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...
Notes from the Woods
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The Secret of Seeing
For the Spring 2020 issue of Michigan BLUE magazine, I am pleased to share an article I wrote and provided all photographs for, including the cover. The piece has some of my thoughts on wandering and seeing mixed with my personal experiences as a diver. My interest in...
Spring Ephemerals
Spring seems like such a fleeting season here in Michigan. We strongly yearn for milder temps after what seems like an eternity of Winter but are not quite ready for the humidity and heat of Summer. We want to bask for a bit in the fresh energy around us. Though...
Flight of the Dandelion
"To see, we must forget the name of the thing we are looking at" - Monet With spring in full gear around here, blooming flowers and trees everywhere, you would think I would be posting about some exciting new flower I just photographed. Turns out, I became...
Bullfrog in Duckweed pond
I learned an important identification tip this morning in processing this image. I wasn't quite sure whether this is a Green Frog or a Bullfrog. I have a number of ID books on frogs, but the first one I turned to wasn't very good in giving the key hint to telling...




