Winter Is Easing Out

On March 28, there was still ice out on Lake Michigan. The Big Lake seems clear of ice now, but inland lakes are a different story. Here is Lake Leelanau on Wednesday, April 6.


In the woods, there are other signs. On Monday I finally spotted the very first wild leeks of the season pushing their way through heavy, damp, brown leaf litter. It is the green fuse. Is it my destroyer, as the poet says?

Meditation on Birch Trees

A Little Creek Wakes Up

Don't see signs of life?

True, some stretches are still covered with ice...


...but in other places, the water is open to the air and gurgling merrily away.

Will I Miss The Shadows When the Snow Is Gone?

Before the Blizzard, There was Puddle Fun

Northport Harbor, Last of Winter Ice

Sunrise Through Frost on Passenger Window