picThe Landing.
The Osprey are nesting again near Butler Rd. by Cheboygan. They a big 6 foot wing span and two foot tall. Unlike the Eagle the…
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picGrey Comma.
I don`t ever remember seeing these before, had to do some research to figure out what kind it is.
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picDrunk On Pollen
Old skool macro. focal tubes layer between camera and lens, manual focus and settings. It how I roll. :-) If bee`s don`t bug ya. :-) …
picButterflies and Blossoms.
The Red admirals were polinating the apple blossoms. There we at least 2 dozen of them on the tree.
picThe Super Moon.
The last shot with my pentax 100-300mm lens. I dropped the lens after this shot and it won`t focus to infinity now.
picSunset on the Bay
Shot this yesterday. Do you see the lighthouse? Remember the moon will be at its closest tonight
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picMourning Doves
The bird is a symbol for peace in both Wisconsin and Michigan. Many associate the dove not only as a symbol of peace but also…
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picThe Ocqueoc Undergrounds.
The undergrounds are where streams come out of the ground, they are formed by karsts. Ocqueoc is pronounced Ah-key-oc.
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picwild tom turkey.
with the last few easy winters,the turkeys seem to be making a comeback to our area. his beard is almost as long as mine. lol
picGoose Pond.
This is at Wilderness State Park. It has 22 miles of Lake michigan shore line. The north country Trail goes through here also.
picIf This don`t Make you Smile......
wild Female mallord duck looking adorable for me. check out full size.
picCallin` out.
The Sand Pipers can be quite loud for their size. The ones around here are the Greater Yellowlegs.
picLeeps and Bounds
I was waiting for a good shot of these deer ( with the camera ) when a sandhill crane scared them.
picWild Ringneck Pheasant.
A stalk that ended with close up pix. Well its snowing this morning.We have around 3 inches on the ground.
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picDutchman`s Breeches
Little 3/8 inch flowers. some people call them Britches other call them Boys and Girls.
picVan Creek Muskrat.
Saw this guy in the creek the other day, I was trying to get some pix of ducks but got this instead.
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picAurora Borealis
took this at 11:30 last night. for some reason the dark forground came out blotchy when it was uploaded to here.
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picSpring Beauty.
1/4 inch flower. I used extension tubes on lens to get up close. I think spring my possibly be here.
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picShadows of Geese.
with the sun setting low and casting colors on the bay, i captured these geese. i did edit this photo by vingnetting it. I thought…
picI Stand Alone.
Looking back towards the trails at stoney creek. a single conifer perched precariously on the sandy bank.
picIn Ansels style.
In my mind's eye, I visualize how a particular... sight and feeling will appear on a print. If it excites me, there is a good…
picRed Eye.
zoomed tight on a seagulls face. 600mm lens, well actually a 300mm with a 2X coupler on it. The depth of field was almost nonexistant…
picMouth of Stoney Creek.
This has always been one of my favorite creeks, when i was very young i learned to catch Rainbow trout with my bare hands here.
picWater Logged
This hollow log was jammed in the creek, the water was flowing into the log and pouring out the old knot hole.
picBye,Bye, Ducky.
After alot of time waiting for these wild mallord ducks to do something. i actually captured it.
picSing it Loud,Sing it Proud.
I was lucky enough for this Red winged black Bird to not fly off and actually let me get some nice shots. check him out…
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picScrats` Precious
We found this little guy across the road from the bliss Store. He was in no hurry to leave his precious behind.
picCollins creek.
My son and I are gonna have a picinic at this spot tomorrow after church. Its such a peacefull place. We figure we will trek…
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picLate winter sunset.
It actually feels like spring here now. It made it to 72 degrees today. Hard to believe we just had a blizzard.
piclittle falls on collins creek
I got permission for my son and i to shoot this creek anytime we want.
picA Little Gem.
The falls goes mostly unnoticed ,its goes into the river at the Oden fish hatchery. I think people are in to big of a hurry…
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picIn Flight
This Eagle was being dived at by a raven. It happened so fast I was only able to get this shot. Many blurred branches in…
picGolden Eagle
The bald eagle has made a huge comback around here and now the golden eagles are starting to show up more and more.
picThe day after.
most of the roads were still 2-trax. but so beatiful out; this was on my way to pick Hunter up after he got snowed in…
picThe blizzard.
This was taken last night. We now have over 2 foot of snow from the blizzard and drifts 5 foot high. I had to shovel…
picJust Before the Storm.
took this like an hour ago, just starting to snow then. The snow is coming down very rapidly now. The forecast says up to 20…
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picCoast guard station.
i believe this is the Mackinaw ice-cutter. Cheboygan mi. Has a coast guard station.
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picSwooping in.
Adult Bald eagle. 36 inches tall with a 90 inch wingspan. yup they are one big bird. This one is living on carrion right now.
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picI long for this again.
Yes I`m getting a bit tied of no green and running water. Everything is colorless right now even the sky most of the time.
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Lets see. The year would have been 1975. thats the year the spaceship abducted me. A spaceship of women. They took me to their planet.…
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picA week of above freezing temps.
Its been hovering around 32 to 36 degrees in the daytime this week. thats just enough heat to break up some of the ice on…
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picNo cars allowed
Mackinac Island. The only motorized vehicles allowed are rescue vehicles,planes and snowmobiles.The movie Somewhere in Time with Christopher Reeve was shot on the island.
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picBridge over Ice
Lake michigan Frozen over to the other side. Thats 5 miles across of frozen lake. You can see by the Mackinac Bridge where the Coast…
picWarming Up?
Lory warming up at the Snow Sculpture fireplace. The morning started out at -14 degrees by this time it had climbed up to 10 degrees.…
picMore Snow.
Its starting to pile up around here. all the schools were closed yesterday because of severe lake effect snow.
picThe Artistic Jack Frost.
This is how all the windows look right now. 8 degrees Fahrenheit outside with a 25 mile an hour wind. Feels like 10 below zero.…
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picicey waves
Lake Michigan is starting to freeze. In the background are temperance and waugoshance islands.
picSnowy dune
Sturgeon Bay Bliss country. wind chill at the beach today 1 degree. The teens had a great time sledding on the big dunes.
picA Christmas in Bliss
all decorated up. I picked up some homemade Amish mozzarella cheese there tonight.
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pichold the line boys,the zombies are coming!
I just had to pull off and get this shot. I was at first like is that real?
picChillin`
this one is taking a break from feading on a carcass in the levering swamp. Pic is not as clear as i would like. i…
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blogJ Journey thru Bliss.
Jump in the car with me and let's see what we can see from the window. We shall pick up some cold Vernors at the…
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An unnamed 31-year-old man was arrested early this morning in Petoskey, Michigan, while dressed as Batman and dangling from a rope on the side of…
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