Two welcome surprises on Independence Day 2026

Capitol tower with red, white, and blue windows for Independence Day

I was caught off guard when my buddy posted a photo of the capitol tower with the American Flag colors adorning the front windows on his Bismarck Bubble page. How did I not know this was coming? I’m normally so plugged in! Of course, 2026 has not been my year. I ramped up in December 2025 with plans to “flip the script” on what had been four pretty awful years in many respects…but 2026 has had plans of its own. Nevertheless, I persist. I’ve been focusing on a threefold plan to take care of my spiritual, physical, and emotional wellbeing, and I’ve been succeeding wildly despite some pretty terrible circumstances. One component of that is actually getting out with my camera, which I have managed to do a little bit despite not posting anything here (yet). Running out to get my own photos of this beautiful capitol tower fits in perfectly with that plan.

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It’s 2025. (updated)

I admit that when I posted this two weeks ago, I really didn’t care much that it was 2025. It wasn’t a particularly great holiday season for our family, and it was too short to boot, so…yay.

But we’re all better now, back better than ever, so I suppose it’s time to take a look at the backlog of photos I got in 2024 but haven’t posted. Soon.

Want to know something crazy? This is the 20th year of this photo blog. It’s been a wild ride, too. I’ve seen some things, done some things, been some places…incredible. Hopefully I can make this a banner year, because 1 January 2026 will be the twentieth anniversary of the ‘ol Blog, and maybe I can do a “best of” post including lots of amazing photos from 2025.