Notes from the Woods

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Return from a far away woods…not that different

Written by Mark

Born and raised in Detroit, c. 323 ppm CO2, Mark Graf is a Michigan photographer, naturalist, and diver whose muse is summoned by exploring the endless connections in nature; land, sea, and sky.

Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Poor neglected blog..  I am guilty of not updating it much lately.  And for those of you who do manage to keep daily updates, or even daily images – I certainly admire the commitment – it can be quite a bit of work.   I have been busy doing various things, filling quite a few print orders, fussing with my stupid computer, etc, etc.  But for this update, perhaps I do have something of interest to share.  I just returned recently from a business trip of my day job to central Germany.   I will probably provide more comments about the trip and my short experience there in another post.  This image was shot during a short walk in the woods surrounding a castle in a town called Rechberg.   Yes, of course I took some shots of the castle – but perhaps what I could relate to the most was that a walk in the woods so far away still felt close to home in many ways.   Well, except for that castle..  🙂    So I am back hopefully with more regular updates.. I want to thank any returning visitors for popping in and saying hi or any new folk who happen to stumble upon my little part of the net.

Rechberg woods
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1 Comment

  1. micki

    I got back here just in time! Looking foward to the posts to come. Love the colors on this image you’ve created.