Minnesota beauty

I wrote last November (here) about The Society for the Exultation of Beauty (SEB to those in the know). This is a sort-of-silly-but-actually-quiet-serious society formed by my husband and his sister as they sipped coffee at a cafe in Sacramento many years ago. Committed to noticing and enjoying beauty, they wrote up a charter and signed it as the two charter members. I was the first (okay, the only) non-charter member to sign the document, but I believe if you marry a member you are automatically grafted into the SEB. So, brother-in-law makes four! And, as an amateur photographer, he's made some exquisite contributions. Since we haven't been able to ever visit them in Minnesota, he occasionally sends photos that cause us to realize that they live in a gorgeous place. The two pictures below, taken very close to their home, have the incredible winter wonderland effect, plus the bonus bird sighting to make your jaw drop. If you want a larger view, just click on the picture you want to see; I archived the pictures as large as I could. Gorgeous. Just gorgeous.


Hawk at Minnehaha Falls



A closer view

Long live the S.E.B.