A QUEST FOR ESCAPE, for peace, for a closeness with nature took me to Shager Park and the Sakatah Singing Hills State Trail along Cannon Lake near Faribault Tuesday evening.
In the golden hour just before sunset, I walked the trail, stopping often to photograph my surroundings before landing on a dock overlooking the lake.
These are my photos—images which capture the essence of May in southern Minnesota.
Experience the motion of peace.
See the beauty.
Embrace nature.
And find herein the reason spring in the Bold North so delights those of us who live here.
© Copyright 2019 Audrey Kletscher Helbling
Minnesota Prairie Roots 
Nature DOES the WHOLE BEING GOOD 🙂 Happy Day – Enjoy!
I agree 100 percent. And you are so good at embracing that in your blog.
Being in God’s world always makes me smile. These photographs all made me smile. Beautiful.
Thank you. God’s world. Amen.
Happy for all Minnesotans who are finally experiencing spring. Thanks for the breath of spring.
We are so thankful to finally see and experience spring.
This is beautiful, Audrey. Thanks for sharing all this – makes me feel good looking at these images.
Thank you, Kathleen.
Robert Browning said it so well In Pippa’s Song: The year’s at the spring . . . God’s in His heaven – All’s right with the world! Your photos are just lovely!
Love that Browning quote. Thank you for sharing, Marilyn.
Gorgeous photos Audrey!
Thank you, Penny.
Lovely photo’s Audrey, definitely peace…and beauty in the great outdoors.
Thank you, Jackie. Yes, just being in nature imparts a sense of peace.
Relaxing spring photos, Audrey. We had the most blossoms this spring I’ve ever seen. I hope your spring is just as beautiful!
We had a stretch of beautiful spring weather last week, now back to cold and rainy, and even snowy in the Duluth area. But still spring prevails, bursting in greenery.