exploring nature’s infinite connections
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...
May can be just as colorful month as October when it comes to trees. They have a softer, more subtle palette than the more dramatic hues of autumn, but no less enjoyable. Like autumn, It is also short-lived, as the colors eventually transition to more homogeneous...
It is just before dawn, the birds are just beginning to wake up. The overnight chill has yet to dissipate. I find comfort in some morning coffee as I retrace the tracks I followed. I remember when they used to be easy to find. A year has passed before I started on...
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...
Solitude, a bit of a cold nip in the air, and a place where I thought a troll might be hiding in an animal's den. Despite my visit here being some time ago, I remember the feelings in coming upon this scene. It looked like some mystical place out of Lord of the Rings...
In the Detroit Area, it is pretty rare to see a lot of pre-Thanksgiving (US Holiday) accumulations of snow. Normally around this time in November, we've seen our first dusting or so. Detroit's earliest snowfall record date is October 12, 2006,...
As I take a break from my "imagination-run-wild" writing about dune dragons, I'll bring the topic more to the present with some of my first photographs for 2018. I've photographed winter on Lake St. Clair for the past 13 years or so. I keep going back because it...
A confluence of historical stories, science, and circumstance is where this story left off in Part 3. Nine dragons shot down from the sky in banishment. This rare solar event initiated nine of those absorbing energy in 2017. All of them are in a...
Dune Dragon Bi An Light. It's a fantastic conduit of energy. It transfers life into so many things. Light allows plants to grow, produce sugars, and ultimately share energy with consumers. It impacts how our minds work, how we interpret the world around us,...