Fall Color Check

“The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection”

-Thomas Paine

Kayak Adventure

“We should come home from adventures, and perils, and discoveries every day with new experience and character”

-Henry David Thoreau

Look what I found!

I was so excited to have found my beloved Loon pair this morning, that I posted this photo on all 3 of my blogs! I kayaked all over Big Bradford lake to find these two - listening carefully for their haunting call across the water. And to make things even better, I heard a Loon on my own lake (Little Bradford Lake) this morning. So tomorrow I will load up the kayak and go looking for him. It goes without saying, the Common Loon is my favorite bird!

Waiting for Spring

From Online Edits

I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore....

I hear it in the deep heart's core.

- William Butler Yeats

Big Bradford Lake

"Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake."

-Wallace Stevens

Fall on Big Bradford Lake

One of the most beautiful images you can capture in Northern Michigan is the fall colors of the trees reflecting on their lakes.

Big Bradford Lake - Gaylord, Michigan

Big Bradford Lake

50% of Big Bradford Lake is state land. This untamed portion of the lake supports a great variety of wildlife.

Sunset on Big Bradford Lake

Another reason to love northern Michigan is the beautiful sunsets you get to witness on any of their many lakes. This was taken on Big Bradford Lake in Gaylord, Michigan.