Photos by Big V

Very shortly, my story, "I Hate My Mother," makes a turn to my courtship and marriage to my first wife. I've never posted these online before. I wanted you to see the woman who caught my eye and changed my life. Our wedding announcement: Judy on our wedding day, ten months later. Sign in to see full entry.

This set of falls is in the Porcupine Mountains on the Keweenaw Peninsula (that big jut into Lake Superior on the west side of the UP. This shot was taken from a mountain about 150 feet higher than the river. Beautiful, isn't it? Sign in to see full entry.

A beautiful evening at the lake! Sign in to see full entry.

One of the benefits of going into the forest early in the morning was scenes like this/ Sign in to see full entry.

It was a relatively calm day over by Marquette's Black Rocks, and the fish were jumping and the eagles were fighting for them. The two females seemed to always want the same fish. Sign in to see full entry.

One of my favorite little lakes in the UP begins to tell me it was fall. Sign in to see full entry.

This is a small, quiet lake in the southern area of the Upper Peninsula where we stopped to picnic one day. I love reflective photos! Sign in to see full entry.

This lighthouse is on an inlet bay on Grand Island, just northwest of Munising. The only way to get a good shot of it is by charter boat. This was about this time of the year in 2020 when Lisa and I were taking little trips to show her the UP. It was a heavily overcast day, with lots of snow that... Sign in to see full entry.

I've literally taken millions of photos in the past twenty years. This is one of my favorite top five. Sign in to see full entry.

I stumbled across this little one in the spring of 2020. We didn't disturb it and stepped back to watch. A few minutes later, mom wandered out of the trees and took her little one to a new hiding spot. Sign in to see full entry.