There is an amazing restaurant on the capitol square in Madison called Graze. They have the most incredible brunch menu, perfect for a stop after hitting up the farmers' market on Saturday mornings. Get the bagel and lox; a toasted everything bagel with cured sockeye salmon, scallion cream cheese, shallots, pickled mustard seeds and capers. One of the best breakfast bagels I've ever tasted. 

Another win on the menu is the iced Magic Coffee. While waiting for our table, I spied the bartender making iced coffees to-go and figured they must be pretty good if people walk in off the street and order them alone. The beverage menu lists the ingredients as coffee, espresso, cinnamon, brown sugar, and half & half, but I have no clue how much of each ingredient goes into the concoction. I'll definitely attempt to recreate this iced coffee for home. 

Graze is a popular place to dine on Saturday mornings, so stopping in and getting yourself on the waiting list is a must before perusing the farmers' market. 

I've been going through old photos on my hard drive that I never posted and discovering some forgotten treasures, like this day we spent at Pewits Nest in Baraboo, Wisconsin last September. We climbed down into the 40 foot gorge and were able to walk along the rocks that would've been covered with water had it not been so late in the season. We spent about 3-4 hours there and got some fun portraits. 

Happy, happy weekend all. 

I received my new Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 lens in the mail this week and was anxious to get out and shoot with it. We returned to fully hike the Dells of Eau Claire, about 16 miles west of our home in Wausau, WI. It's an absolutely beautiful location that I'm sure we'll be frequenting many more times this season. 

I've been struggling to get back into shooting and posting on here for a while now since we moved from Madison. I'll be doing my best to post at least one image every week this summer.