exploring nature’s infinite connections
One year ago, I wrote about a bit of a rabbit hole I stepped into regarding the name of a local city-owned nature preserve and confusion over some naming on the maps of a couple of streams that run through or around the Plum Brook Nature Preserve (aka. Sterling...
This week I took advantage of a guided hike by Bill Atkinson of the Michigan Nature Association in a new preserve for me. The MNA is one of Michigan's oldest land preservation organizations following a basic philosophy that in order to preserve land, you need to own...
All walking is discovery. On foot we take the time to see things whole. - Hal Borland This quote is posted at the trailhead of Michigan Nature Association's Wilcox-Warnes sanctuary, the only one in my county. They posted a bit of history of this place recently, 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...
Today was one of those days where I didn't think I was going to come up with any shots worth keeping as it had a stressful start. Despite getting up early enough - add in equipment misplacement issues and navigational issues in getting here to throw off your...
As much as I like exploring new places, there is a certain risk you have to take that it is going to turn up a bust as far as image-making. It is not an easy thing to swallow at times. Wandering about, trying to get a feel for a place - and poof, the time is gone and...