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Posted: September 4, 2012 10:22 am
Dawn is past, and the sun has broken free of the horizon as my wife and I pull into the Perry Monument parking lot. The sun is bright with high white cumulus clouds tumbling playfully across a rich blue sky. We are here this morning to meet Bob Harris and walk Graveyard Pond… View ArticleA Quiet Friday Walk on the Park – - Part # 1
Posted: August 24, 2012 6:09 am
So much for a quiet weekend,. The grandkids are “mup-peer” from the “burgh” for the weekend. Walleye fishing is on for Sunday, but today, they are off to the beach. I love the park, yet the beach is not my cup of tea. While they bike, splash and dash to and at the… View ArticleONCE IN A LIFETIME – - A day on the park
Posted: August 14, 2012 8:18 pm
There is one place that has constantly made my life richer. Presque Isle State Park is like a fresh artist’s canvas each day. Every day starts with a blank canvas and over the day, nature paints a magnificent vignette. Presque Isle allows me and many thousands of other visitors to disconnect from our daily… View ArticleMUSKRATS, BULLFROGS AND DRAGONFLIES in the midafternoon sun – -
Posted: July 31, 2012 7:16 am
Sunshine is the artist of the on this bright silver-blue afternoon as I finish my photography session on the new Feather. It is 3:30, so the sun is casting unique shadows due to its angle to the earth. The air is hot and yet clear. These are the factors that are important to… View ArticlePRESQUE ISLE WILDLIFE – - watching and watching out for the parks’s new babies
Posted: July 23, 2012 3:57 pm
Every day is a great day for photographing, sketching or just watching wildlife, whether it is on the park, in your own backyard, or a new place you might like to explore. This is especially true in June, July and August as this time of year when almost all the creatures of the… View ArticleCHASING PRESQUE ISLE’S DRAGONS – - Facts and Myths about Dagonflies
Posted: July 17, 2012 6:56 am
The pretty little dragonfly that swoops and flits around while you are walking the Presque Isle lagoon shoreline has been the subject of intrigue on every single continent where it is found. Worldwide, each civilization has developed its own unique meanings regarding the behavior and lifestyle of the dragonfly. In our part… View ArticleMORNING ON THE PATIO – - using native plants
Posted: July 12, 2012 4:55 pm
Today there will be no trip to Presque Isle. Later this morning I am joining a group going to Pittsburgh for a dinner tonight where former Governor Tom Ridge will receive the Lifetime Achievement Environmental Award from the Pennsylvania Environmental Council for his never- ending work to protect Presque Isle, his establishment of… View ArticleCATTAIL – -A common, useful and sometimes invasive Presque Isle plant
Posted: July 2, 2012 9:37 pm
The lowly cattail is well-known to everyone, nature lover or not. They are one of the most common and easily identified of our water-loving plants. Sunny, marshy places dominated by these sword-like plants are a familiar sight all across America. Most of us easily recognize the long green leaves and hot-dog shaped brown… View ArticleREDISCOVERING THE SIMPLE THINGS OF LIFE – -Morning treasures on Presque Isle
Posted: June 29, 2012 8:40 am
After I make a quick trip to the office, I head out to the park. Camera and notebook in hand, I begin my walk down Long Pond Trail. This trail is one of the least used on the park, yet is interesting because it parallels part of the lagoons and also snakes its… View ArticleWATCHING PRESQUE ISLE’S WILDLIFE – -Sometimes dreams can come true!
Posted: June 22, 2012 9:22 am
Because I am a habitual park visitor, fisherman, photographer and boater, I have been fortunate to be able to view its waters and wildlife from many vantage points most visitors never experience. Wild animals seem unafraid of a quiet fisherman intent only on getting his line wet in the water. It is something… View Article« Previous 1 2 3 4 … 6 Next »