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TPT - TV - Capture Minnesota Photo Contest Update:

95,934 photo submission, 

4,542,131 votes, 

383,778 loves and 

264,260 comments. 

there will be a party 
in the Twin Cities area 

at 5 p.m. on Saturday, 

April 21st, 2012

to look at the book
to meet fellow Capture Minnesota participants 

in case you have not voted for our pictures

you still may do so below

just click:

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you may vote: 

for all our pictures

as soon as you vote ... we will get notified ... 

and jump up and down with delight

thank you 

greetings from werner

Appreciation By Will Winter

Appreciation

By Will Winter

Our boathouse 

from the area 

of the last buoy. 

Could this winter view 

possibly be more different 

from our memories of summer?  

What a strange year for ice too, 

not exactly safe, never the same 

from day to day. 

It's all very magical, though, 

and gives us pause and appreciation 

for our lazy days of summer! 

We are all so very lucky! . . . by Will Winter

We are all so very lucky!
by Will Winter

February 18th and it's 37 degrees.

Here we are, looking south from out on the ice in the middle of Lake Calhoun.

The sun is still low in the sky.

We know from summer sailing that it is about 25' deep right here.

The ice in the middle of the lake is heaving along a long line transversing the lake and the temptation to inspect the ice heave from close-up is almost impossible for a few risk-takers to resist!

Here are several people standing "on the edge" and in a potentially dangerous spot.

The grinding, growling and cracking of the buckling ice is intense at the heave, too scary for me to approach, with fresh water lapping over the submerged ice there, but apparently not frightening at all to these people.

They seem to be drawn to it like moths to a flame.

The ice fisherman told me the ice has been holding at 15" thick (down from 36" some years).

He was also mystified by the willingness of so many people to walk along the heave line on the ice.

Fortunately, it looks like everyone survived.

Best of all, though, we know our sweet little lake will soon be liquid again, and we will, once again, become the Kings and Queens of the Waters......

We are all so very lucky!

cricket near st thomas british virgin island

cricket 

near st thomas 

british virgin island

sitting in a circle

you ... your friends and family ...

and all reading this ... are invited:

to share with our group ... sitting in a circle ...

we share ... we listen ... with music in between ...

we meet every Saturday
from 9:00 a.m. until noon

from November 2011
til April 2012 ...

at Joyce UMC, 1219 W. 31st Street,

Minneapolis, Mn

all our Saturday events ... sitting in a circle ...

are open to the public ... are free

greetings from werner

please follow ... pam and ben ...

new blog: http://www.sailblogs.com/member/cricket/

map with postion:  http://www.sailblogs.com/member/cricket/?show=map

PLEASE VOTE FOR ALL OUR PICTURES

you ... your friends and family ... and all reading this ... are invited:


to share your pictures with our group ... sitting in a circle ... ... ... we share ... we listen ... with music in between ... we meet every Saturday from 9:00 a.m. until noon ... from November 2011 til April 2012 ... at Joyce UMC, 1219 W. 31st Street, Minneapolis, Mn ... ... ... all our Saturday events ... sitting in a circle ... are open to the public ... are free 

to sail with us on lake calhoun ... ... ... from afternoon til sunsets ... 7 days a week ... from may 2012 ... til october 2012 ... ... ... you may take pictures ... ... ... all our sailing events ... are open to the public ... are free 

greetings from werner

James and crew ... sailing lake calhoun

enjoy the ride

on listening - by werner meybaum

on listening

by werner meybaum

small children listen 

with open ears

with open mouth

with open heart

all to soon 

we learn to listen

critically ... judgmentally

sometimes

it is not possible to unlearn

what we have learned

sometimes 

we do remember 

our joy and enthusiasm for listening

once again

we are filled 

... with awe ... with wonder

. . . surrender . . .

a new year's message from werner

‎. . . a new year's message from werner . . . 

. . . out of stillness . . . 

comes

j o y 

e n t h u s i a s m 

l o v e

sitting in a circle

Werner Meybaum

‎

we will skip this saturday ... 12-31-2011... 

sitting in a circle ...

we will start again ... on 1-7-2012 ...

in a nice warm place ... near lake calhoun ...

until the ice on lake calhoun is gone ...

new year greetings ... 

with all our love and affection ... from werner

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Sitting in a circle

to serve with joy and enthusiasm

At sea, I learned how little a person needs, not how much.

At sea, 

I learned 

how little a person needs, 

not how much.

Robin Lee Graham.

a Hawaiian-themed Christmas song ...