All In

This photo has everything. Beautiful aqua water, blue horizon stripe, stunning clouds, and even a bit of tree. 4/25/12.

Buds!

Unlike last year, when Spring was delayed by a month, the buds are out early. From 4/05/12.

Serenity

Calm late afternoon shot from 3/15/12.

Right Before My Very Eyes

 There was a thick covering of fog on the Lake when I arrived at work on Wednesday morning, 2/29/12. After an hour or so, it began to clear, so I stepped outside to snap some photos. 

 The combination of fog and sunlight made for some beautiful effects.

 As I snapped photos, the fog quickly dissipated.

 Thinning out.

 Sun coming through.

 Nearly gone.

 Sun shining brightly.

Sometimes, the timing is just exactly right.

Spidery

Lacey twigs from Monday, 2/27/12.

Snow Beautiful

 Winter arrived, for a short time anyway.

 The snow was still falling this morning as the sun attempted to shine.

 Big, wet flakes clung to every tree branch and rock.

 Fence posts were topped with pure white mounds of snow.

Most of it is gone from the trees at 2pm, but it was beautiful while it lasted.

Too Much

Flossy clouds against ethereal blue sky, tree and lamp silhouettes, and subtle stripes across the water. I tried to get them all in the same photo, maybe too much? From 2/17/12.

Extra Wonders

Nothing to say here.

And this is best enjoyed by clicking through to make it larger.  Those ice islands are brilliant on that steel blue water. From 1/24/12.

Framed

Slightly different vantage point. From 12/19/11.

Light at Dusk

I'm still here! It has been quite a December. I've taken a photo nearly every day, but haven't been able to post them.  Stay tuned as I try to make up for it over the next days.

Meanwhile, enjoy this lovely view from the first day of December.

Setting Sun

 This was taken at 4:10pm (roughly).

 This, too, shifted a bit left to get the contrails.

This was 15 minutes later, deeper, pinker, and oranger.

Inverted

 These pictures look upside down to me.

Same Old, Same Old

More beauty, just like yesterday. From Thursday 9/22.

Serenity

Midweek beauty.  From Wednesday, 9/21.

The Tree Stands Alone

This tree appears in lots of photos on this site, but I don't think I've ever put it in the center of the frame before. The Lake looks hazy, because, in an almost unfathomable function of meteorology, we are experiencing a smoke plume from a forest fire in Minnesota. Yes, hundreds of miles from Lake Michigan. It smells terrible. I hope things go well for those fighting the fire. From Tuesday, 9/13/11.

BackBlogging: Storm Drama

One of the more dramatic photos of the June 30th storm: an overturned park pavilion. That's the inside of the pavilion you are seeing; the wind literally scooped it up and flipped it on its back, like a turtle.
And here's a tree snapped like a toothpick. Most of this is cleaned up now. Our parks are more like open fields and less like forests. Five minutes took out over 800 trees city-wide, some of which were growing for 100 years or more. Makes you think.

About Last Week

Tuesday.
Wednesday.
Thursday.
Friday.

I'm Back! Blogging

After the I'm Back! blogging, I will need to do a LOT of backblogging to catch up from summer. But anyway, this was today. Above, new life in one of the trees broken off in the June storm.

Someone was trying to be romantic with the rocks on the beach. I think it says "...U GO OUT WITH ME?"
Answer: NO. Oh, snap! and with rocks, no less!
And here's a pretty view looking south at dusk.

Backblogging: Color Wheel

A beautiful wheel of color in a lakefront park. That blue stripe on the Horizon is the Lake. From mid-July.

BackBlogging: Mid June

These were all taken from my new phone, but downloaded to the computer first, which I guess accounts for their better quality (and the fact that they are not upside down)? Still learning the new phone/camera, but the pictures are not bad. They aren't dated, however, which is a bit of a problem. Another thing to learn.