Tag: Lake Michigan
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Do I Really Have To?
Seriously? Do I really have to make a choice between two of my favorite places to explore for today’s daily prompt? Mornings walks spent along a beach provides a sense of contemplation and peacefulness. Beach or mountains? Which do you prefer? Why? Hiking on mountain trails is a completely different type of adventure, challenge, and…
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Priceless Beauty in Nature
As I hike along well-known trails, I often wonder how many times I have missed the priceless beauty in nature by seeing the familiar things of the outdoors as normal or humdrum. Nature’s beauty, among the things that money can’t buy. CFFC: Mastercard – Things money can’t buy
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Quietness of Chicago
Ah! I stopped and took in the placid quietness of Chicago’s lakeshore. Simply delightful. Ragtag Daily Prompt = Placid
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The Meeting Place
The meeting place at dawn of sky, water, and sand at Central Beach – Indiana Dunes National Park. Ragtag Daily Prompt – Sand
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What a Difference!
What a difference four days can make! Went back to check on the conditions along the shores of Lake Michigan These two photos were captured from the exact spots as a previous post “It Was Brrr Cold” on Lakeview Beach – Indiana Dunes National Park. Do you notice any variations between the photos on both…
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It Was Brrrr Cold
With 8°F and a bit of wind, it was brrr cold out on the shores of Lake Michigan first thing yesterday morning. The sun finally won over the clouds and we ended up having an entire day full of sunshine. Happiness! Day 32 of 365 Both photos were taken from Lakeview Beach – Indiana Dunes…
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Winter Layers
Snow and blue skies form winter layers on the shores of Lake Michigan – Lakeview Beach, Indiana Dunes National Park. Day 3 of 365
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View Through the Trees
A view through the trees of Lake Michigan from Lakeview Beach – Indiana Dunes National Park.
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Splash in Lake Michigan
Taking a look at the Lake Michigan shoreline from a summer sunrise to a snowy winter morning. Ready to take a splash in Lake Michigan anyone? The scene below may look warm without the snow, but it is deceiving. It was a cold January morning with the sand frozen solid beneath my feet.
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An Open Door
Sunrise over Lake Michigan is like an open door to the darkness at the Portage Lakefront and Riverwalk, Indiana Dunes National Park. “The great fact in life,the always possible escape from dullness was the lake.The sun rose out of it;The day began there:It was like an open door that nobody could shut.” – Willa Cather
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Rise and Shine
“We are told to let our light shineand if it does,we won’t need to tell anybody it does.“ – Dwight L. Moody
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Silence of Summer
“Green was the silenceWet was the lightThe month of June trembled like a butterfly” – Pablo Nerudag Silence of Summer