Tag: Great Marsh
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Bright and Vivid
Along the Trail – A wildflower with the bright and vivid yellow color of summer. This one happened to be blooming on the Great Marsh Trail – Indiana Dunes National Park. Fandango’s One Word Challenge – VividFlower of the Day
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Glowing Wispiness
The end of summer has brought glowing wispiness along the Great Marsh Trail – Indiana Dunes National Park. Cee’s Midweek Macro Challenge – Macro
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A Morning Oasis
Overlooking the Great Marsh at the Indiana Dunes National Park is one of my favorite spots to greet the sunrise, a morning oasis. Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge: Begins with an “O”
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A Thistle and a Bee
After publishing yesterday’s post (A Rebellious Beauty), I realized that I had one more image of a musk thistle that I really liked. How in the world did I miss a thistle and a bee the first time around? I didn’t even notice it until scrolling through pics today. Imagine that! Anyway, we’ve had quite…
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A Rebellious Beauty
Considered an invasive weed by many, the musk thistle is showing off it’s rebellious beauty through the stages of life in its blooms. Thistles and many other wildflowers are plentiful along the forest trails and wetlands of NW Indiana at this time of the year. These were captured on one of my hikes this week…
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Holding On
Fragile and minuscule dewdrops, holding on for as long as possible before a breeze tossed them down to the ground. When I come across this type of scene, I quickly grab my camera and then find myself holding my breath as I focus and whisper, “Hold on a few seconds longer, please. Just try to…
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A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
“It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood” is the first thing that came to my mind as I glanced out my window before my morning hike. After a night of thunderstorms, a lovely start to the day was confirmed on the muddy trails of the Indiana Dunes National Park. A lack of wind at sunrise…
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The Shining Light
The shining light of sunshine nullifies the darkness of night at the Indiana Dunes National Park. For it is you who light my lamp; the LORD my God lightens my darkness. Psalm 18:28 Fandango’s One Word Challenge – Nullify
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In the Stillness
Silence in the stillness of morning at the Great Marsh – Indiana Dunes National Park.
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Spring’s First Leaves
Spring’s first leaves along the Great Marsh Trail – Indiana Dunes National Park.
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A Slow Awakening
A slow awakening from winter (above) moving on to an early spring below. Lastly, looking forward to the renewal of summer at the Great Marsh and the renewing of nature at the Indiana Dunes National Park. Day 56 of 365 Fandango’s One Word Challenge – Renew
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A Hesitant Start
Day 48 of 365 Occasionally, even the sunshine seems to have a hesitant start to the day.
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Elegance in the Unadorned
Day 46 of 365 Bare trees along the Great Marsh Trash – Indiana Dunes National Park. Are they just brown and boring or is there elegance in the unadorned trees? What do you think?
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Spring Must Not Be Far Behind
Happiness! We just had the most beautiful day this year, Bright sunshine and a blue sky reflected on the marsh, helped temps feel a bit warmer than being on the edge of freezing. With migrating birds making their way back to the Indiana Dunes National Park, spring must not be far behind. Not only did…
