exploring nature’s infinite connections
Blue ice is in the headlines of various news stories about Great Lakes winters over the past 5 years or so. While it is often referred to as "rare," I haven't found any substantiating studies explaining why that is other than articles trying to gain attention in...
Lake Superior's shoreline in Michigan is highly diverse. From the cliffs of Pictured Rocks, to flat cobblestone covered beaches around Whitefish point, to this area I explored some years back near Marquette. Wetmore Landing is home to some of the oldest rock...
A quote I stumbled on recently about the Great Lakes, and in particular Lake Superior struck a chord with me. I know I am not alone in thinking that calling these bodies of water "lakes" - even if prefaced by the adjective in the name, doesn't give them justice. We...
A side effect of being a bit distracted lately is that I completely did not register that it was the first day of Autumn (for us Northern Hemispherites) today. It took the mention of the Autumn Equinox in an email for it to spark an "oh yeah..." moment in my head. So...
The US National Park system celebrates its 104th birthday on Aug 25, 2020. Here in Michigan, we are fortunate to have 5 National Parks and 2 other national sites managed by the NPS. Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Lake Superior, Michigan's Upper Peninsula, near...
Pandemic stay-at-home boredom is impacting me a bit. It has also been hard to keep focus. I have about 5 posts sitting in draft right now that I keep coming back to, making changes, adding, and then hitting writer's block. My photography output is pretty low, even in...
Well, I made it to Month #2 of my month-end summaries. If you came here wondering what is a Monthly Leaf Pile, it is something I just recently started in April 2020 to look back on various happenings throughout the month. It is a way to reflect upon and also reveal...
I have such a large body of undeveloped work that it seems inevitable whenever I am searching for something specific, I stumble upon photographs just sitting around for their turn in line. Unfortunately, I tend to not do this in a very orderly way, such as by date. I...
True story, I started this post with some placeholder text of "blah blah blah" so I could go back and look at some of my recent yearly favorites posts to avoid being a repetitive idiot. After reviewing 2016-2018, I have some news for you - I think I can already check...