The Fresh Aspect

2012-02-07T21:55:00.003-05:00

Gettin my siphon on here, while Lutsen looks on. Well actually this was a couple of weeks ago. Pretty soon i'll dry hop this badboy and then bottle 'er up a couple days later.

Ordered up one of these this afternoon...well the frameset, the rest i'll build up with mostly non stock parts. Stoked!! Would have been sick (as in awesome) to splurge for a fatbike...just hard to justify using one as a daily commuter.

2012-02-01T21:01:00.010-05:00

Between the skiing, running and other day to day fatherly duties, i've finally busted out the tools and some wood and gotten to work again. Nice to tune up some edges and rattle off some projects. Here i'm using a Mora Erik Frost 162 double sided hook knife while the Ashley Iles gouge stands by, along with a small Mora carving knife.

Diggin this:
Extended Play by Royal Canoe

And pumped for my old Uncle Erv at 69years young, who rode to the finish of the Arrowhead 135 ultra-marathon in 37hrs55min in Northern Minnesota on his Pugsley this week. Deadly.
Stay young folks.

peace

photo by e.

2012-01-24T22:35:00.004-05:00

The latest grain/malt/hop/yeast concoction is a dark one. Northern Brewers 'Black IPA'. Which as they say, is...'an ebony brew with a beige head that is surrounded by an aromatic citrus-and-pine force field, backed by a smooth roastiness redolent of cocoa and French roast coffee'. The yeasties are nearly done their first round of fermentation; at which point the whole lot will be siphoned into the secondary fermenter. The final product should pack a hoppy punch, just the way we like it.

Nice lookin winter whitetail

peace
e

photo's by eric berglund

2012-01-20T21:09:00.004-05:00

Always stoked on this magazine. The folks at Superior Outdoors Magazine do a beautiful job of laying out a mag that captures the adventure,spirit and beauty that is so prevalent in the Lake Superior watershed. Make your way to a local retailer or go online and scoop a copy of the 2012 Winter edition. Plenty of good reading and some stellar photo's.

I snapped these shots of the mag...but here are the
Real Photo Creds:

Top Left: Bryan Hansel-winter kayaking cover shot

Bottom Left: Marlin Lendin- a story about ridin his Pugsley 100 miles on Lake Superior

Top Right: Eric Berglund- you can probably guess what it's about.

Bottom Right: Eric Berglund- skiin some fresh trackset last winter.

You can kind of see part of a shot by Darren McChristie of a dude catching air kiteboarding.

Anyways. Get out there and have a good weekend.

peace
e

2012-01-17T23:07:00.003-05:00

Snow was coming down in big flakes and the conditions were rocket.

Five of seven or eight chariots lined up on a sunday morning at Kamview. We dig winter.

peace
e

photo's by eric

2012-01-09T21:25:00.003-05:00

"da Blunt"

After much contemplation, some humming and hawing and several emails back and forth with Tom Neilson over the last year, i finally settled on a new sled. This stubby, wide and thick, slightly concaved hull, stringerless epoxy stick should put me into just about any wave round here. Combine that with a quad setup with Futur Fins or the single 8'' Greenough 4A and it'll be a badass allrounder. Just need some waves.

peace
e

photo's by eric

2012-01-03T20:03:00.005-05:00

mmmmm yeah. Happy New Years all. Into the fifth year here at the fresh aspect and back at er after a christmas hiatus. Here are a some snaps from the last couple of weeks.

Lynx canadensis.

Pulled into our blueberry haunt for a pit stop on the way back to Winnipeg and came across this critter, who didn't seem to be too concerned with our abrupt arrival. Here he or she is slinking off after we had a chance to get a good look.

The new sled.

More on this later. But i will say it's hand crafted by Tom Neilson down in Cocoa Beach, Florida. 6'8'' 23&1/4''wide and 3'' thick, with multiple fin possibilities. Should be a dealdy slider for the lake.

A rack of freshly smoke Lake Superior herring.

As good as it gets.

peace
e

photo's by eric berglund

2011-12-21T14:51:00.003-05:00

To those in the northern hemisphere...
Happy Winter Solstice.

