No fishing. A perplexed Great Blue Heron wanders across the ice hoping to find an area of open water. This fishing spot is closed for the season. In the Sheldon Marsh State Nature Preserve. #winter #birds #heron #ice #nature #sheldonmarsh #ohio

Sun pillar at dawn. A nice winter treat as the sun rose yesterday morning. #sunrise #clouds #sunpillar #nature #ohio

Winter at the beach. A cold walk today along the Lake Erie shoreline at the Sheldon Marsh State Nature Preserve in Erie County, OH. #winter #trees #nature #clouds #beach #sheldonmarsh #ohio

Winter dawn. A colorful sky as the clouds brightened this morning on the first full day of Winter. #sunrise #nature #winter #trees #ohio

Twisted trees in a flat rural patch of Northwest Ohio, after the sun of the Winter Solstice has set. #sunset #solstice #nature #rural #sky #trees

Sharp edged sunrise. A very distinct line in the sky separates the clear from the cloudy during a sunrise over the Maumee River in January of 2021. #sunrise #nature #water #clouds #sky #maumeeriver #water #ohio

Cold start. Sunrise in December on the Maumee River. #sunrise #nature #sky #maumeeriver

November sky at dusk. Sunset in rural Wood County Ohio on the first of November this year. #sunset #nature #clouds #fall #autumn #ohio

Go towards the light. A tangle of snow covered felled trees and stumps leads to the glory of dawn. #nature #sunrise #dawn #snow #ohio

Soon the winter sun. Gray clouds lit afire as the approaches the horizon. Sunrise on the Maumee River on December 20, 2023. #sunrise #nature #sky #clouds #trees #water #maumeeriver #ohio

Shift change. As night ended and day began yesterday morning. #sunrise #nature #sky #water #maumeeriver #ohio

Dawn with a lingering moon. A crescent moon stays in the sky to watch the sunrise this morning over the Maumee River. #sunrise #nature #sky #water #maumeeriver #ohio

Sundown beyond the pines. I was able to catch a glimpse of a spectacular sunset tonight while on the way home from work. I needed to see something beautiful today. #sunset #sky #winter #mature #ohio

Uneasy sunset. Something about this scene feels sad or ominous, although still beautiful. Captured near the end of January in 2021 along the Maumee River, not far from Grand Rapids, OH. #sunset #nature #water #winter #maumeeriver #ohio

Only the sound of the water. Sunrise on the river in the late fall, but the weather feels like winter. #nature #sunrise #water #maumeeriver

Another sunrise. This rotting tree trunk still stands, despite the ravages of weather and time. I think when you reach a certain age you know exactly how it feels to be in a form so unimaginable when you were young, and yet here you are. The warm sunlight will feel glorious. #sunrise #nature

Home for winter. An unseen animal had made its nest in a hollow log on the banks of the Maumee River. Photographed in February of 2020. #nature #snow #blackandwhite

Dawn with hoarfrost. Delicate crystals of hoarfrost covered every twig and stem of the underbrush along the river as the sun rose on a frigid February morning in 2021. #sunrise #water #hoarfrost #seasmoke #fog #nature #maumeeriver #ohio

As the ice grows. A view of the Ottawa River running through Wildwood Metropark, Toledo, OH. #nature #water #ice #winter #wildwoodmetropark #ohio

As the veil of night descends. Tonight after sundown as the last light retreated from the sky.

Meadow in winter. The contrast between the brown grasses and weeds against the blank sky and trees highlighted with snow gave me a real sense of awe. This was captured yesterday at Wildwood Metropark, Toledo, OH. #nature #hiking #winter #snow #wildwoodmetropark #ohio

Winter wonderland. Went for a walk in Wildwood Metropark, Toledo, OH, as light snow fell the afternoon. #snow #winter #nature #wildwoodmeteopark #ohio

Pointing the way home. Clouds, likely formed by jets overflying, point to the West after the sun had set Friday night. #sunset #clouds #nature #sky #ohio

A wintery sunset view. Autumn has been cut short here, and the gray days send me to the photo archive. Here's the view after a snowfall in February of 2021 on the Maumee River. #sunset #winter #water #nature #Maumeeriver #ohio

Ice on the move. A view of the Medenhall Glacier in Juneau, AK from September of 2020.

