AWOL

My apologies for the lack of summer posts. I feel very badly about this because I feel obligated to my readers/viewers (who are still visiting despite my absence!) and also because I think I may be inadvertently creating a chronicle of climate change (or lack thereof, if the current trends reverse themselves). Recall that all of last winter, there was never a layer of ice formed on the lake. This summer we've had barely any rain and temps over 100 degrees on multiple days, and most of the lawns in parks near the Lake are brittle and straw-colored. So I am sorry not to be chronicling this in real time.

Anyway, the issue is with my computer and I had hoped it would have been resolved quite a while ago. Since it has not been, I am reluctant to download photos on the loaner I have been using. I hope to catch up sometime in August with other summer photos.

For now, here is a lovely view of Lake Michigan at Sunrise in mid-June, overlooking Chicago's Navy Pier. This was taken by guest photographer PK.  Thanks, PK!

Golden Glow

So Pretty! from 5/03/12.

Morning Rose

Sunrise over Lake Michigan, sometime in March. These are taken on two different days, with the phone camera, so I'm not sure of the dates.

Fuzzy Peach

That is gorgeous color in the morning, softly framed by clouds.

Ketchup 3

 These two (above and below) really deserve their own post. They are from the same day, morning and afternoon. Beautiful.

Always Look on the Bright Side

My flight was fogged in on Thursday, which meant the Friday morning flight was very early. Lucky me!
A much more industrial sunrise than I am used to on Lake Michigan.
But so colorful.
Farewell Toronto, Queen City of Lake Ontario! From 4/8/11.

How to choose?

So many pretty pictures, I just couldn't do it. Which is your favorite? From Saturday, 2/5/11.

Is there a word for this?

I've used ethereal before. No synonyms seemed to capture it as well. It's just...wow. From Monday, 1/10/11.

Ducks, Row

And a few seagulls, too. From Monday, 1/3/11.

Showoff

Unabashed beauty from this morning, 12/9/10.

Luckiest People in the World

Not only do we get to live next to this incredible natural wonder.
We get to vote...
...next to it. Thanks to TPM for posting this photo.

Red Dawn

Beautiful early morning shot by guest photographer KR (thanks!) from Friday, October 15. (I hope that title doesn't bring out the Cold War enthusiasts.)

Smoky Horizon

Lake Superior Superiority

Check out this amazing post by James Fallows of the Atlantic Magazine: Sunrise over Lake Superior.
Really beautiful.

Too much awesome

I couldn't pick one image from yesterday.
The newly forming ice...
The amazing clouds...
The steam from the warmer Lake meeting the COLD air...

So here they all are. Enjoy.

Shiny Icy

There was a little bit of ice on top of the water this morning.

It was all melted by 10am.

Morning Light: 4 views

This morning I took the lakefront route to work and took this pic at a park near my home.
Here is the empty harbor boatslip at sunrise
And the lovely tree at about 11am
Also 11am--just a perspective shift to the left.

Um, Wow.

Speechless.

A Shining Path

I post that title at risk of being associated with Peruvian Marxists, but what else would you call it?

Roaring Dawn

Loud and wavy out there today. But the light was soft at 7:30am.