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Ah, spring is in the air…pollen, too, with all the Bradford pear trees flowering around here… Perfect days like this, with temps in the mid 70s, beg to be outdoors. The woods here in the midwest are pretty, but if I had my druthers, I’d transport myself to Page, Arizona and spend a day exploring […]

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Just a lone tree in Yellowstone’s remote Hayden Valley. Travelled quite a distance by snowmobile from Old Faithful to reach this famed valley, hoping to see some wolves. Did see one little guy waaaaaaay up on a hill curled up in a ball, trying to keep warm I’d guess, as the temps dipped 10 below zero that afternoon. […]

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Camera settings: 80mm, f/13, 1/200, ISO 200 Hoar frosted trees atop Two Top Mountain, West Yellowstone, Montana. There’s only one way to reach the top of this mountain, and that’s by snowmobile. Fun, exhilerating and yes, freezing cold…but very cool to see these strange contorted shapes created by snow!

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“Oh, the weather outside is frightful…(la la la)…let it snow, let it snow, let it snow…”  What’s Christmas without snow? Here’s hoping we get some of that white stuff by next week! I photographed this guy in Yellowstone National Park last Feb. Taking the boardwalk around Upper Geyser Basin where Old Faithful and many more geysers […]

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