exploring nature’s infinite connections
We are probably a few weeks away from seeing any trillium spring up in our woods around here. However, I recently developed this image from my archives as I've been thinking a lot about mother trees, also called hub or landmark trees, and their contributions to the...
One thing that has been on my to-do list for ages has been to photograph more of the Clinton River here in Southeast Michigan during winter. The amount of progress I made in furthering that goal this season: ZERO. I could probably make up a hundred excuses of why, all...
While archive mining today, I came across this undeveloped photograph from New Year's Day in 2008. It is difficult to remember the specifics of that day, but the photo does offer some strong hints as to what drew me outside. It is what I refer to as "sticky snow." We...
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...
NOAA sky cover forecast - socked in gray! I was anxious last night because I wanted to get up early today and head up to Lake Huron to hopefully do some long shutter speed blurs at the shoreline during twilight. However, the weather forecast didn't look like it...
An interesting thought popped into my head during this day walking in the woods and approaching this area. The woods around my home are pretty much a jumbled mess. Vines, scrubby bushes and snags, thorny plants everywhere. Long time readers may recall me mentioning...
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...
Eastern Redbud leaves (Cercis canadensis), photo ID # LE9372 from Leaves & Leaf Pattern Gallery My approach to searching for patterns in nature is fairly simple. I look for the defining repeating elements, but then I need something to break it up, to create...
There are a lot of very large beech trees in the woods behind my home that I have photographed quite often. I have always been drawn into the characteristic white branches of the older trees. Like gray hair, I see it as a sign of wisdom, life...