On the Water

 

“I really believe there are things nobody would see if I didn’t photograph them.” - Diane Arbus

River Reflections

"When I have a camera in my hand, I know no fear." Alfred Eisenstaedt

Full Moon - Canon Rebel T3

 

“Taking an image, freezing a moment, reveals how rich reality truly is.” - Anonymous

By the light of the moon - Canon Rebel T3

"When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence." - Ansel Adams

Jumping Point - Canon Rebel T3

Having a boat now affords me the opportunity to get shots of different angles and perspectives that I have ever been afforded before.  I look forward to this new availability and adventures.

Jumper- Canon Rebel T3

In the middle of the St Joseph River, near Berrien Springs Mi, there are these old railroad pillars that stand like Sentinels watching over the river.  Once upon a time, the Interurban railway made its way through this area.  Beginning in 1898 it ran through cities in Southwestern Lower Michigan (Berrien County) through Northern Indiana, (Laporte and St Joseph County) and into Chicago.  The Interurban railway service was abandoned and replaced with buses in 1934.

As many of the things that attract my attention, a part of our history that stands to fall into ruins.

Fisherman - Canon Rebel T3

Came across two men fly fishing on the St. Joseph River near Berrien Springs Mi.  I did not have their permission to photograph, but snagged the opportunity to get a candid shot without the person posing.  I have always had a keen interest in the sport of fly fishing.  Someone was going to teach me once, but I guess we never got around to it.

Beatiful ladies - Canon Rebel T3

Probably, no most definitely, my greatest accomplishment in this world, these three girls!  As they grow into fine young women, I am excited to learn what they learn, see what they see, and experience what they experience.  There is just something about seeing the joy and wonder in a child's eyes when they experience something for the first time.  I learn something new with them everyday!  I can't wait to show them the world! 

Sunset - Canon Rebel T3

Yesterday we celebrated my parents 50th anniversary.  There is something to be said for two people that decide to stick it out, even through the rough stuff, in this day and age.  I am proud to call them my parents, and proud of their accomplishments!

Full Moon - Canon Rebel T3

"Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a teardrop." - Anonymous

Michigan Lighthouse - Canon Rebel T3

“Flower will not grow, if the stem doesn't allow” - Nayreil

Beach Trail - Canon Rebel T3

“Sometimes, the only soul that can mend a broken heart is the one that broke it. For they are the ones holding all the pieces.” - Patti Roberts

Lighthouse through the Trees - Canon Rebel T3

Sharp are the arrows of a broken heart.” - Cassandra Clare

Frozen Drift Wood - Canon Rebel T3

“A broken heart bleeds tears.” - Steve Maraboli

Frozen Lighthouse - Canon Rebel T3

 

“There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds.”  - Laurell K. Hamilton

Snow Fence - Canon Rebel T3

 

"I can't go back to yesterday - because I was a different person then." - Lewis Carroll

Light through the trees - Canon Rebel T3

 

"Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal." - Arthur Schopenhauer

Winter Chapel - Canon Rebel T3

"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened. - Anonymous

Gaint Head - Canon Rebel T3

 

"Summertime is always the best of what might be.”- Charles Bowden

Bean Reflections - Canon Rebel T3

"I know I am but summer to your heart, and not the full four seasons of the year.” - Edna St. Vincent Millay

Spring Fence - Canon Rebel T3

“If winter comes, can spring be far behind?” - Percy Bysshe Shelley

Spring Trail - Canon Rebel T3

“It is spring again. The earth is like a child that knows poems by heart.” - Rainer Maria Rilke

Beach Girls - Canon Rebel T3

“Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.”  - Anne Frank

Sunset Rainbow - Canon Rebel T3

“Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go." - T.S Eliot

Grave Marker - Canon Rebel T3

“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.” — Anais Nin

Trail to Nowhere - Cave City Kentucky - Canon Rebel T3

“It is never too late to be who you might have been.” — George Eliot

Antique Bottles - Canon Rebel T3

“The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it.” -W. M. Lewis

Antique Bottles - Canon Rebel T3

“Death is more universal than life; everyone dies but not everyone lives.” — Alan Sachs

Kentucky Church Door - Canon Rebel T3

“As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death.” — Leonardo da Vinci

Kentucky Church Detail - Canon Rebel T3

"One way to get the most out of life is to look upon it as an adventure.” — William Feather