Short days and long nights, but plenty of goodness to be had in this season. Get out there and find a way to enjoy it.

peace
e

photo by eric berglund

2011-12-13T20:49:00.004-05:00

Some nice lines on a balmy December morning.

Delicious snappy swedish ginger snap cookies of all shapes and sizes.

peace
e

photo's by eric berglund

2011-12-06T20:55:00.003-05:00

A neighborhood friend stopping by for a snack.

More with the waves. I can't help myself. Haven't surfed nearly enough this fall.

Good times and good eats. Loggin days in the woods chasing down large critters with good friends.

Home away from home last week.

be well

peace
e

photo's by eric berglund

2011-11-24T22:58:00.003-05:00

Family, hunting, waves, time in the woods. All things keeping me from sitting in front of the computer. So to catch up, before headed off another mission:

Starry nights

Sunny paddles in November

Necessary tools used in the process of putting wild meat in the freezer. None of these knives are particularly fancy, but with the right edge, they get the job done.

Visitors

peace
e

photo's by eric berglund

2011-11-15T22:55:00.003-05:00

Checking things out for himself.

Plenty on the go these days.
More to come.

peace
e

photo by eric berglund

2011-10-30T21:50:00.001-04:00

Cruisin tandem with my little ripper.

peace
e

photo by eric berglund

2011-10-23T14:26:00.004-04:00

Some early mornings.

Fin

peace
e

photo's by eric berglund

2011-10-14T20:26:00.006-04:00

Another beastly brook trout

Steel

A glowy sunset at the end of the first day of the moose hunt.

Called a cow into 20 yards the next morning, but with bull tags in pocket there was nothing i could do but watch her slip by. Still plenty amazing. Lot's of season left.

peace
e

photo's by eric berglund

2011-10-04T22:07:00.001-04:00

Beauty

peace
e

photo's by eric berglund

2011-10-02T20:59:00.004-04:00

e's kanelbullar magic.

Unbelievable morning light while out in the woods saturday...and the camera...sitting by the door. Some moments are not meant to be stolen i guess.

peace
e

phot's by eric berglund

2011-09-26T21:50:00.004-04:00

All in a days work. Nothing like turnin out a bunch of loaves on a Sunday.

A little rip through the neighborhood.

Evening light

keep well

peace
e

photo's by eric berglund

2011-09-18T20:31:00.004-04:00

Less than perfect waves, but plenty of good fun in a beautiful place.

And the season begins.

peace all.

photo's by eric berglund

2011-09-14T22:57:00.004-04:00

Yes. All sorts of goodness these days. A lot in the way of food and nice weather. Of course things have started to take their appropriate turn towards fall like conditions now.

Here's one from the weekend. Plenty hot to burn over to a local beach on Lake Superior and play in the sand and go for a swim.

A fryin' pan full of chanterelles. Nice to have friends who share when they score it big in the woods while your at work.

peace all

photo's by eric berglund

2011-09-07T20:40:00.005-04:00

Long weekend in northern Minnesota.
Always enjoyable.

N. slayin the Pugsley

Lutsen tearing it up.

Into some cool morning pedals cross town and daily doses of fresh tomatoes that just keep coming with the warm daytime sun.

peace all

photo's by eric berglund

2011-08-31T21:53:00.004-04:00

We've been going a little nuts the last two weeks, harvesting some bounty and cashing in on some good deals on cases of fruit and then canning the living daylights out of it. It's a bit of work, but knowing the cellar will be good and full come the winter and that we won't have to buy tomatoes from say, Mexico is a small price to pay.

Some garden treats.

These were some of the best peaches i have ever had in my life. I shit you not.

So far this week:
- 1.75 bushel's of local apples to apple sauce
- 70 peaches into cans and a about 30 eaten fresh
- 1 bushel of Norfolk Ontario Roma Tomatoes slow roasted in the oven and frozen. These were topped with fresh basil and local garlic.
- 8 liters of Andrews awesome dill pickle recipe (passed down through generations) (cukes from sleepy g farm).
- 1 bushel of the same tomatoes and a pile of peppers into tomato sauce.

photo's by
eric

peace
e

2011-08-23T21:48:00.002-04:00

Felt so good to not touch a digital apparati for a week. Instead, it was family and it was sun and water and relaxation. B-logs and email can wait, when there's the outdoors to play in.

