nature-essays
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Walking the Salt Creek Trail, Laguna Beach
Today S-L and I went for a walk and saw the native brush. Very little water. The brown burrs of a near-desert landscape.
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Wildflowers of Michigan
I love nature– experiencing the simple joy of flowers, shrubs, plants, clouds, lake water— all that stuff. I also like to think myself a student of how we approach nature. I love how we fix it to be just so, like in my periodic shots of the retention pond outside of the California Pizza Kitchen…
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How to Find the Winfield Mounds Prehistoric Site
In the village of Winfield in DuPage County, Illinois, there is a prehistoric burial ground that is 1,000 years old. It is called Winfield Mounds, and it is nestled in the forest preserve of the same name. I’ve been going to Winfield Mounds, and taking nature pictures there for years. A favorite thing to do…
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My Nature Photography, 2007 – Present
I often fancy myself a student of nature, and from time to time I take the time to photograph it, often in manic, repetitive fashion. I also revel in the sometimes jarring and breath-taking moments of nature near the urban. Some favorite places are the North Park Nature Center at Pulaski and Foster in Chicago,…