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Summer Fades Into Fall

By Renee Bergstrom, Craig Johnson and Julie Fryer, September 17, 2024

A Monarch butterfly stops for a rest and a snack. Monarchs' fall migration typically continues through October in southeast Minnesota. (Photo by Craig Johnson)

Summer Fades Into Fall

 

Driven by this year’s rainfalls, the South Branch of the Root River cascades over the Lanesboro Dam. (Photo by Renee Bergstrom)

 

A late summer Root River valley prairie-sunset, captured in Houston County east of Rushford. (Photo by Craig Johnson)

 

A bright red poppy amongst fall blossoms. (Photo by Renee Bergstrom)

 

The sun rises over a sailboat anchored at Prairie Island Campground in Winona. (Photo by Julie Fryer)

 

 Contributors

When not otherwise drumming with area musicians or assisting customers at Rushford’s Ace Hardware, Craig Johnson’s photographer’s eye is focused on the region’s picturesque scenery or area sports teams for regional news publications.

 

 

 

Weaver, watercolor artist and photographer A. Renée Bergstrom of rural Lanesboro lives each day with a sense of awe and has her camera at-the-ready to capture the natural beauty of Bluff Country and its people.

 

 

 

 

Julie Fryer looks for stories around every corner and writes, gardens, and explores the Driftless whenever she can.

 

 

 

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Help us grow our Community Photos Gallery with photo submissions that ‘tell a story’. Share photos of your life and the Root River region as you know it! Learn how on our Share a Story page. We look forward to YOUR submissions!

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