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To see Iceland has always been a personal dream of mine, and walk it's famous diamond beaches. Some of the ice was so cl...
06/19/2026

To see Iceland has always been a personal dream of mine, and walk it's famous diamond beaches. Some of the ice was so clear it looked like polished glass. But this was about as close as I could get to that. Winds were whipping at near 60 mph. Nocking down trees and cutting off power for tens of thousands state wide as of March 13-2026. Was hard to get a clear shot with red frozen hands and constant spray on the lends. Even the dogs would only stay out for a few minutes before ditching me and running back to Steff in the car.
Shortly after, the pattern shifts again, on a more spring wards path. And unknowingly, this would be my final trip to Holland for a while. The final chapter of the snow and ice that went out in some sort of grand cosmic explosion. So radiant as it was breaf. Whiplash with the wind as I was frozen still. The grand final on Lake Michigans diamond beach.

When fussing around with the printer in the basement, to get stuff printing for this years art shows. Was able to get ba...
06/17/2026

When fussing around with the printer in the basement, to get stuff printing for this years art shows. Was able to get back, (as in 3 months ago back) when Steff, Charlie and I, had to get away for a night, to this deserted ghost town of Mackinac city. (A far cry from now). Where there was just one store open, and that would be a marathon gas station. Near the flashing red light. Buried under 3 plus feet of snow. Was quite impressive to see first hand and impossible to walk through. Down these deserted shopping malls and very spooky quiet city streets. In air you can literally see, steel your breath right out in front of you. As ice crackles, in the far off distance, beyond the dark unseen shoreline.
I always wanted to get a picture of Tahquamenon falls in the winter. And winter surly out did itself this time. The falls were far removed from there formilier world. Rusty root beer turning water's, spilling over a wilderness of white. In total absolute, isolation. A much larger, wide open frontier. Wild and untamable. With just a few snowmobilers, passing by every once in a while. Was a winter's bitter last dance, with these lonely sounds of absolute silence.

The beautiful sunrise, just for you...Wednesday June 17
06/17/2026

The beautiful sunrise, just for you...
Wednesday June 17

In coming at Grand Haven. Plenty of thunder wind and rain, spanning the entire length of lake Michigan. Sucking up all t...
06/10/2026

In coming at Grand Haven. Plenty of thunder wind and rain, spanning the entire length of lake Michigan. Sucking up all that tropical moisture after are first 90+ degree day of the year. Much cooler out now though.
Im glad I made it for this one. Had a lot of them fall apart on me last year.
But before you go running inside. Stop and check out the sky's as it heads into town. You will most certainly be all stuck.

Concentrated volumes of thick summer swelter at sunrise, stirs up trouble and strife come later in the evening at sunset...
06/10/2026

Concentrated volumes of thick summer swelter at sunrise, stirs up trouble and strife come later in the evening at sunset. And you can bet I will be somewhere waiting with my batterys charged.
But for now, above my pond and dince leading fog on my lunch break, while everyone be rushing at rush hour to get things done. There was this blinding world of perfect stillness, the calm before the storms.

Looks like I won't be needing to water the plants when I get home. The first day in a long while since we've seen any ki...
06/05/2026

Looks like I won't be needing to water the plants when I get home. The first day in a long while since we've seen any kind of moisture. Let alone rain in this bountiful flourishing season of late spring.
But today that all changes with a more active and steamy period, reaching are longest days of the year, of all things. Still on the other hand, seems like last week when I had to layer up in the parkinglot for carts
On the contrary note of last year. Are active period was coming to an end, right at the mid point through spring. With this crazy lighning at Grand Haven. That would be the last we would see of any future storms like this, all that summer. Tell the last week of September. When if you could remember that old predictable Grand Haven pattern that dome of drought. A place where storms come to die. Let's not have another sequel to that again this year.

Just one crackle of raw kinetic energy to rip from top to bottom in the glare of incoming storms, one late night in May ...
06/03/2026

Just one crackle of raw kinetic energy to rip
from top to bottom in the glare of incoming storms, one late night in May of 2009.
My first photo that year as well as all my life in capturing and chasing lightning. Was a bit of a (shocker) even after it flashed right out side my Moms front porch slider. (Sparking) a life time journey of chasing the unknown of pure Michigan weather.

The blue hour at Holland, with the full moon set at 6:30am. On just 4 hours of sleep. I drove all the way here only to c...
05/29/2026

The blue hour at Holland, with the full moon set at 6:30am. On just 4 hours of sleep. I drove all the way here only to completely pass out in my car for an hour in a half at the state park on March 1st. I was so tired. Woke up with ruffly a half hour before the moon set. It was quite literally, breathtaking out of this world, behind the stillness of all the ice burgs. The sun came up shortly after where I was able to get a birds eye view with the drone with it's first light at just 18 degrees F. With a slight gentle breeze that could cut right down to the bone of my dry and cracked hands and face. But all that's going to change in day's to follow entering the first week of March. The air will feel quite a bit nicer then what we were use to, but just won't be much to see. One reason why I had to pay one more visit to this vast wonderful place of winter stillness, my little safe haven. On the blue hour of the full moon. That I almost missed. While completely passed out in my car in the parkinglot.

Sunset split in two at Grand Haven with Steff, visiting her ant Kim in Muskegon. Had to wait tell 10 after 9 to get the ...
05/27/2026

Sunset split in two at Grand Haven with Steff, visiting her ant Kim in Muskegon. Had to wait tell 10 after 9 to get the afterglow. A half lit show. Taking me well past my bed time. There is a reason why you dont see nearly as many sunsets on the big lake this time of year. But the sky looked promising for this to happen, all evening. And its been a while, since early March. Just had to take that chance:)

All the pretty flowers. Looking like a grap vine at first glance, taking over the early low lying trees, shrubs and thic...
05/23/2026

All the pretty flowers. Looking like a grap vine at first glance, taking over the early low lying trees, shrubs and thickets of mid to late May.
I had to pull over and get up close and personal to see what these guy's were all about on my rought back home from another work day on 84th ave.
Known as the blue moon wisteria, they can bloom up to 3 times a year, symbolizing tranquility and calm, bringing the heart of the night into the very light of day. A breath of a soft spring rain, right before we swing in these long hot summer day's.
Something beautiful for your Saturday morning from May of last year.

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