Stop and smell the flowers

042620.N.BD.SmellTheFlowers1eps.jpg — Griffin Hardy tries to smell the spring crocuses blooming Thursday, April 23, at Trailside Park in Pequot Lakes. Kelly Humphrey / Brainerd Dispatch

By Kelly Humphrey

April 25, 2020 at 11:50 PM

Griffin Hardy tries to smell the spring crocuses blooming Thursday, April 23, at Trailside Park in Pequot Lakes. Kelly Humphrey / Brainerd Dispatch

1/5: Griffin Hardy tries to smell the spring crocuses blooming Thursday, April 23, at Trailside Park in Pequot Lakes. Kelly Humphrey / Brainerd Dispatch

2/5: Griffin Hardy tries to smell the spring crocuses blooming Thursday, April 23, at Trailside Park in Pequot Lakes. Kelly Humphrey / Brainerd Dispatch

3/5: Griffin Hardy peeks through a Babe the Blue Ox cut out Thursday, April 23, at Trailside Park in Pequot Lakes. Kelly Humphrey / Brainerd Dispatch

4/5: Griffin Hardy peeks through a Babe the Blue Ox cut out Thursday, April 23, at Trailside Park in Pequot Lakes. Kelly Humphrey / Brainerd Dispatch

5/5: Griffin Hardy checks out a purple elephant statue Thursday, April 23, in a landscaped area at Trailside Park in Pequot Lakes. Kelly Humphrey / Brainerd Dispatch

By Kelly Humphrey

Growing up in the Brainerd lakes area I realized that I never wanted to leave, so it is a true blessing that I was able to find a job at the Dispatch doing something I love. As a visual journalist, I work in the mediums of photography and videography to bring our readers everything from sports, hard news, weather and local events to slice of life documentation of our coverage area.