Photographs from a Bloy in Wisconsin
Some popular Wisconsin and National parks have seen crowds of people lately, making it difficult to maintain that social distancing during the current pandemic. Hoping to avoid that, I took advantage of the nice day by driving to a lesser known spot, New Glarus Woods State Park.
Continue reading Maintaing distance, outside
A pandemic can stop a lot of things, but not Spring. Saw these snow drops while out on a walk yesterday.
Since I’ve been working from home for almost two weeks now, I’m trying to get out of the house everyday. At the very least, that means a good walk around the neighborhood. When I was out today and saw these pussy willows in the process of emerging, I thought of them as a metaphor for our current situation.
Right now, most of us are in a social distancing “winter.” Someday that season will end, we will emerge from semi-isolation, and live our normal lives again. Until then, we have this pussy willow to help us remember it will not be forever.
Went for a cold walk along the Lake Monona shore late yesterday. Still a fair amount of ice out there. Woke up to snow on the ground this morning. Winter is hanging on…
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Experts are recommending social distancing during the COVID-19 outbreak. What better way to practice that than out in nature? Had a nice hike at Lake Kegonsa State Park this afternoon. It was a bit cool out, but the sunshine was wonderful.
Roof of the Thai Pavilion, Olbrich Botanical Gardens.
I saw my first sandhill cranes of the season yesterday! A sure sign of spring.
Continue reading The sandhills return