Scott Rockvam

Today's reprieve from the daily doomscroll.

I'm pretty sure this is my favorite shot from this winter (so far)

Days like today make it feel like nights like this aren't too far off.

Woke up, looked out the window to see it was cloudy. Went back to bed. So, here’s an old lunar eclipse photo.

Today's timeline cleanser.

It's kind of a lot. Isn't it?

A message from the Wonderwall

Happy 97th, Grand Teton National Park. You don’t look a day over a billion.

I’m not even sure what I want for a caption. The words just haven’t been coming lately. I sure could use a night like this again, though…

Winter.

Late at night in the middle of Wyoming.

Moody Monday... Mountain Monday... why not both?

somewhere near Leavenworth, WA

However, I really think the good shots were on the walk through the forest. A good hang with my lil bud was the experience that I needed rather than the shot I thought I was looking for.

As a photograher, it was hard trying to come up with a good scene just as the light was starting to get good, with an energetic 8 year old who wanted nothing more than to climb on the rocks and to break ice chunks. I made a few half-hearted shots at the headwaters, while he played.

After my son & I finished snowboarding in Bemidji yesterday, I asked him if he wanted to head home and get a few runs in at Ski Gull or if he wanted to go see the headwaters of the Mississippi. To my surprise, he chose the Mississippi.

because Israel doesn't want to use their own military (that we pay for) on anything but Palestinian genocide.

Thank you!

Some from this day are still among of my favorite shots ever.

19 hours door to door, from home, to Mankato for a few waterfalls, over to Sioux Falls (not pictured) to Pipestone National Monument & back toward home with a stop at Lake Koronis near Paynesville for the northern lights I'd been watching since the sun went down & back.

This might have been my favorite day of photography I've ever had. I've been chasing this feeling ever since. One of those days where almost everything just seemed to work out.

Walkabout.

I'm pining for a morning like this soon.

I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

In the end, it's just a glimpse of what's to come. We all know it's not really over. An illusion, like standing pools of water atop the ice reflecting the sunset.

Here in MInnesota we generally get at least a few "false spring" occurances before the ice retreats & real spring arrives. The temps get up into the 40's & 50's, bicycles & motorcycles come out, the streets begin coming to life with people again. It feels good, like hope.

Sunday shard-y party

Wonder if that hamstring is still not 100%. If it’s not, it probably never will be.

Love is a verb. An action. Anything else is just filler.

There is a beautiful world out there.
On the other side of all of this chaos can be a kinder, gentler, sustainable, more colorful world. I would much prefer to train my eyes on what that can look like. However, we cannot diminish the darkness & its effect on the world around us.