Here's my bros-inlaw showing his prowess when it comes to windsurfing. Not exactly rippin'winds, but having a good time all the same.

At rest

Good clouds.

peace
e

photo's by eric berglund

2011-08-12T20:07:00.002-04:00

Front and back covers of a journal of mine from 2003, that i pulled out of a box recently.

Sturgeon scutes.

be well
peace
e

photos by e.

2011-08-09T20:46:00.003-04:00

Foragetastic. Another weekend of blueberry picking yielded a nice haul. Not the number of berries we were seeing last year, but at the same time, nothing to complain about either. A scoop of blueberries on our cereal for everyday of the year.
We like berries!

Some strawberries we picked at the u-pick back in July. Not foraging perse, but foody goodness for the winter non the less.

Stemmed and ready for the freezer.

A lot with the food and plants these days, but that's just how we roll.

be well
peace
e

photos by eric berglund

2011-08-04T21:51:00.001-04:00

some color

peace
e

photo by eric b.

2011-08-03T22:02:00.003-04:00

I'll be honest. Throwin down b-log posts during the summer months just aint easy. On the go and enjoying the heat while we've got it. It's August...and us at the fresh aspect headquarters are foraging our little hearts out. And it's dam good.
Some nice redpines

Little hands filling little bellies with blue gold.

Some delectable fungi.

keep on keepin on.

peace e

photo's by eric berglund

2011-07-22T22:35:00.001-04:00

Some tomatoes coming along nicely and captured with the new Canon 7D.
Sick clicker!

These are from a few weeks ago, when a storm came through at 12:30a.m and i made a dash for Hillcrest park.

A log at Neys provincial park.

peace e.

photo's by eric berglund

2011-07-13T21:50:00.002-04:00

Abstract photo by the kiddo and king boletes.

Some king boletes that N. scored while out walking at noon hour.

Boletus edulis

peace e

First photo by O.Berglund (age 2 and 3weeks)
Second by e.

2011-07-10T20:23:00.002-04:00

Some pretty amazing critters.
Sampled, tagged and released.

Lake Sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens)

The top photo happens to be the last photo my Canon 30D took before dieing. Looks like a new image capturing device is in order.

peace
e

2011-07-04T21:58:00.005-04:00

Flash back to March, when everything was still cold and covered in ice around here. A buddy and i finally order up a couple kits from Northern Brewer. This would be my first 'serious' attempt at making beer. I say serious, because many years ago some friends and i tried to make a batch of beer and it came out gawdawful, mostly cause it was a crappy kit and b/c we had no idea what we were doing.
Anyways, this one was perfection.

The hoppy goodness, formerly known as 'Three Hearted Ale', now called 'Dead Ringer IPA'.

It's a rainy day today and to go along with smoking whitefish and baking bread, i'll brew up a strong but pale Trappist-style ale, lighter in color than a Dubbel but with a higher gravity and alcohol content...also from the good folks at Northern Brewer. Should be fun.

peace
e

photo by eric berglund

2011-06-27T21:16:00.001-04:00

Rollin'

peace
e

photo by
eric berglund

2011-06-23T15:30:00.006-04:00

Much love for Lake Superior. A windy, rainy and gloomy day brought some damn fine waves; especially for this time of year. Thanks mother nature.

John slides along on a cruisey left last night.

Some 'urban' foraging turned up these oyster mushrooms growing on an aspen snag down by the creek.

The little man enjoying a warm day by the lake, throwing sticks.

be well

peace
e

2011-06-19T21:30:00.004-04:00

Our little apple tree spat out a lot of blossoms this spring. If it produces half as many apples, we'll still be talkin.

n's homemade bagels...yum.

Cruisin' out on Nipigon Bay to do some night work on the lake.

Sampling some coaster brook trout at 02:30 in the morning. Fun times.

peace
e

photo's by eric berglund

2011-06-13T19:15:00.005-04:00

Fish are nice.

Spring smelt fest.

