Two Shadows on Halloween

Two kinds of shadows today. The first, a shadowy tree trunk photo for Halloween. This is nearly the last autumn color left in my neck of the woods. (Sorry, bad pun!) Most of the color has changed into crunchy brown on the forest floor, but this clump of trees posed for an early morning [...]

Autumn Reflections

“Beauty is a primeval phenomenon, which itself never makes its appearance, but the reflection of which is visible in a thousand different utterances of the creative mind, and is as various as nature herself.”

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

On a calm, misty morning, these autumn colors were reflected in Indian Lake. Photographed at Indian [...]

The Non-Conformist

Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to continually be part of unanimity. ~Christopher Morley

Photo taken at Devil’s Lake State Park near [...]

Double Yellows

Deep blue lake trapping Reflection in calm waters Double yellow orbs

Just after sunrise on a calm mid-October morning at Indian Lake County Park in Dane County, Wisconsin

Taps at Moon Rise

Day is done, gone the sun, From the lake, from the hills, from the sky; All is well, safely rest, God is nigh.

first stanza of ‘Taps’

This late October’s full moon is known as the Hunters Moon. This moon rise reminded me of the lyrics from the well-known military song, ‘Taps’. Taken at [...]

Autumn Yellows

Yellow maple leaves Crunching and browning on road Stone wall gently curves

A perfect late October day for a road trip to Devil’s Lake State Park near Baraboo, Wisconsin. Autumn color is at peak and yellows and oranges stretch from forest floor to sky along North Shore Drive

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