Hmmm . . .
Life is so much easier if you're not too picky about the details.
#bridges #photography #SturgeonBay #OurLittleTown #HardHatArea
Reflect On This ~
Finally restored/repurposed, the Brandeis & Teweles granary's story of survival is epic and expensive and involved actually moving across the channel for a couple of years. A battle of wills and egos. But it's back & it's beautiful.
#GrainElevator #SturgeonBay #OurLittleTown
One Day In Sturgeon Bay ~
Spring begins! (slowly)
#photography #PhonePhoto #SteelBridge #SturgeonBay #OurLittleTown #spring
Our Little Town ~
Much of the snow melted today, but I like this shot from a few days ago. The Canadian Manitoulin and the U.S. Edgar B. Spear, side by side, getting along fine, as have our nations until one . . .
#SturgeonBayWI #OurLittleTown #BlueSky #shipyard #π¨π¦πΊπΈ
Green Light
As I was walking on the bridge today . . .
#photography #PhonePhoto #SteelBridge #SturgeonBay #OurLittleTown #GreatLakes
#Go #GoWestOldMan
Somebody Bet on the Bay(s) ~
In a balmy 32β°, the icebreaking tug, Mobile Bay, returns to Sturgeon Bay after helping a few ships in & out of Green Bay. Got that? Notice her bubbling system at work, a big help in thick ice, unlike this.
#USCGCMobileBay #SturgeonBay #OurLittleTown #GreatLakes #tugboat
Tugboat Twilight Time ~
Just a look at the scene around town tonight, as the Jimmy L. and the Donald Sarter go out to break a little ice in preparation for the homecoming of the ship Mark R. Barker, I imagine.
#SturgeonBay #GreatLakes #Gtugs #Tugboats #OurLittleTown
Winterburn ~
Sometimes I forget that the things I see every day may be, in the right light, fairly remarkable.
#sundown #photography #phonephoto #SturgeonBay #OurLittleTown
Red Tug No. 3
#TugBoat #photography #PhonePhoto #OurLittleTown #SturgeonBay #GreatLakes #winter
Nice Day For a Swim ~
'Tho the air temp was a crisp 15 F on my walk today, this patch of open water between ice floes must have been about a balmy 33. Just right for these 3 pair of Mallards to have a relaxed Sunday swim.
#photography #SturgeonBay #OurLittleTown #Duck! #mallards #GreatLakes
Mixed Signal ~
#BlueSky #photography #SturgeonBay #OurLittleTown
Winter Harvest ~
Just something to buoy your spirits with holiday color if you need it, as I do on this Tuesday Bluesday. I imagine there's someone from the dark interior regions asking, "What the hell are those things?"
#SturgeonBay #GreatLakes #BlueSky #photography #OurLittleTown #TuesdayBluesday
Bridge to Bridge
Cropped, popped, and color sopped, but this was the view on today's walk. 22 degrees F. A west wind.
#photography #SturgeonBay #OurLittleTown #bridges #GreatLakes
America, my country, 'tis of thee I sing the blues
Land that the Pilgrims' tried, I can hardly see you, the varied hues
of your pilgrims
to be worn without pride now
And those few native to this place
must live to see their land disgraced
#HappyThanksgiving #snowed #photography #OurLittleTown
Leap of Faith ~
How many hundreds -- no, thousands -- of times; on foot, bicycle, car, & truck have I made this leap through mid-air? And you? How brave we are! (Well, it IS a tiny bit unsettling to stand astride the gap.)
#drawbridge #photography #symetry #SturgeonBay #GreatLakes #OurLittleTown
Urban Planning: Drawbridge
#AbstractArt #FingerPainting #PixelPushing #OurLittleTown #DigitalArt #Markup
Of Brick, Ginko & Goldenrod ~
Yeah, I know, all the pretty leaf pictures were due a month ago, especially from places as far north as Wisconsin. But this is what I saw today, the 6th of November. And I don't do a lot of pretty pictures.
#photography #ginko #AutumnLeaves #SturgeonBay #OurLittleTown
sometimes, y'know
it just doesn't seem real
the water above
the sky below
this bridge of steel
this definitive maybe
when the status ain't quo
#photography #inversion #bridges
#SteelBridge #SturgeonBay #OurLittleTown #UpsideDown
Quayside ~
That ship of state? That ship we called "America"? That ship has sailed.
Now some who helped throw off her lines see she's never coming back.
Have a nice day.
#AbstractArt #PixelPushing #FingerPainting #DigitalArt #America #OurLittleTown #SturgeonBay
The Fade Away ~
At my age, it's easy to relate to this old barn: We've got some stories to tell, but have mostly outlived our usefulness.
#photography #SturgeonBay #OurLittleTown #aging #MaudlinCrap
Bronze Age
#photography #DigitalPhotography #SturgeonBay #OurLittleTown #ColorAndComposition #SculptureNotSculpture
In Our Little Town ~
Paused for a few minutes on one of my regular walks to do a little sketching exercise. A little brain cell exercise. A little appreciation.
#OurLittleTown #SturgeonBay #InkDrawing #InkSketch #SketchBook
#SteelBridge #DrawBridge
Red Tug No. 2
#DigitalPhotography #photography #SturgeonBay #OurLittleTown #TugBoat #GreatLakes #PrimaryColors
Red Tug No. 1
#digitalphoto #photography #SturgeonBay #GreatLakes
#TugBoat #OurLittleTown
Crossing Over ~
(write your own metaphor)
#Styx #SturgeonBay #OurLittleTown #Sundown #metaphor #photography #IsItHeavenYet #IsItGreatAgain
A Visitor ~
Here's the scene from late this afternoon, as Pride of Baltimore II heads out through our celebrated steel bridge for a little sunset tour. Four dandy tall vessels in town right now.
#PrideOfBaltimoreII #TallShips #SturgeonBay #OurLittleTown #GreatLakes
Just Now ~
Helluva storm, followed by this incredible beauty as I drove home from a friend's. And yes, there was a great rainbow behind my back, but I decided this was the better shot.
#Storm #AfterTheStorm #Photography #OurLittleTown #SturgeonBay