The natural bridge in Fonferek Glen is a truly unique rock formation in northeastern Wisconsin. First time visitors are always stunned to discover such beauty only a short car ride from home.
Tens of thousands of ducks are currently massing on the lower end of Green Bay as part of their spring migration north. In places, ducks seems to stretch across the surface of the bay almost as far as the eye can see.
Consid ering the persist ence of Wiscon sin winters, it should come as no surprise that the month of March is going out like a lion...
Lights go out across planet for Earth Hour(CNN) -- Lights went off across the world Saturday as millions of homes and businesses went dark for one hour in a symbolic gesture highlighting concerns over climate change.
Organizers expected more than 2,800 cities and towns worldwide to dim their lights at 8:30 p.m. local time for the third annual Earth Hour -- a day-long energy-saving marathon spanning 83 countries and 24 time zones.
Major cities in the United States, Asia, the Middle East and Europe had already gone dark for the event by Saturday night on the U.S. East Coast.
In Washington, the lights went out at the Capitol dome at 8:30 p.m. ET; the same time the Empire State Building, Central Park and the George Washington Bridge in New York went dark.
The Philippines topped this year's participation for Asia, with more than 650 communities taking part in the event, according to Earth Hour's Web site.
The light illuminating the face of the landmark Big Ben clock tower in London, England, went out at 8:30 p.m. (4:30 p.m. ET).
In Dubai, iReporter Sharad Agarwal turned out the lights and sat down to a candlelit dinner with his family.
"I personally believe in going green and everything that goes with it," Agarwal told CNN.
In Australia, floodlights of the Sydney Opera House were extinguished as the city's iconic harbor kicked off events for Earth Hour. The event's Web site reported that hundreds of people lined the harbor for a glimpse of the dimming skyline at 8:30 pm.
Sydney became the birthplace of the Earth Hour campaign in 2007 when 2.2 million turned off their lights, igniting a grass-roots movement that has become a global phenomenon.
In China, illuminations at major buildings including the "Bird's Nest" Olympic Stadium and the Water Cube were extinguished as 20 cities joined in, according to the official Xinhua news agency.
Other landmarks around the world expected to join the World Wildlife Fund-sponsored event were the Egyptian pyramids, Vatican, Niagara Falls, the Eiffel Tower, the Empire State Building, the Acropolis in Athens and the Las Vegas casino strip.
CNN iReporter Marie Sager of Los Angeles, California, said she planned to hike up to the Griffith Observatory to experience the massive lights-out event.
"A good portion of the city is participating. We'll see the Capital Records sign go out. A lot of these places haven't turned out their lights in awhile," Sager said.
Event sponsors hoped participating U.S. cities would set an example for the rest of the world.
"We think we are going to have 100 million people around the world sending a message that climate change is real, and we need to take action now," World Wildlife Fund CEO Carter Roberts told CNN.
"The world is watching to see what America is going to do," he said, "because if America acts on climate change, the world will follow."
Earth Hour events got off to an unofficial start in the remote Chatham Islands in the southern Pacific Ocean where locals switched off their diesel generators, organizers said. Shortly afterward, 44 New Zealand cities and town joined in the event.
Organizers say they hope this year's event will send a message to world leaders meeting Copenhagen, Denmark, in December for a major summit on climate change.
"We are asking one billion people to take part in what is essentially the first global vote for action on climate change by turning off their lights for one hour and casting a vote for earth," said executive director Andy Ridley. hour and casting a vote for earth," said executive director Andy Ridley.
A fierce, sus tained north wind was blowing off Lake Michigan this morning making the cold nearly too much to bear after only a few minutes spent facing into the wind while shooting.
My inten tion today was to shoot an old grain or grist mill built in 1847 in the countryside near Cooperstown.
If there was an upside to yester day's miser able weather it's that the strong winds churned the lake into a frenzy. Elsewhere the day still seemed gray and lifeless but at the shore, the crashing waves seemed to wash away the gloom.
