I had several trips to Wahkeena Nature Preserve this spring. These pictures are from April and early June.
Week Eighteen 2017 52 Project: Shadows
This picture was taken for a Scavenger Hunt on 3/31. The category was Shadows .
Week Seventeen 2017 52 Project: Split Rocks
Split Rocks is an area off of Purcell Road and is part of Camp Oty’Okwa. This is the one area of camp that is open to the public, and is part of the Old Growth Forest Network. These pictures were taken in late March and early April. There is a…
Week Sixteen 2017 52 Project: Slate Run
On March 23rd I took a short trip to Slate Run Metro Park. I was hoping to get pictures of the sparrows nesting in the hay loft, but most of the hay was gone and the birds had moved on. It was a beautiful sunny day though, so I got…
Week Fifteen 2017 52 Project: Squeaker and Tucker
As part of the previous project mentioned for the upcoming Library show, on May 13th I set up the studio lights and background and took some pictures of my pets. Squeaker, our green cheeked conure was pretty easy to photograph, but Tucker our black lab mix was a bit harder…
Week Fourteen 2017 52 Project: Construction Project
The Mount Pleasant photography club has an art exhibit at the Fairfield county Public Library that will be opening this weekend. Back in March I took some pictures getting ready for it. The theme is a little different for me. The show, “Build A Better World,” which has been broadly…
Week Thirteen 2017 52 Project: Old Man’s Cave after Rain
On March 8th of this year I took a trip down to the Hocking Hills. We had recently had some good rains, so I went with the idea that I would try to take pictures of some of the waterfalls from different angles than I had on previous trips. I…
Week Twelve 2017 52 Project: Camp Oty’Okwa
This is from a hike on April 18th at Camp Oty’Okwa in the Hocking Hills.
Week Eleven 2017 52 Project: Wahkeena Wildflowers
Out of order once again. This is today’s hike at Wahkeena Nature Preserve just south of Lancaster, OH. If you haven’t made it out into the woods this spring this may be the week to do it. It is a very good year for most wildflowers, but most of them…
Week Ten 2017 52 Project: Rhododendron Cove and Christmas Rocks
In early March the PreservArt Ohio group went looking for Skunk Cabbage. First stop was Rhododendron cove. We found one small plant that was in pretty bad shape, but we did find a few other flowers. It was on to Christmas Rocks. We found the Skunk Cabbage growing along the…