Rummaging through photo's. This one from a foggy spring morning, spent slinging rocks in the river with Oskar.

peace
e

photos by eric berglund

2011-06-06T22:41:00.000-04:00

peace
e

photo by eric berglund

2011-06-03T20:04:00.002-04:00

Finally an update. I'll admit, more time outside than sitting in front of the computer screen dorkin with blogs and photos. It's just that time of year. Still jacked about seeing U2 last sunday in Winnipeg. That was quite the show to share. Rock stars or not, their music has resonated with me since i was a kid and continues to give me the shivers..particularly live. hell yeah!

A big dirty steelhead in clear water.

Engineering at its finest.

be well.

peace
e

photo's by eric berglund

2011-05-26T11:28:00.002-04:00

Been a while. But also been on the go.

Fresh fiddleheads on the menu.

peace.
e

photo by eric berglund

2011-05-13T20:45:00.002-04:00

Fresh Chrome

peace
e

photo's by eric berglund

2011-05-04T21:36:00.001-04:00

More please

peace
e

photo by eric berglund

2011-04-28T21:25:00.005-04:00

From chest high to knee high peelers, it was myself, the buffleheads, goldeneyes, geese, gulls and eagles flyin overhead and a couple steelhead rolling on the surface in the glassy waters between waves. Damn i love where i live. Obviously it's fun to surf with your friends, but there's something to be said about paddling out on your own and watching it all unfold.

Unbeknownest to me (since i don't own or use a cell phone), the boys were further down the shore, scoring their own. stoke for all.

peace

photo's by eric berglund

2011-04-25T21:47:00.007-04:00

Cool stuff

peace
e

photo's by eric berglund

2011-04-21T22:31:00.001-04:00

All about the color.

Tis the season.

peace
e

photo by eric berglund

2011-04-17T09:28:00.002-04:00

Spring surf.

peace
e

photo's by eric berglund

2011-04-12T21:20:00.004-04:00

Spring

A flock of cedar wax wings hung out at the back of the yard this afternoon, swooping down to feed on last years crab apples over at the neighbors. The whole flock probably numbering 30 or more. Along with the robins and the flowing rivers, providing a sure sign that spring is under way.

The precursor to sundays thunder and lighting, was the blast of hail that came through. Largest i've seen in a long time. These would hurt.

peace
e

photo's by
eric berglund

2011-04-07T22:43:00.001-04:00

peace
e

photo's by eric berglund

2011-04-06T22:49:00.004-04:00

Pic Island, Lake Superior

peace
e

photo by eric berglund

2011-04-01T20:41:00.004-04:00

That time of year again. The Spring issue SBC Surf arrived today, with a cover shot by Jeremy Koreski of Nico Manos going left in NS; edging on that fresh spring feel...at least in terms of the colours.

Inside, there's a familiar shot of our man Liam Cook "in the wild heart of the Canadian shield" ripping on Lake Superior on a blustery fall day.

Anyways, check out the issue when you have a chance. As usual, there's a lot of goodness inside.

peace
e

photo of Liam By eric berglund

2011-03-29T22:11:00.004-04:00

I've been watching for the better part of three months now for a clear shot of all five lakes; and one finally appeared as a high pressure system moved in accross the lakes, in the wake of a late winter storm to the south.

Much less ice on Superior this winter.

peace
e

2011-03-24T21:58:00.002-04:00

Days are longer and the sun is warmer, but winter is still in the air.

Some lake whitefish

Snow Party! That's what the skis say.

peace
e

photos by eric berglund

2011-03-15T20:12:00.005-04:00

The unblogged.
Working on a portfolio and cleaning up some disk space and came across a couple snappers that were never posted here. So for a change of pace, here's one from Stockholm and another from Santa Cruz.

keep well.

peace
e

photo's by eric berglund

2011-03-10T22:40:00.005-05:00

Woods thick with snow yesterday.

The Liptonians

THE LIPTONIANS - Hey! Hey! Help Is Its Way! / Perfect Swimmers from Mitch Fillion (southernsouls.ca) on Vimeo.

peace
e

photo by eric berglund

2011-03-07T21:28:00.003-05:00

Despite the two week hiatus from skiing in mid february because of being sick and having way more 'classic' days than skate this winter, i still had a decent ski in the 50km Sleeping Giant Loppet on the weekend. Not my best time, but personally a very satisfying ski. Thoroughly spent on a beauty of a day.

