Boundary Waters pt.6

September 17th, 2009

I like to refer to this shot as my Massive Attack Sawbill pic.  Quite a few years ago, a monstrous storm tore through the Boundary Waters blowing thousands of trees over, including many around Sawbill Lake.  Fortunately, we weren’t up there when this happened, but when we visited the campground following the storm, the destruction was very apparent, especially when you were out on the water.  The coastline was just littered with trees that had been uprooted by the ferocious winds.  It was strange to see the root structures of these giant pines exposed in the daylight, and I shutter to imagine what it must have been like to have been camping out in a tent during such a violent storm.

Last year, my good friend Kevin Poore self-published a novel he’d written called Alex W. Bland: Another Bedtime Story for Grown Ups.  It’s a contemporary, anti-corporate take on the Alice in Wonderland story, and for the project, Kevin solicited artwork and illustrations from his many artistic friends to accompany each chapter of the book.  The novel is quite a trip down the rabbit hole, and the above photo fittingly appears in “Chapter 5ive: Advice from a Caterwauldo.”

Entry Filed under: Landscapes, Pic of the Day, Sawbill