May this Holy Night bring love, joy and peace to you and your family. Jesus, whom we celebrate this day, is the champion of compassion and mercy; hope for the orphan, outcast and foreigner. After all, turned away from the respectable places in town, He was born homeless in a lowly animal stable. ≡Canon R5/RF24-240…
As the sun sets on another day, the daysailer is safely on its station ready for an evening rest. I had to be patient to get this shot, balancing the shoreline’s soft silhouette which frames the scene with the timing of the sun sinking down through the clouds. I think the reflection in the calm…
Hiking up the East Bluff Trail with a carpet of fallen leaves to greet you. I remember doing this hike when our kids were young. It was one of their first hiking adventures. Of course, it was also one of my first hiking adventures when I was a kid. I know the harsh winter season…
Not much is left of this old wooden fence, but with aspens in full autumn splendor, green mountains and a bluebird sky, you could not stage a more colorful scene – Spanish Peaks. For me, this image is enduring. (Stonewall, Colorado) ≡Canon R5/RF24-240 58mm f/8 1/200sec iso-100
What will guide your path? Nauset Beach Light is a restored lighthouse within the Cape Cod National Seashore. It guides mariners who are traveling up and down the Eastern Seaboard. The color pattern of the structure, and at night the flashing light pattern, identifies one’s location (Eastham, Massachusetts). Wouldn’t it be nice to have a…
A tranquil walking trail around Fireman’s Lake. The well-designed trail also includes a nice boardwalk section and a graceful pedestrian bridge over a pond. Walking is something that often allows me to sort through any troubling thoughts and store them a way for later. At that moment the rest of the walk becomes a time…
During the Late Wisconsin Glaciation, which peaked about 20,000 years ago, massive “rivers of ice” filled the lower valleys of Glacier National Park completely. These massive glaciers sculpted the steep, U-shaped profile of the Reynolds Creek valley before melting away entirely by about 10,000 years ago due to a post-Pleistocene warming trend – Reynolds Creek…
The Blue Ridge Parkway is a 469-mile scenic road winding though the Appalachian Highlands of Virginia and North Carolina. The southern terminus is located here in Great Smoky Mountain National Park. I was a little nervous trying to get a shot of this historic road with very little foliage on the trees. And yet, I…
Over 700 miles are blazed and open for public use, with about 500 miles of temporary connecting road hikes, making a trip of the entire 1,200-mile trail possible for those with big ambitions. Ice Age National Scenic Trail – Steenbock Preserve. Here the trail passes through a pine forest, with dropped needles making for cushioned…
Sailboat with classic lines resting in the harbor at sunset. The Nonsuch 36 is a cat-rig boat with unstayed mast and wishbone boom, making it ideal for solo or short-handed sailing. I came across this boat as Sue and I were walking along the dock on Longboat Key, and the sun was just setting behind…