Photo's are limited since i was more focused on pushin my self than pushin the shutter on the point and shoot.

The scene.

Somewhere between kilometer 25 and 35. Feeling energetic and coordinated enough to capture some action in the sun while on the move.

More info and stuff if you clicky here: Sleepy Giant Loppet

Still lot's of skiing left in the season.

Note to self: 'self, more training for next year'.

peace out
e

photo's by eric berglund

2011-03-04T20:21:00.001-05:00

Layin down some wax for tomorrows big 50km ski.

peace
e
photo's by eric berglund

2011-02-28T22:38:00.005-05:00

Big Chief Smoker take 1.

I received a smoker for christmas and finally got around to filling it with a load of whitefish. 12 hours later and i know what i'm taking for lunch tomorrow. Today's temperature ranged from -20C at 7A.M. to -5C. I'm guessing probably the temperature limit for this smoker, even with the insulating blanket....but maybe not.

peace
e

photo by eric berglund

2011-02-24T20:32:00.003-05:00

A healthy amount of nordic these days. Other than Lutsen, my Boykin spaniel, up ahead, tearing the hell out of the dog trail, it was immaculate when i set out sunday morning. groomed to perfection.

Longer days and warmer sun, but still plenty of skiing left in the season.
Sorry for the lull in posting. Life beyond the interweb happens.

be well
peace
e

photo's by eric berglund

2011-02-15T21:05:00.007-05:00

Our man Danny has been over in Iceland going to school and liven the life. He's sent me a few snaps so far, all of which are amazing; but when today's email came with the subject line 'Somethin Special', he wasn't kidding. These made my day.

breath taking view at around 66 degrees northern latitude.

This Rules!
thanks Danny

peace
e

photo's by Sara Martin

2011-02-10T21:05:00.005-05:00

Tonight's post comes amidst cups of minty-ginger-lemon tea and resting, as we have been bound to home by a week long midwinter head-cold of gross proportions. I'll spare you the details.

Lake Superior whitefish baked skin on.

Beauty batch of homemade granola...apple sauce from this past summer to sweeten. This along with a scoop of blueberries and a couple dollops of N's home yogurt, get me started in the morning. Pretty simple stuff, that tastes great.

peace
e

photo's by eric berglund

2011-02-07T20:34:00.002-05:00

Two more snaps from the last weekend in January.

peace
e

photo's by eric berglund

2011-01-30T20:23:00.004-05:00

Minding the ice shelf as we snuck out into the water yesterday morning.

Pretty small lineup.
End of January on Lake Superior. What would you expect.

Winston going left on his McCoy Nugget. If you took the right, you were committed to dodging a few bowling ball size chucks of ice. Better to go left and ride through the rip of Skiddle size ice pellets.

Win grabs a glassy one, as the swell starts to die off.

John with some walrus sized icicles.

All an all a pretty sweet day for the end of january.

be well
peace
e

photo's by eric berglund

2011-01-25T21:39:00.004-05:00

lightly frosted

gettin down towards the bottom

winter stroll

kiddo's tough

warmer weather, made for a pleasant time poking along through the woods with the kiddo at the end of the day.

peace
e

photo's by e

2011-01-22T13:14:00.004-05:00

Some from the fall, on a sunny fridged january afternoon.

peace
e

photo by eric berglund

2011-01-16T15:01:00.005-05:00

Despite the cold, saturday called for a long and uptempo ski. One where your lungs burn and your heart feels like it might come bursting out of your chest. One where you know that you're alive. Stopped long enough to string together a couple of shots for a panorama of the Nor'westers. What a beauty of a weekend.

peace
e

photo by eric berglund

2011-01-13T21:37:00.005-05:00

On Smoking. Smoking fish that is.

