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Brooklyn Botanical Garden fun

What's that sound? The buzzin' of bumbles...

New installation

Coney Island golden fun and sun

sports

Some of my favorites.

Pool hockey

A very fun assignment. I had never even heard of this sport but it is apparently growing around the nation. Of course Minnesota would find a way to play hockey underwater.

Day in the Life

Day in the Life. Photos from the annual 24-hour look at a day at the University.
One of the best days all year. The photo staff of the Daily would shoot from 12am to 12pm for one full day. I recommend this for all photographers. The wee hours of 4-7 am creep by slowly, and from 6-8am people tend to not like having their photos taken I learned over the years. Very challenging and rewarding!

Wakeboarding

For a sports feature, I got to ride around on a speedboat for a few hours on a sunny Saturday. Awesome to shoot. Though if I heard the word "dude" one more time...
National Wakeboarding Competition held in Shoreview, Minn.

Hockey madness

I was lucky enough to travel to Denver to cover the Hockey Frozen Five, unfortunately Minnesota lost in the second round.

Minnesota vs. Wisconsin at the Exel Center in St. Paul.

Ruth Adams and the World's Most Dangerous Polka Band

Ruth Adams, accordian. Age 75, started playing at 14 young. You can catch her playing Friday and Saturday nights at Nye's in Northeast, from 8:30-1:30 am.

 Joe Hayden, trumpet, singer.

 Keeping the beat.

A day with the President of the University

I followed around the University of Minnesota's president for a few days in March. Quite a nice guy, him and his wife.
Breakfast at Eastcliff.

Foster, their German Shorthair.

GAPSA meeting.

All in a day's work

Michigan’s Chris Diehl cries out in pain while wrestling Minnesota freshman Mike Thorn. Thorn won 7-5 helping the Gophers to a 29-6 win over the 17th-ranked Wolverines.

Junior forward Gigi Marvin scores a power-play goal to put the Gophers up 1-0 in Saturday’s 4-0 win over North Dakota. Marvin recorded two assists in the game as well.

This is Thundapurr Drummer Boy, a cat that traveled all the way from Windpoint, Wis., to St. Paul, Minn., for a cat show. Very smug.

Money money money

A photo illustration for a story on how governments (such as Kenya's) have privatized natural resources to keep the economy afloat, leaving water to be bought by private businesses (like the Nairobi Water Company). And yes that's all real cash, and no I didn't really pour the water on the money. And no I didn't get to keep a single dollar, unfortunately.

Men's gymnastics

Here are some photos from a gymnastics meet I covered recently. I am not quite sure how they do some of the things they do but it makes for some good pictures.