odd and end photos that I think are cool -

from orchid show in St. Louis - 

collage from beach walk on Friday

the water was so still on the Lake I caught the reflection of the c
clouds 

thunder head moving east - you could see lightening
dancing in the cloud

Feathers, gulls and sunset, Lake Michigan Friday 3/16

Went for a long walk on the beach. I was joined by fishermen, and lots of families walking children and dogs. We had a beautiful sunset. The lake was very calm and flat but to the south east huge thunder head clouds were building. On the way home they gave quite a display of lightening.  

Grand Forks, Kelly Slough wildlife refuge, Wednesday 11/23

This is sunset from Jennies apartment, Tuesday night. Wednesday Tom and I went and had breakfast at Perkins then drove to the Kelly Slough national wildlife Refuge. No birds this time of year, but some geese flew over looking for open water. In the summer I can understand the influx of birds, there are dozens of small  tussocks and lots of flowing water. There is an endlessness to the horizon. The wind was crisp, cold, brighten your cheeks, dry air. The right temp for an ice cold drink. The sun was shining hot through the wind shield but as you can see  by the wonderful ice shelf the temp  in the shade is below freezing.

there is an upper and lower river system that a series of dams
helps to regulate.

Its a moose - seems the only moose I will ever see are statues and
stuffed ones. We stopped at Cabala's to look around. 

Red River 

Out of order but this was the ice shelf at Kelly's slough - looks
like a birds wing :)

sunset calm, 11/15/2011

Monday, November 14, 2011 – Lake Michigan by Pere Marquette park

What a difference a day makes. No wind today, however the sand is still covering the road going to the park. The waves were soft, constant wish, swish that can be hypnotically soothing. Walked the beach for about twenty minutes, they are swept clean of most litter. There were only a half dozen Gulls on the beach today, which is unusual for this time of year. Tomorrow the winds are increasing to 30 knots and 4 to 6 foot waves. They also are saying snow showers.

My personal opinion is that snow never showers.