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I haven't had any time on flickr for over a week (mixture of work, and beautiful late Summer weather keeping me outdoors over the weekend). Got to run now as well, but will be catching up this evening and over the weekend..
We've only been there twice and plan on going back (hopefully) quite a few more. A lot of places we visit we're fine with a "one and done" type of visit, but then sometimes special places come along that we can't get enough of. Pictured Rocks is definitely one of them.
Thursday, October 11 2012
Today is 10/11/12! I finally have some free time, because all my assignments and tests are done- so I went for a drive and ended up back at the cemetery which I've been to a bunch of times. It looks so pretty now. I'll definitely have to go back soon.
We love this national lakeshore in upper Michigan. Besides having a lot of hiking, it has really beautiful views.
While I was out walking this morning, my daughter (the younger) called me from school and needed to "interview" me for one of her classes. I spent an hour walking around taking photos, telling her stories from my adolescence. As if I weren't already wallowing in nostalgia already, she dragged me right back to high school and what life was REALLY like back then.
There's something about dead trees like this that I love. Even decaying, they're beautiful and so vital to the environment.
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
This was taken about 20 minutes earlier than my previous shot. The old West Pier at Brighton which stood derelict since 1975, burned down in 2003. The skeletal remains shown have been left standing since.
"Farewell! Thou art too dear for my possessing,
And like enough thou know'st thy estimate,
The charter of thy worth gives thee releasing;
My bonds in thee are all determinate.
For how do I hold thee but by thy granting,
And for that riches where is my deserving?
The cause of this fair gift in me is wanting,
And so my patent back again is swerving.
Thyself thou gav'st, thy own worth then not knowing,
Or me, to whom thou gav'st it, else mistaking;
So thy great gift upon misprision growing,
Comes home again, on better judgement making.
Thus have I had thee as a dream doth flatter,
In sleep a king, but waking no such matter."
~ William Shakespeare, 1564-1616 ~
The North Country Trail was on top of the dune by Miners Beach (in Pictured Rocks). We hiked it for quite a while and had excellent views.
I really love how the lichen and colors blend together. It's all so pretty, especially combined with Lake Superior.
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
Giovanni Giacometti.
Bündner Kunstmuseum.
Giovanni Giacometti (1868 - 1933)
was a Swiss painter.
He was the father of Alberto Giacometti.
built in California, towed to Sedona where it lived for 50-something years, and now happily residing in Clarkdale, AZ where Kahlil is slowly restoring it.
A 120° panorama of the initial arc of Northern Lights at the start of an evening of aurora during a G2 storm on October 11/12, 2021, Thanksgiving Day in Canada. This was from home in southern Alberta, Canada.
Moonlight from the waxing crescent Moon tints the sky. Note the subtle shades of red and variations of green in the arc. The panorama shows off the classic auroral oval centred on the direction of the north magnetic pole, to the northeast of true north at my longitude in western Canada. The Big Dipper is at left and its Pointer stars in the bowl point up to true north (Polaris is off the frame).
This is a panorama of 13 segments at 15° spacings, with the RF 28-70mm lens at 28mm and at f/2 on the Canon R6 at ISO 1600 for 4 seconds each. Stitched with Adobe Camera Raw.
While hiking we spotted the van from far off.
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, along the marsh trail loop.