Dog Love!

On January 12, 2022 By mvschulzeIn 2022, Dogs, Family, Funny, humor, New Jersey, Pets, Pondering, serenity5 Comments

Here’s Dakota, our Grandchildren’s Australian Shepherd, …and stuffed friend!

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The Leaf – Part two: A Winter’s Day

On January 7, 2022 By mvschulzeIn 2022, Back Yard, Curiosities, Home, Morning, New Jersey, Oakland N.J., Perspectives, Photo, Pondering, snow, Telephoto, Trees, Weather3 Comments

Taken a short while after this morning’s snowfall, the image above shows the same leaf seen in my post last week, …which is shown below.

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The Leaf: Last Vestiges of 2021 – Good Riddance

On January 1, 2022 By mvschulzeIn 2021, 2022, Back Yard, change, Fog, Home, New Jersey, Oakland N.J., Photography, Pondering, Weather17 Comments

Another Foggy Day

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Autumn

On October 29, 2021 By mvschulzeIn Art, autumn, Color, Exploring, Hiking, Photography, Pondering, serenity4 Comments

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Whose Woods These Are, I think I know – OURS!

On October 3, 2021 By mvschulzeIn autumn, Back Yard, Explore, Home, Morning, New Jersey, Perspectives, Photography, Pondering, Trees7 Comments

Deep and Dark, an early October Day. Zoom in for a closer look.

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Yosemite Falls, California, USA – On A Windy Day

On September 6, 2021September 7, 2021 By mvschulzeIn 1970's, Close Up, Close-Up, Exploring, Geology, National;Parks, Photography, Pondering, Summer, Telephoto, Vacation4 Comments

A mid-August view of the very top of Yosemite Falls and spray on a windy day!

As photographed awhile back, …the late-season lower volume of water would freefall for 1,400 feet (427 m) (shown above being sunlit and windblown at the very top) and then cascade down another near 1400 feet before reaching the bottom of the iconic Yosemite Valley, part of Yosemite National Park in western-central California.

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HURRICANE ONCE AGAIN – Grand Isle, Louisanna

On August 30, 2021 By mvschulzeIn 1960's, Adventure, Beach, driving, Exploring, History, Hurricane, Photo, Photography, Pondering, Remembering, Road trip, Storm, Summer, Travel, Weather11 Comments

Yesterday, 8/29/21 – It is likely a small barrier island on the Gulf of Mexico, some miles south of New Orleans, was devastated one more time. Two friends and I were there (a driving vacation from NJ to New Orleans) slightly less than a year after Hurricane Betsy (1965) nearly wiped Grand Isle off the map. The images below were taken on August 21, 1966.

A year after the gulf beach road was pretty much wiped away, we were there (in the foreground) trying to cool off, (not happening!) and recuperate from the previous night on Bourbon Street.

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To The End of Orient Point, Long Island, (N.Y.)

On May 2, 2021 By mvschulzeIn Adventure, Close Up, Close-Up, Daytrip, Exploring, Geology, Lighthouses, Little Animals, Nautical, New York, New York State, Perspectives, Photography, Pondering, Remembering, serenity, Telephoto5 Comments

The approximate distance from Times Square to the North-Eastern tip 0f Long Island is 100 miles, or 160 kilometers. Some time ago I explored this sea-washed lands end, known as Orient Point, while over looking the 1899 lighthouse by the same name.