Tag: Water

After the January 2017 Ice Storm

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A big winter storm hit most of Nebraska and parts of the midwest on the weekend of January 14, 2017 coating everything in layer of ice. The freezing rain and drizzle lasted for most of three days shutting down events and closing schools even after the Monday Martin Luther King holiday. I went out at dawn on the 17th after the storm had passed but while it was still brisk and cold to see what the prairie looked like…

 

 

 

A December Ice Storm Comes

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Wild Plum Blossoms Opening

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The wild plum blossoms began opening

at Nine Mile Prairie this year

on a cloudy blustery March 30

with the smell of rain on the wind.

Enjoy this cinematic display

of spring’s aching newness…

 

The Ides of March – 2016

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On the cusp of winter turning to spring

I decided to follow the water upstream

for an afternoon visiting a few old friends.

 

 

Cool Wildlife Pictures from Late 2014

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Here are a few pictures

from the camera traps taken in late 2014.

The pair of bobcats is the curve setter.

 

 

 

 

 

A Deep and Dark December

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Here is a little slideshow from five trips out to Nine Mile Prairie during December of 2014, a gray and wet month this year.

 

These 36 photos are set to display in random order.

To see over 100 photos from the same collection click on

“A Circle Around the Sun” above and then on the “A Deep and Dark December” link…