exploring nature’s infinite connections
With so much bitter cold, snow and ice this past winter, we didn't go for many walks in the woods with our malamute Willow this year, even though she would have loved it. This past week was a time to revisit the woods behind our house to see what was what. And...
I photograph by myself quite often, many times out completely alone in the middle of nowhere just wandering. It is rare that I get freaked out, even when thinking about if I were to get hurt, fall into a hole, or who knows what. However, such a morning...
This year during my regular Earth Day walk and cleanup along the main road near where I live, I decided to do something a little different and convert it into a mini photo project. I documented what I picked up in these photographs and live tweeted while I was...
Today marks the birthday of Michigan, where 176 years ago, Andrew Jackson signed the state into the Union. As a native Michigander, I wonder about how often people think about the unique features of this place. I suppose a birthday is as good as time as any to...
If my woods could talk... November 22, 2012 Me: "Feels good to be visiting again, it has been awhile." Woods: "Yes, it has... since April I think." Me: "Well, you had a rough patch with those mosquitoes this summer, and I have been off exploring some new spots."...
Normally when I am showing photos from various places around the state, and I come to images from a unique spot, say like Pictured Rocks, I often get statements of "This is Michigan?" from people who have lived here their entire lives. For some place like Pictured...
"Hmm, this image reminds me of a forest fire." is what I was thinking when processing one of my few fall color images from this year. I photographed this scene while driving around one morning during our brief getaway to northwest Michigan. I was really looking for...
I was able to do a little exploring this morning to some areas I had never been to before. It was simply a matter of parking my car and deciding to head off to the east instead of the west. The major river near here is called the Clinton River - which is pretty...
The woods behind my house are quite chaotic. There are all sorts of vines, twigs, fallen limbs, and probably the center of the world's collection on thorny plants. I have often wondered why I don't see the deer with a thousand scratches on their sides. They...