Until now, i've never really tried my hand at smoking meats. Jerky in the oven, yes. Charcoal BBQ...always. But no smoking of fish. So when a friend offered up a day before christmas to help me smoke 36 cisco (lake herring) that i had in the freezer i took him up on it. eric v's secret family brine recipe and attention to detail combined with a well stoked fire of birch logs for 8 hours produced some outstanding results. These smoked delicacies were enjoyed by many over the holidays. Many thanks to 'other eric' for his insight into this world of smoking. i'm hooked.

peace
e

photo's by: eric v-wal

2011-01-09T20:47:00.003-05:00

A sample of a few birch projects that i finished up not long before christmas; including N's new dough bowl.

peace
e

photo by eric berglund

2011-01-05T22:19:00.003-05:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Folks.
Thanks for continuing to swing past the fresh aspect; i hope it adds something positive to your day.

This is what it's all about. What a fantastic christmas it was with family and friends.

be well
peace

e

2010-12-22T22:41:00.004-05:00

Wicked afternoon ski. Cruising through the woods on fresh snow, listening to my body as i breath deep and exhale, move cyclically, changing rhythm and pace only as the terrain dictates. Winter. Embrace it. Shortest days of the year, but also the most alive.

be well
and
peace all

e

2010-12-15T20:34:00.002-05:00

When you're out in the woods hunting, senses attune, you tend to pick up on nuances that might otherwise go unnoticed on a normal day.

These two days were cold...-30C cold, with north winds to add extra snap to the air. This plant was carving a perfect arc back and forth in the otherwise untouched snow. The bend in the plant apparent in the shadow.

Animal tracks of all sorts.

peace
e

photo's by eric berglund

2010-12-11T21:08:00.004-05:00

Bright eyed little guy..you've got a long winter ahead of you.

Boardwalkin a couple of weeks back before the snow really set in.

Beautiful early winter day.

Local lights while out walkin the dog with the family in the snow the other night.

peace
e

photo's by eric berglund

2010-12-06T21:18:00.004-05:00

Stillness brought on by the depths of winter.

Plants, water...ground to a halt. Wind blows, ravens call, chickadee rings out, deer bounds, rush of adrenalin. Senses heightened. Changing Seasons. Never more alive.

peace
e

photo's by eric b

2010-12-01T21:04:00.002-05:00

Big whitetails. Gliding the nordics. Stiff north wind. O'Yeah.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD.
photo by e

2010-11-29T22:34:00.004-05:00

Birch Bowl

Posted this bowl back in March. Finally got to sanding it, after fashioning my sanding rig, which helps to speed the task along. Pulled this birch off a friends property over in the Slate River valley, southwest of town, two summers ago. Grain came out really nice, especially after applying two coats of Clapham's Bees Wax Salad Bowl Finish.

peace
e

photo by eric berglund
bowl by eric berglund

2010-11-24T20:55:00.007-05:00

Monster bucks

Snowy Mornings

Winter out there. Finished loading down one of the two freezers last night with nearly 100lbs of moose meat and still have some venison to deal with. Seems like a lot of meat, but when Oskar polished off the same amount of tenderloin that i ate at dinner last night, all of sudden i'm not too concerned...and imagine what's to come?!

Winds cranking out there 37 knots ESE...someone should get some waves tomorrow morning amongst the snow and rain.

be well
peace
e

photo's by
eric berglund

2010-11-19T13:56:00.000-05:00

2010-11-17T22:01:00.003-05:00

Made in Sweden

Filling freezers and prepping for winter. Fun play time with the little man. For now it's some warm colors from Sweden.

peace
e

photo's by eric berglund

2010-11-03T21:24:00.002-04:00

Yet a few more from last Wednesday. Specially dig Liam carving one off the top with style in the bottom shot.

peace
e

photos by eric berglund

2010-10-28T21:38:00.003-04:00

More from yesterday. This time some shore pound. Pretty tough to convey the vertical height at this point, so you'll have to take my word when i say it was at least 10' and maybe more like 15'. Either way the Lake was showing some fury.

peace
e

photo by eric berglund

2010-10-27T23:23:00.008-04:00

Stand out spots were just too burly, no way to paddle out into 20'+ swell on Lake Superior in 40knot winds. No channel, no current and a 10 second period. Still, some sizable sets were found even under more sheltered conditions. What a day!!

Liam sizing one up and charging it.

