sands of time
The power of a few blades of grass to scour away sand and rocks is incredible.
he can't see me, right?
A turkey tom crosses between two clumps of bushes. I think he’s trying to be inconspicuous.
lost reception
Wires hang from what used to bring TV to these houses near the Moffat tunnel.
Another Kind of Bloom
Algae in a frozen beaver pond has finished its year, but still looks alive.
focus
A firefighting helicopter pulls double duty in the spring, helping to clear dead trees from Chatfield reservoir.
CYA!
This mule deer went bouncing down the mountain when I went in for a closer angle.
Unplanting
A dead tree is removed by helicopter from Chatfield reservoir. Recent increases in water level killed large swaths of timber by the reservoir, and heli-logging has been the chosen method to remove them.
Trapped in Ice
A single air bubble frozen in the ice of a beaver pond.
Caves and Kayak
Lake Superior has many colors, from the browns of the mud bluffs to the ice clear and ice cold waters of the north shore rocks. Here it is green, and so is the Meyer’s Beach sea cave it is illuminating.
Cold Coffee
An empty coffee cup matches the bear berries and the snow.