Photographs from a Bloy in Wisconsin
Many years ago, I had a film single lens reflex camera. SLRs are great for their flexibility, allowing you to change lenses, add filters, and manually adjust settings. For a while now, I’ve been wishing for some of that flexibility in a digital camera, and have been thinking about buying a digital SLR. Early last month, a local camera store was having a sale on the Nikon D40 — a deal I couldn’t pass up.
Yesterday I visited Parfrey’s Glen, a State Natural Area close to Devil’s Lake State Park.
While I was camping last week, I took a day trip across the Mississippi River to Great River Bluffs State Park in Minnesota.
The above view of Queen’s Buff is your reward after about a mile hike through the woods. My jaw just dropped as I emerged from the forest and saw the spectacular scene.
About two miles north of where I was camping last week, was the Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge.
I just returned from a camping trip, where I stayed at Perrot State Park.
The park is located along the Mississippi River, about 15 miles northwest of La Crosse, Wisconsin.
A pretty big winter storm has been hitting the upper great lakes region this weekend.
As Henry David Thoreau wrote, “The Great Snow! How cheerful it is to hear of!”
– from Walden, Former Inhabitants and Winter Visitors.
After I was whining about a lack of winter weather earlier this month, it has been very wintry here over the past week or so. We’ve had a couple of snowstorms and typically cold temperatures.
This was the scene outside my door this morning.
It was a great day for a hike yesterday, so I did a little exploring and headed to New Glarus Woods State Park.
Taken at the Arboretum yesterday.
