At Christmas I really like to drink spiked eggnog, eat far too many cookies, and, assuming I'm on the nice list, get all the wonderful gifts that I asked for in my letter to Santa. But, what I like even…
(This was adapted from a post on December 29, 2008.) A week ago I went shopping for a new snow shovel. A storm was heading our way and our trusty at-least-30-year-old shovel broke that morning while Kathy was shoveling the…
I like big beautiful winter scenes as much as anyone. In Oregon you can find winter just by driving up to Mt. Hood. This picture wasn't taken in winter, however, it was taken in mid-May. If you take the Palmer…
Not long ago I sat by the lake, camera in hand, thinking about Neal Young singing "Harvest Moon." Even though the weather still felt like summer, I knew it was fall because the trees I passed on my walk to…
Twenty-twenty-four was a rather slow year for me photographically. I haven’t taken so few photos in a year since 2008, the year after we sold a house, moved 2000 miles, bought a new house and started readjusting to life in the…
The holidays are here! There's music. There are decorations. There are presents! But, as the years pass, the old tradition of sending cards is fading away. But, I have to admit that I'm old fashioned and still like to send…
According to meteorologists, winter begins on December 1. According to astronomers, winter (the winter solstice) begins this year (2022) at 4:48 PM on December 21. So, if you're into weather forecasting, happy winter! If you're into stars and planets, winter…
It's been a drab, dreary, almost snowless winter. My camera keeps asking me to take it for a walk and I keep ignoring it. But, I finally decided to get out and go for a walk in a garden. That…
We did a little shopping at the Gitche Gumee Landing Giftshop and the Nonesuch Gallery (aka Brad's Guitars) and then we packed up and started heading south on US 45. We could have followed this highway from Ontonagon all the…