Sunburst at sunset. A warming sun peaks through clouds and trees along the Miami-Erie Canal and Maumee River in the spring of 2022. #sunset #nature #water #ohio

Dry riverbed in early light. Due to an ongoing drought, a set of rapids lies bare, except for some puddles and snow caps on rocks. #sunrise #water #nature #maumeeriver #winter

Young eagles at dawn. A pair of young bald eagles were following the river before the sun rose Monday. #nature #sunrise #birds #maumeeriver #ohio

When the joy won’t wait for day. Surprising color before sunrise on a crisp December morning. #sunrise #clouds #sky #water #maumeeriver #ohio

Delicate connection. Thin needles of ice hover above a new layer of thin ice below. Even a breath would destroy this incredible construct of nature between rocks in a quiet pool of the Maumee River before dawn. #nature #ice #hiking #maumeeriver

December begins at 14°F. Sunrise on the stone cold riverbed of the Maumee River this morning. #sunrise #nature #hiking #water #maumeeriver #ohio

Winter light. Though not quite winter, the weather certainly seems to be skipping ahead. Here's a sunset photo from a similarly cold day in January of 2022 along the banks of the Maumee River. #nature #sunset #winter #sun #water #maumeeriver #ohio

When winter arrives. A snowstorm is forecast so I'd thought I'd share this view of the Miami-Erie Canal, now abandoned. Captured near Grand Rapids, OH in February of 2021. I'd rather cling to Fall than rush Winter, but I seem to have no say in the matter. #nature #snow #hiking #sunset

Just a walk in the woods. The view on a November day with sunshine in the Wintergarten/St. John’s Woods Preserve, Bowling Green, OH. #nature #fall #autumn #trees #ohio

For tomorrow. Close up of a lotus seed head on the shore of an estuary. #nature #seeds #blackandwhite

What remains. A rotting stump of a hollowed out tree that fell sometime ago. We get a chance to see the hole from the inside. Discovered on Wintergarden/St. John’s Woods Preserve, Bowling Green, OH. #nature #trees #hiking #fall #autumn #ohio

Golden November. A tree line on the edge of a grassy meadow in the sun. Seen while hiking in the Wintergarden/St. John’s Woods Preserve in Bowling Green, OH. #nature #autumn #fall #leaves #sky #hiking #bowlinggreen #ohio

The coming day. Moments ago as the sky is painted by the rising sun on the banks of the Maumee River. #sunrise #nature #clouds #trees #maumeeriver #ohio

After the blooming. Dried flower in a meadow at Wintergarden/St. John’s Woods Preserve in Bowling Green, OH on gloriously sunny November day. #hiking #nature #flowers #fall #autumn #ohio

Tree without boundaries. Over time this tree has consumed half the sign nailed to it. #blackandwhite #trees #nature

A brilliant September day. The Lorain Harbor Lighthouse looms in the distance as a seagull rests on a rock along a break wall. Lake Erie was looking fine in the bright sunshine. #lighthouse #birds #nature #lakeerie #lorain #ohio

Twins. November of 2019 along the banks of the Maumee River near Waterville, OH. #nature #deer #hiking #fall #autumn #ohio

Watching the fields at dusk. A bird of prey surveys the ground below as the sun begins to set on a smokey fall evening. #sunset #rural #birds #nature #hiking #ohio

Dawn in a drought. Standing where a set of rapids should be, I watch the sky stir as the sun approaches. The river struggles to flow. #sunrise #fall #autumn #water #sky #nature #maumeeriver #ohio

A shy yellow tree. In a stand of mature oaks, a young tree with bright yellow leaves tries to hide behind its older neighbors in the Secor Metropark near Toledo, OH. #fall #autumn #trees #leaves #hiking #ohio

Remnants of color. On a windy day an oak holds fast to its leaves under a brilliant blue sky in November. Yesterday at Oak Openings Preserve Metropark. #nature #hiking #fall #aitumn #ohio

Feeding fungus. The side of a fallen tree is covered in fungus that slowly consumes stored nutrients. Secor Metropark in Lucas County, OH. #nature #fungus #fall #autumn

Deer friends. Can you see both deer? Today in the Oak Openings Preserve Metropark near Swanton, OH. #nature #deer #fall #autumn #trees #hiking #oakopenings #ohio

For some reason my feed is inundated with skeets in German this morning. Guten tag!

Fading aurora. The display did not last very long, but the sky is clear tonight. It makes me feel very small indeed. #aurora #northernlights #nature #sky #stars #trees #ohio