Years ago I read a story titled “Loving our Parks to Death.” It was talking about how many people were visiting Yosemite NP, and how the shear number of people was hurting the environment and how the experience of visiting the park was degraded by the crowds. I was reminded…
Jessica had a field trip with her Mycology class on Saturday down in the Hocking Hills and I was able to tag along. We ended up at the State Forest Rappelling area. We found quite a few interesting things. I still can’t ID them, but I learned about a few…
Here are my winning entries to the 2017 Fairfield County Fair. Sort of a cheat for week 40, as some of these have been posted before…but it has been my project for the week getting everything ready. Many of the Pano’s are also different crops for photos you may recognize.…
It was a busy week getting ready for the Hocking Hills Artist and Craftsmen Show, and then I spent the weekend working on our van conversion project, so I didn’t get out any where to take pictures. I did go out into the garden for a few shots though, and…
I finally made it to the Paw Paw Festival on September 16th. It seems like every year it was the same weekend as the Alley Park Show, but this year it wasn’t. There weren’t really a lot of things to take pictures of, but I got to try paw paw…
On September 4th I finally managed to get Julia out on a hike. Her mom and Mike came out with us as well. We first visited Whispering cave in the Hocking Hills. This new trail opened up in the spring, but it hasn’t taken long for people to find it.…
On Wednesday, August 30th, Cathy and I took a road trip to Yellowsprings and visited the Tecumseh Sunflower Field and then stopped by the Glen Helen Nature preserve. There is a lot to see in the Yellowsprings area, and I highly recommend a visit. Clifton Gorge, Clifton Mill, and John…
This weekend I went on a camping trip with the Central Ohio Photographic Society. It was a fun but exhausting weekend. Friday night we shot the Milkyway. It wasn’t very easy to see on the lake, so we ventured to the old school house where we were able to do…
Solar Eclipse. After watching weather, traffic and timing, we finally ended up at Lake Murphysboro State Park near Carbondale, IL. Unfortunately I hadn’t realized that the sun had moved behind the tree branches a bit right as the total solar eclipse occurred. The pictures weren’t what I was hoping for,…
On August 5th I took a hike to Walnut Woods Metro park. It was a nice hike with a friend. The open prairie areas in the Big Pine area were alive with activity. Lots of flowers were in bloom and the insects were enjoying them.
