shivery blue pond

since it was so clear out, every body of water looked very blue and beautiful. i liked how the ripples on this pond made it look like it was shivering.

blowing snow

near my house there are many open farm fields. when there is lots of wind along with the snow, it blows across the roads making plowing by the county useless (they never make it out here anyway).

icy glade

another shot from sunday's mission. this is a secluded glade in a dying white cedar stand. i had to hop over the metal bar preventing access to an abandoned road off county route 575 to get back in here. my boots got wet from tramping around in the snow and my feet started getting cold.

swim away!

i would not make a good hunter. several times as i was crashing through the underbrush, i scared away birds. these geese figured they better put some distance between them and me. notice the sideways looks at the intrusive human. Lake Fred.

clear and cold

a surprise snow on saturday night. this wetland is probably technically part of Lake Fred. doesn't that water look cold, dark, and mysterious?

sky colors

This is the photo i submitted today for our club "Photo of the Month" competition (after i cropped a little on the left side). it didn't win but i had a few positive comments on it. i think this was taken on Liepzig Ave... just driving home from the mall one day... stopped the car and shot it out the window.

Little Bluestem sparkling in the winter light

i took this one day when i went to the Forsythe Refuge at about 4 pm. a great time of day -- the backlighting was wonderful.