Susan and I have been coming to our summer home on the Massachusetts South Coast in the town of Wareham for many years. Susan spent her childhood summers here at…

A year or so ago, my sister and her family moved from her longtime home in the San Francisco Bay Area to the seaside town of Florence, Oregon. Her dream…

Since the next total eclipse visible in North America wouldn't be happening until 2044, I definitely wanted to check off my photographing-a-total-eclipse bucket list item with the April 8, 2024…

Unlike my native California, my adopted state of Wisconsin has four distinct seasons. Each is beautiful in its own way. The icy, bare-branched starkness of winter; the green promise of…

In August, we decamped to our beach house located on the South Coast of Massachusetts (aka "not quite Cape Cod")—A annual sojourn we've been making since 2003 (except for the…

Son Geoff, granddaughter Lydia, and I flew to California to attend my niece's wedding in the San Francisco Bay Area. I spent a morning with my good friend, Jerry, photographing…

Susan and I departed on our long-planned road trip to California a few days before Easter 2022. We returned home in early May, 5155 miles later. After spending Holy Week…

From the late 1960's through the 1990's, my business career provided me the opportunity to travel many places around the world. I always tried to bring my camera with me.…

It's a long story about why, but my brother, Ward, wanted to deliver 48 old bricks marked "Royal Gorge" to Canon City, Colorado and its eponymous Historical Society. We thought…

There is a permanent osprey nest at the entrance to Hamilton Beach. It's spring and osprey do what osprey do. I've been visiting the nest most mornings and using my…

A highlight of the summer is the 4th of July fireworks show put on by a generous homeowner here at Hamilton Beach. Although fireworks are illegal in Massachusetts, the police…

After missing last year due to the pandemic, it was good to be back at our summer home on Hamilton Beach, Wareham, Massachusetts. We arrived in early June just before…

I got up early (3:45 a.m.) on May 26, 2021 to witness the "Super Blood Moon" eclipse. May's full moon is called the "Flower Moon." This is the only lunar…

Susan and I returned to Nebraska to celebrate Passion Week with Elisabeth, Jacob, Jens. The Sand Hill Cranes were still in residence and I went out one afternoon to see…

Between February and early April, some 600,000 Sand Hill Cranes take a break from their northward migration between Mexico and Alaska—the largest mass migration on earth—along an 80-mile stretch of…

Winter will always have its way—pandemic or not. I took many of these photos during my morning walks here near our home in Madison. We traveled to Nebraska in mid-December—…

The pandemic restricted our usual travel plans to head to New England and, among other things, enjoy the fall colors. As it turns out, there's plenty of autumnal color in…

We have made four separate trips to Nebraska over the past few months. Photography in a relatively flat place with few water features can be challenging. On the other hand,…

These images were made on various trips to the UK in 1973, 1975, 1978, 1996, and 1998. My favorite areas are the Lake District in northern England and the Cotswolds…