Frozen marsh. Sumac and shadows on the edge of the very frozen Magee Marsh Wildlife Area. #winter #nature #blackandwhite

Winter’s icy hand. Sunshine and below freezing temps today created an amazing ice sculpture on a building in the Magee Marsh Wildlife Area near Oak Harbor, OH. #nature #winter #ice #snow #blackandwhite

Sunrise for breakfast. 7° F at daybreak along the Maumee River today in one of my favorite spots. #sunrise #sky #winter #trees #nature #maumeeriver #ohio

Frosted ice. Warm tones are reflected in the ice along the river's edge. Small white tufts of snow are covered in frost crystals. They add to the texture of the pebbled ice. Shades of blue will soon depart as the sun climbs. Captured January 29th of 2024. #winter #ice #sunrise #water #maumeeriver

Cabin on the river. Sunrise over a "summer only" cabin on the Maumee River, captured on this date in 2022. #winter #sunrise #trees #clouds #nature #maumeeriver #ohio

Screened sunrise. A view of the rising sun yesterday through the screen on the kitchen window. #sunrise #winter #trees #ohio #nature

Winter windshield moonset. Caught this view as I was driving this morning. I’m uncertain if the distortion around the moon is due atmospheric reasons, a dirty windshield, or a dirty lens. #moon #nature #winter #ohio

Tree in snow. The sun casts playful shadows of curved tree branches on the freshly fallen snow in February of 2021. #nature #winter #snow #trees #blackandwhite

Iceless sunrise. It was warm in January of 2017, and the river never froze over that winter. May we have more iceless days in the future. #nature #sunrise #maumeeriver #ohio #winter

Moment of peace. Perhaps a quick respite from the anguish and sadness of the day for some of us. A glimpse of color tonight as the sun set among lake effect snow showers. #sunset #ohio #nature #winter #sky

Winter color. Delicate colors in a winter landscape. Captured in the Wintergarden/St.John’s Woods Nature Preserve, Bowling Green, OH. #landscape #winter #trees #nature #ohio #hiking

Over frozen fields. A January sunrise with a cloud shield above and the sun finding a way to briefly shine. #winter #sunrise #rural #nature

Farm in winter. A cold but mostly sunny January day puts a local farm in some good light. #rural #nature #winter #ohio

Double doe. Two white tailed deer wonder why the two legged creature stopped to look at them. #deer #nature #hiking #ohio

Winter promise. The sun assures the land it is still there, but the clouds do not relent on a cold morning in January. #sunrise #nature #clouds #sky #maumeeriver #ohio

Light snow at sunrise. A rising sun managed to peek through the edge of snow clouds overhead at sunrise today. #sunrise #winter #snow #ohio

Winter walk in the woods. Today in Wintergarden/St. John’s Woods Nature Preserve, Bowling Green, OH. #winter #nature #trees #blackawhite #hiking #ohio

Beginning in blue. Well before sunup Monday morning as the only motion was the flowing water. #sunrise #winter #blue #nature #clouds #sky #hiking #ohio

Morning prelude. Thick colors in the clouds yesterday, as the sun found the edge of the blanket, and filled the sky beneath with warm light. #sunrise #winter #nature #hiking #maumeeriver #ohio

Winter joy. The sky celebrated this morning in a way all could see. #sunrise #nature #winter #clouds #maumeeriver #ohio #hiking

Solemnity. The blue of the approaching night washes the remnant colors of sunset from the sky tonight. An old tree stands as witness. #sunset #winter #sky #trees #ohio

Shrouded in clouds. The well known Reynisfjall mountain hidden in the clouds with the stark Reynisdrangar seas stacks near Vík, Iceland. #nature #iceland #blackandwhite

Buck in the woods. Today in Wintergarden/St. John's Nature Preserve, Bowling Green, OH. #nature #deer #winter #ohio #hiking

Troubled sky. Captured an emotion that seems to fit right now, February 24th, 2020. #winter #sunset #nature

When darkness has the upper hand. Near sunset on a heavily clouded day along the Maumee River in December of 2021. Appropriate for today. #sunset #nature #clouds #water #maumeeriver #ohio

Iconic Aldeyjarfoss Waterfall in Iceland. Simply breathtaking. From July of 2018. #waterfall #iceland #nature #aldeyjarfoss

December dawn. The sky comes to life slowly as night retreats along the Maumee River. #sunrise #nature #winter #water #trees

Flat and gray until. Sunset provided a little surprise color today. #sunset #sky #winter #gray #rural #ohio

For the New Year: Hope.

Triple sun. Strange optics were afoot as the evening sun seemed to be in three places at once on January 23rd of 2022. #sunset #winter #sun #clouds #water #trees #nature #maumeeriver #ohio

Carving valleys. Aerial view of a glacier in Denali National Park and Preserve from June of 2025. #alaska #denali #glacier #ice #mountains #nature

Burning Sky. Monday’s sunset reminded me how small we are on the surface of this rock. #sunset #trees #clouds #sky #nature #ohio

Merry Christmas to those who celebrate it! Aurora captured on November 11, 2025. #christmas #northernlights #nature

Is it Santa? I see a fungi in red! #christmaseve #nature #hiking #fungus #ohio

A frosty start. Sunrise today on the Maumee River. #sunrise #water #maumeeriver #nature #ohio

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