For the record from Weather Underground.com --

"Yesterday's 28.20" (955 mb) low pressure reading in Minnesota breaks not only the 28.28" (958 mb) previous "USA-interior-of-the-continent-record" from Cleveland, Ohio during the Great Ohio Storm of Jan. 26, 1978 (a lower reading in Canada during this event bottomed out at an amazing 28.05"/950 mb), but also the lowest pressure ever measured anywhere in the continental United States aside from the Atlantic Coast. The modern Pacific Coast record is 28.40" (962mb) at Quillayute, Washington on Dec. 1, 1987. An older reading, taken on a ship offshore from the mouth of the Umpqua River in Oregon during the famous "Storm King" event on January 9, 1880, is tied with yesterday's 28.20" (955 mb.)

So, the famed storm that sank the ore carrier Edmund Fitzgerald in 1974, , was weaker than the current storm."

So wild.
So much respect.

peace
e

2010-10-26T07:09:00.001-04:00

On track

peace
e

2010-10-24T22:10:00.003-04:00

I seldom if ever post without a photo, but in this case i'll stick with tonight's forecast from NOAA and let you conjure up a probable image.

And I shit you not!

OPEN LAKE FORECAST FOR LAKE SUPERIOR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
927 PM EDT SUN OCT 24 2010
FOR WATERS BEYOND FIVE NAUTICAL MILES OF SHORE ON LAKE SUPERIOR

TUESDAY NIGHT
SOUTHWEST STORM FORCE WINDS TO 60 KNOTS. RAIN
SHOWERS LIKELY. WAVES BUILDING TO 25 TO 30 FEET.

WEDNESDAY
WEST STORM FORCE WINDS TO 60 KNOTS. RAIN SHOWERS
LIKELY. WAVES SUBSIDING TO 12 TO 17 FEET.

WILD.

e

2010-10-23T20:17:00.002-04:00

Some more fall colourage.

Wish i wouldn't have left my camera in the truck this morning. Perhaps one of the most amazing mornings i have ever had while out hunting...of course having a moose step out would have been nice too.

peace
e

photo's by eric berglund

2010-10-18T20:46:00.003-04:00

So postless up in this joint, it ain't even funny. Peepers and mind far from the interwebs. Beauty of an October thus far, good days in the woods. For tonight, it's some vegetation in a transitioning state of being.

be well
peace
e

photo's by e.

2010-09-28T20:37:00.006-04:00

Just when it seemed like the Fresh Aspect's surfboard quiver might be re-purposed as a jungle gym for Oskar or perhaps a series of end tables...a major upper atmospheric disturbance brought about a worthy low pressure system and with it some quality north easterlies typical of late September on Lake Superior. And so, waves were ridden and the stoke rekindled, leaving the great hiatus behind.
More surf please!

Winston turning into one of many last Thursday evening.

Had to skip out on Friday's clean waves
to get some work done out on Black Bay;
which was also entertaining i might add.

peace
e

photos by eric berglund and James E.

2010-09-22T20:28:00.002-04:00

Morning skate with the dog has me riding up at the nose.

peace
e

photo by eric berglund

2010-09-21T22:29:00.003-04:00

Yet another worthy sunrise out on Black Bay in mid September.

You can tell by the look on Lutsen's face, that he was lovin the day.

peace
e

photo's by eric berglund

2010-09-14T21:49:00.002-04:00

Fun with backlighting

Salsa making

peace
e

photos by eric berglund

2010-09-12T20:27:00.005-04:00

Changing seasons...mushroom picking, mushroom observing. Walks in the woods with the family; sit around the fire. Cold nights, shortening days. Wool sweaters. Pack away quality local foods in jars and freezer for times ahead. Hunter gatherer mentality sets in.

Not sure what this guys is; but it's rad looking.

Ahhh...pip pip....'british soldiers' as they're called.

Gathering

Surf? Yes please.

live well. be well.
peace
e

photo's by e.

2010-08-29T22:15:00.006-04:00

Shred

Pavement surf. Maybe not as good as bein in the water; but you do what you've got to do. Freshly asphalted trails down by the creek were calling for some carving and cross-steps this weekend.

peace
e

photo's by eric

2010-08-24T22:22:00.007-04:00

We forage and we like it!
Awesome mushroom hunt the other day, yielded some choice edibles.