A horrible day. As close as I've come to failure by a far. I was wet. I was cold. I was frustrated. And then my car was damaged by road debris on the drive home. Just perfect :(
Sup posedly known as "Hotel Hell" by Town of Mari
I thought that I'd already wrapped up my photo of the day at a location a few miles up the road before I came upon these two enjoying a delicious lunch of hay within earshot of the rushing waters of the Devil's River just south of Cooperstown.
I did not wake up this morning with any inten tion of climbing behind a waterfall for today's photo but as has happened so many times in the past three months, this project once again took me where I never imagined I'd be.
According to the calendar, tomorrow is the first day of spring. However, it would seem that Old Man Winter does not pay much attention to such things...or perhaps today's sudden snowfall was his final farewell before giving way to spring.
Sandhill Cranes at Bark hausen Wildfowl Pre serve. Besides our White Pelicans, these may be my favorite wild birds. And perhaps what would put them at the top of the list would be their call which I've heard described as having a prehistoric sound to it... as if you could imagine hearing a similar sound during the age of dinosaurs.
Another sure sign of spring's arrival in the Upper Mid west... Maple Syrup making season!
For many people, the sighting of an American Robin is the surest sign that Spring is on the way.
I went to the river front this morning before sunrise to find a bird RIOT in progress! It's sights like this that keep me going on this project...
Today's shooting took me back to the Lake Michigan shore (are you beginning to see a trend?) but about 35 miles north of the location of my last visit on Thursday.
Retro shop signs in Green Bay's historic theater district. Well... ok, there really is a beautiful, historic 1930's theater (The Meyer) on Washington St but I may be sarcastically exaggerating a bit in calling it the theater district.
A flock of Canada Geese rest on the calm water of Kewaunee Harbor as Lake Michigan stretches to the horizon behind them.
Luka is rather myster
It's raining today which may or may not be better than getting MORE snow (which will probably happen later today) but inside, the houseplants are ready for spring.
Although I dis covered this Native Amer ican spear point almost twenty years ago in the disturbed soil of a construction site near the bayshore and though it has been one of my most prized possessions since that time, I've never bothered to properly photograph it. I once had this spear point examined by an expert who determined it was made by a people who inhabited the area of Green Bay during a time known as the Woodland period which occurred between 500 and 800 A.D.
Twin Lighthouses mark the entrance to the Fox River for ships approaching on Green Bay. Slightly upriver, the Leo Frigo Memorial Bridge towers overhead.
Today was my first ever visit to Fonferek Glen and its falls in nearby De Pere. WI. I'd only heard of this place in the past few years, presumably because it had been privately held property until relatively recently when the land was donated as a preserve and established as a county park. I'd seen a few photos online since that time and never got the impression from those that the falls were worth the trouble to seek out.
My weekend trip to the Door County penin sula resulted not only in some great photo ops on that particular day but also led to my discovery of the subject for today's photo. As I passed through the city of Sturgeon Bay on the return trip, I spotted this collection of tugboats docked for the winter in the ship canal backed by the city's old bridge. I tend to automatically frame scenes in my mind as they appear and I immediately recognized a great shot waiting to happen. Coincidentally, these tugboats belong to the same company as the tugboat I photographed in the Fox River here in my own city on that brutally cold morning a couple of months ago.
My original plan for today's shoot fell apart by mid-morning. An appointment and a sudden, unexpected problem kept me tied up until the afternoon after which I had to make the best of a small window of opportunity to come up with something for the daily photo. This composition is something I had been considering as a shot for just such a day...
Some of the finer detail in the church from the day 59 post.
Wisconsin's Door Co. Peninsula is well known for it's scenic beauty. Over the years this region has been, without question, one of the greatest sources of photographic treasure I've had the pleasure of exploring. There are many"must see" destinations to visit and many paths to follow, some well worn others rarely traveled. I've visited all of these places and traveled both paths countless times and have seen amazing things and beautiful places all along the way. But every once in a while I come upon a scene that, though quite familiar from past visits, is transformed by the light or weather conditions. It so literally takes my breath away that it's as if I'm seeing it again for the very first time.
