A Bloy and his Blog

State Street with some selective desaturation.

I can’t resist taking pictures of the tree in the Capitol at Christmastime.

read the rest of: Christmas in the Capitol

When I was driving to Minneapolis a couple of weeks ago, I stopped at the rest area along I-94 near Black River Falls, to stretch my legs a bit and check out the trail there that leads to a scenic overlook.

read the rest of: Treetop walkway

Taken over the Starkweather Creek, in Olbrich Park.

read the rest of: Three bridges

Another Saturday, another protest rally. This time we marched along with Veterans for Peace in opposition of Governor Walker’s budget proposals.

read the rest of: Just another Saturday in Madison

The wind from last night’s blizzard made some great patterns in the snow.

They looked like sand dunes.

read the rest of: Snow dunes

I like to call this time of the year the season of darkness. The hours of daylight are getting shorter and shorter. Everything is gray and brown, and there isn’t any snow on the ground to brighten things up. It’s all a bit depressing. But maybe I need to look at it in a different way. Take away the color, even from a gorgeous sunset, and there is beauty to be seen in the gray.

I should play around with black and white photography more.