Lobster mushrooms (Hypomyces lactifluorum)...(Note: a mushroom but not actually a mushroom; rather a parasitic ascomycete that grows on the Russula and Lactarius species). Same color as their namesake and seafoody tasting as well.

AhhYEAH! Golden Chanterelles (Cantharellus cibarius). So incredibly stoked to have found this stash.

A fresh home cooked creation using all local foods.

thankful

peace
e

photo's by
eric berglund

2010-08-19T22:21:00.003-04:00

From this point, straight line it's 235km of open water to the south. Some cruising around google earth however reveals some fetches of double the distance; also evident when looking at the rugged coastline from the water.

Glassy morning, while slipping out of the Slate Islands, Lake Superior.

peace
e

photos by eric berglund

2010-08-11T21:53:00.000-04:00

photo's by e.

2010-08-10T22:44:00.005-04:00

Vantage point

peace

photo by e

2010-08-08T21:56:00.006-04:00

Armed with the two hander, a box of small hooks wrapped in feathers, hair and fur i plied the swift waters of the St.Marys River that connects Superior with Huron in search of Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) last week, while down in the Soo for work.

It's a bit late in the season for atlantics, but i couldn't resist trying. 30 knot winds on Thursday afternoon made things interesting too. All said, i had an arm jarring connection on thursday evening with what was maybe a 20'' atlantic that jumped and flipped like nothing i've ever seen. That fish was released in the air a good 80' down and across from where i was standing. I was pretty stoked and fueled to really slay'em on friday. Late or not, they were there.

Ha...on the river just after sunrise, i'd spend the entire day snap t'ing, double speying and roll casting, only to hook up with a handful of small rainbows and watch atlantics do aerial acrobats for a few hours in the afternoon. Fun time non the less.

Muddlers

The International Bridge...cars lined up from one end to the other, waiting to go through customs on both sides.

Back on home waters, Scotty turned this wild gem yesterday.

peace all

photo's by eric berglund

2010-08-01T15:46:00.004-04:00

Awesome week of working out on the big water.

peace

photo by eric berglund

2010-07-26T22:31:00.002-04:00

Good sighting on the way to the patch.

Insane clumpers

33 liters of blueberries on saturday. sitting pretty with a serious stash.

peace
photo's by e.

2010-07-19T22:17:00.008-04:00

I realized yesterday afternoon as i sat in the back yard on a beautiful sunday afternoon, combing the chaff out of the 18 25 liters of blue berries that we had picked on Saturday; that blue berry picking is more than just picking berries; it's deeper, it satisfies a major hunter, gatherer, forager ethos inside....one that our society has mostly come to forget. N's not about to complain about this love for fruit harvesting, nor am i.

The new secret patch found by fellow blueberry fanatics, produced. All i can say is that it's beside the Trans Canada Highway somewhere between Thunder Bay and Vancouver.

And...more berries to be had this weekend.

peace
e

photo's by
e

2010-07-14T17:00:00.002-04:00

Char-tasic.

e. and a beauty of a brook trout as Lutsen looks on.

Fun times indeed.

peace

e.

2010-07-04T22:55:00.002-04:00

Through the woods.

Oh brother, hot like summer this weekend. Perfect excuse for hangin out at the beach and swimming in lake superior with N and O. Windy as all get out, but all that cold air coming off the lake pretty much shuts down any good wave production. Strawberry picking followed by strawberry gorging. Leafy salads and a cold beer. Summer.

peace
e

photo by eric berglund

2010-06-29T22:42:00.005-04:00

June Emergence

Oskar, also a June emergence displaying his passion for bicycles (which we obviously and gleefully encourage). He is obsessed i tell you.

peace
e

photo's by eric berglund

2010-06-21T13:34:00.007-04:00

Happy Solstice friends. Summer is upon us. The days are long, the lake is flat, the garden is fresh, there's fish to be sought, canoes to be paddled, bikes to be ridden, adventures to be had and playing to be done.

Last year on this day, N and i were two days out from welcoming Oskar to the team and subjecting ourselves to the time honoured practice of parenthood. And now, after my first fantastic fathers day and countless days of reflection on being a dad over the last 363 days...i couldn't imagine it any other way.

peace
e

photos by: eric berglund