Today is a snowy day and I can feel the cold permeating the house. The cold is crawling along the floors. I am in combat mode with Smart Wool socks and a thermal man’s shirt. The flu surrounds me at home and at work. I am trying to zinc-up and hydrate. I am eating bananas [...]
Archive for December, 2008
Lake Bancroft–Winter Flowers
Posted in Ordinary Grey Day, Winter Confines, tagged Lake Bancroft, The Flu, Winter Florals on December 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
42 Degrees and Fog
Posted in Weather, tagged Marquette Winters, thaw, Upper, winter fog, Winter Lake Superior on December 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Melting Luminaries
Posted in Weather, tagged Al Quaal, December Thaw, Iced luminaries, Ski-jumping in the Upper Peninsula, Snowthrower Ariens, Suicide Hill, Upper Peninsula Winters, winter fog on December 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
How odd for it to be 41 and melting, and I mean a serious thaw! The iced-luminaries that my daughter Ceiri made for Christmas Night have melted. So bright in all the wet the little beads looking like they spun right outta the ice. Lovely!
Mike took the chance to clear the drive of any wet [...]
Upper Peninsula Christmas
Posted in Family, tagged Christmas in Marquette, Christmas Lights, Christmas Luminary, Upper Peninsula Winter on December 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This is my yard illuninated for Christmas Night. My daughter, Ceiri made the ice-luminaries. The arbor was decorated by Mike and me. I wanted to have a warm welcome to Terry who will come home this evening, and to my grandson on Christmas.
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Ishpeming–Al Quaal
Posted in Bright Sun, Winter Destinations, tagged Al Quaal, Michigan Photograpjy, Rural Landscapes, trees covered in snow dazzling white and blue, Upper Peninsula Winter, winter macro, Winter Photography on December 20, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Winter becomes immensely easier when you are on assignment. There becomes an urgency to get your shots in while there is light and sun. So, even though I was scheduled an 8 at my day job, I got out in the bright white a couple hours before work.
Driving from Marquette to Ishpeming, I became lured [...]
A Winter River, Finding Some Blue
Posted in Ordinary Grey Day, tagged Carp River, finding color in winte, Ishpeming, memoir, sometimes even water can still flow in winter, Upper Peninsula Winter, winter rivers on December 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I miss blue in winter, not that cold blue, not that ice blue. I miss sky blue, water blue, joy blue. It is what allows me to flow. Riverbanks are only flexible definitions that change and adapt to flow. The water always moving towards home, that body of water, the destiny.
I found that flow can [...]
Winter Morning List
Posted in Wind Chill, tagged Maquette Mornings in winter, windchill, Winter cold on December 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Early morning knock on door
Beth & Michael walk in, cold
Door lets in more cold
Sitting with laptop near bay window, cold
Peeking out at Michael the Younger working on car in driveway, impossible
Why? Window is a sheet of ice
Thermostat indoor 61.7 (on wall facing Superior)
Thermostat outdoors -4.5 ( not factoring windchill)
Schools closed
CPR Recert cancelled
Coffee in my mug [...]
Week in Review, December 8-14
Posted in Winter Confines, tagged Marquette Food Co-op, Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve Fundraiser on December 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s not officially winter, yet. The solstice comes in another week–at this point we are still loosing light each sunset. This week was about enduring, planning, pampering.
One thing that helps me get through a long Upper Peninsula Winter is making space mental and physical. I cleaned the studio. Bagged up items for resale and cleaned [...]
8 a.m. Sunday December 14, 2008
Posted in Travels, Weather, tagged Early Morning Departures, Heavy Snow, Marquette Michigan in Winter, Snowstorm December 14 2008, Upper Peninsula Snow on December 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Sunday mornings often means working and early departures into snow storms. I make sure to clear car fully of snow, especially headlights. I have the usual emergency items in trunk. Today travel was 30-35 miles per hour on the highway–I hardly saw a car this morning. On the way home, I saw several 4-wheel drive [...]
Happy Holidaze
Posted in Community, tagged Happy Holidays Photography, My Favorite Holidays, Random homes in Marquette Michigan, Windows on December 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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