Through a SOMINN LENS
AUDREY KLETSCHER HELBLING A long-time wordsmith and photographer, Audrey Kletscher Helbling creates from Faribault, where she lives with her husband of nearly 40 years. Her greatest holiday joy comes in time with family, including her two precious grandchildren. www.mnprairieroots.com audrey@mnprairieroots.com
Love blooms on a mural commissioned by the Northfield Arts and Culture Commission and painted by Illinois artist Brett Whitacre.
Embracing love in Southern Minnesota
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xpressions of love exist everywhere. Love for loved ones. Love for others. Love for community. Love for whatever you appreciate, whatever your passions in life. In my recent photographic wanderings, I’ve gathered a collection of love images from the area. Some written,
some artistic, some of people together in love-filled moments. Though different, each expresses love.
These “found” expressions of love remind me that, even in the most challenging of times, love shines bright. To love is to care. To love is to embrace. To love is to celebrate. In February, when chocolates and roses and poetry symbolize the romantic side of love, I appreciate, too, the universal love which connects humankind. It’s there. Inside. Outside. Between. Among. There awaiting our embrace.
TOP LEFT: Inside LaNette’s Coffee Shop in downtown Montgomery, original art focuses on a love MIDDLE LEFT: Posted on the Faribault Foundation’s community message board in Central Park in June 2021. BOTTOM LEFT: Retail love displayed in downtown Northfield in 2020.
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