The Birds

 

The Serious Part of Winter

 

Sun Fishing

 

Season of the Chilly Toes

 

December 28, and our first snowfall of the winter.  Very late; last winter there was snow on the ground starting in October.  But so far no one is complaining.

Merganser Morning

 

 

 

 

My Dog Is Weird

 

It's About Light

 

 

Same scene, different light.

All photographs, all paintings, are really studies of the qualities of light.  When you think of it that way, the subject is relatively unimportant.

 

One of my favorite sayings, which I wish I'd thought of:

"A day without sunshine is like . . . night."

No Such Thing As Too Many Books

 

Last Light Over The Fields

 

Sun Spot

 

Too Little, Too Late

 

Rough-sawn

 

The Day Before The Wind Came

 

Stairway To Another Time

 

Fall Storm Moon

 

Autumn Drive

 

Leaning Toward A Swim

 

The Thinker

 

Forest Skylight

 

A Harvest of Beauty

 

Fungus Festival

 

Tributaries

 

Solitude

 

Life Is Good

 

In The Rain

 

 

 

Orange Vista

Happy Camper, October 31

 

Johnson's Sauk Trail Park is a little gem of a state park near Kewanee, Illinois.  This deer has it all to himself now that the summer campers have been shooed away.  The lakeshore road closes for six long months on November 1, so we went over for a beautiful farewell drive on Oct. 31.  Alas, this year the park superintendent padlocked it a day early!  Perhaps he wanted an early start to his long winter's nap.  So possession has been returned to the wildlife now, and doubtless they are glad to see us go.

Changes Coming

 

First Splendor of Fall