,”  and i pick the photo that is prettier. so when i asked him to help me create a still blog image out of an enormous field thistle, i went to one corner of the room and arranged a pretty halo of lanceate thistle leaves, and he (and i love him for this) decided that the tips of the leaves looked like the tracks of a ruffed grouse walking through snow. so that’s what you get today. enjoy.

field thistle leaves

grass lake regional trail, saint paul, minnesota