Breakwalls have always been a big draw for me when I visit the Great Lakes. I love jumping boulders to the end of the massive gray structures with Jeff so we sit down and lounge while enjoying the boats coming into or leaving the harbor. Jeff also will fish from the end of the breakwall in the years he has time to buy a license and enjoy the sport. I love listening to the his fishing rod casts and hearing the plunk of the lures in the water.But besides that, Jeff and I also love the textures the boulders and stones and it isn't long before we have our cameras snapping away. :D I swear we could spend all day looking at nooks and crevices and shapes.
I have a basket full of smaller stones of different shapes and colors along with beach glass that I gaze at in the winter, when the snow has covered the shoreline several feet deep. I lift some of these precious - to me - objects out of the basket when I am missing the warmer weather, and the touch of them brings back memories like when the sun had warmed them to my touch. Then I can also smell the fresh water lake that soaked them for a long time. And even hear the seagull's cry. It comes back so clearly.
Winter would be longer if I didn't have these flashbacks and I am grateful for my treasures.
On another note, Jeff has blackened the woodstove with a fresh coat of paint and he has hauled in the first load of wood. He needs to brush the inside of the chimney clean and then we will be all set for keeping the house warm when the colder weather sets in. It's already chilly in the mornings and a heavy dew coats everything outside.
I'm EXCITED for the coming autumn because it will mean colorful photos. :D Right now we are at the in between time. It's kind of a yucky time for greenery because it is fading and what a time to take a photo class. LOL One more photo and I have my quota in for the lesson. I'm waiting for sunset. The class already has got me looking at nature with a keener eye and I am relishing every second I am taking the class. I learned another camera setting that works like a charm!!!
Have a super evening!
Hugs, JJ
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I wonder if you need any lessons,you already take such awesome shots! :)
Loved the texture,nature is the best artist ever.
Thank you, Sameera, :D God sure has given us a great playground to roam around in. :D
Hugs, JJ
Beautiful landscape shot. Great story too
Our feelings are mutual - I can't wait for autumn too.
JJ that is interesting. You know I like to take pictures of the textures also, and then analyze them to see if I can find anything, like resemblance of something, or look for fossils. When I visited Rockies, I took so many pictures of the mountains, and then when I got home I was looking for stuff on the surface, unfortunately, found nothing, just may be areas that look like faces, lol. Thanks for sharing, me too I am excited about fall, it is becoming much easier and Matthew enjoys to be strolled around. Anna :)
Autumn is a beautiful season though we don't get nearly as much color change here as you do because we don't get cold enough. So I rely on your photos to get a real autumn.
Roentarre, thank you. :D I'm happy you enjoyed the post.
Christopher, it is hard finding great scenes right now in the woods, isn't it!
Anna, you have quite the touch with photographs and I love each one of the ones you post on your blog. :D We're lucky to share the same photo interests. :D I'm always seeing figures and shapes in nature too.
WOOT that you are able to move around more now with Matthew in a stroller!
Suzanne, I am happy to show you are autumn in Northern Michigan. :D
Wild wave to everyone!!!
Hugs, JJ
You write such beautiful descriptions that, to me, are only equaled by the beautiful photographs you take. I wonder, in this digital age, do we still call them photographs, or do we have to call them images? Progress. At any rate, as I read your posts I can see the scene in front of me unfolding like a movie. It's peaceful.
Good work.
Happy trails.
Thank you, Swubird. I do hear the word images used more and more and wonder if the trend is changing?
I'm glad my writing moves you to see visual images of what I am describing too.:D
Hugs, JJ
thanks for visiting my blog
everybody starts talking about autumn
and i could only imagine
can't wait to "experience" the autumn landscape
Thank you, Buwau.:D Autumn ROCKS with all the vivid colors. :D
Blessings! JJ
I love the beauty you find in the stone pictures!
Kia ora JJ,
Used to love that as well as we fished for salmon and trout off the breaks on Lake Michigan. Always found something.
Enjoy that fire, our season is coming to an end, have not had a fire for 3 nights now. Have a lovely day.
Rangimarie,
Robb
Hi! The image reminds me of my children and the rocky path they have led to manhood. Once only pebbles, now, great boulders of men. Good luck with the course and the fishing!
Take Care,
Peter
Lovely photo, JJ. I'm mixed on Autumn. It's always been my favorite season, but sometimes I dread the long cold of winter that follows. Need to just enjoy the beauty of the season we're in...
Lovely photo, JJ. I'm mixed on Autumn. It's always been my favorite season, but sometimes I dread the long cold of winter that follows. Need to just enjoy the beauty of the season we're in...
Peter, how beautiful! Thank you for that imagery. :D
Footsteps, I know EXACTLY what you mean. A letting go process happens each year when the seasons change. Let's DO enjoy each day of the new seasons. :D
Hugs, JJ
Love the shot JJ, hey take a magnet around with you, if it sticks to a rock, you probably have a meteorite,lol,
I love the fall as well, never had a good camera last year to get some pics, I will this year.
LOL Bob. You KNOW I'll carry a magnet now.
Hugs, JJ
Michigan is a beautiful state. Living here sometimes you take it for granted. But northern (especially) MI in summer and fall are beautiful. It's nice to hear the word 'flashbacks' used in a good way. I'm too used to the other kind. Winter can be long here though.
Take care, and keep the beautiful photos and essays coming!:)
Hopetocope, it's hard blogging throughout the five long months of winter, so I have stocked up on photos throughout the year. Don't want to get stuck with trying to find something that doesn't look barren to shoot. The winter storms bring lovely landscapes that delight the eye but the l-o-n-g days in between are hard to bear. I wish winter lasted only three months. That would be cheery. :D
Thank you, dear. :D
Hugs, JJ
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