Photos by Big V

This was taken near South Haven a year ago when we visited family in the Lower Peninsula. South Haven is on the Lake Michigan shoreline, roughly forty miles north of the Indiana/Michigan border. Sign in to see full entry.

The sunsets in the UP always managed to outdo themselves nearly every night. Like this, for example. Sign in to see full entry.

I took this on a rare early morning trip in late August 2020. The colors and the mindset it put me in were worth getting up so early! Sign in to see full entry.

A man I have known for thirty-plus years stopped by this morning on his way to Miami. Jim was a lab tech in the ER, where Lisa and I both worked. He called ahead and asked if he could see us, and I told him we would love to see him. Sign in to see full entry.

This was taken in March 2019 near where the Keweenaw Peninsula makes that first big jut to the north. Superior was still open, but near the shore, large clumps of ice were floating everywhere. Sign in to see full entry.

This blizzard shot was caught at a lighthouse west of Munising, Michigan. That area has a dozen different lighthouses, and wouldn't ya know it, I can't remember the name of it right now. A huge storm blew in off Mama Superior, and she was mad! Sign in to see full entry.

I don't know the name of these tiny flowers, but they are carpeting our backyard right now. I love taking photos of flowers, and I had to get down on my belly to get this shot. These are about a quarter-inch in size! Sign in to see full entry.

Besides a pretty picture, you're going to get a bit of personal history today. I've long been a fan of Jim Croce, a singer who died way too soon, just as he was starting to break out huge in 1973. When I proposed to Judy, I used Croce's song, " I'll Have to Say I Love You in A Song. " I knew I would... Sign in to see full entry.

This was a local lake where we would often wander down to watch the sunset. Can ya see why? Sign in to see full entry.

The Wildlife Refuge set up in Seney is now a "national" thing, but it was originally set up by the Michigan DNR to help repopulate various bird species. I think there are twenty-nine different small lakes and ponds there, and they serve several species of birds. I've watched the 'swan ponds' a lot,... Sign in to see full entry.