A day passes. Sunset along the Slippery Elm Trail. #sunset #hiking #rural #sky #tree #ohio

Easing the night in. Yesterday in rural Northwest Ohio just after sundown. #sunset #sky #nature #ohio

Phlox at sunset. Along the Slippery Elm Trail in Wood County, OH this evening. #sunset #flowers #spring #nature

Uncertain dusk. As the sun set in Wood County, OH, a couple days ago. #sunset #sky #clouds #nature #ohio

Last hunt of the day. A Great Blue Heron walks among fallen trees in the nearly empty Miami Erie Canal, as dusk descends this evening. #birds #nature #ohio

The edge of night. Sunset today along the Slippery Elm Trail in Wood County, OH. #sunset #nature #sky #clouds #trees #ohio

Slowly rising. Clouds smear the colors of sunrise Thursday morning stretching the time between night and day. #sunrise #dawn #nature #spring #ohio

A tree’s torment. Large burl on a tree seems like an anguished face or is it made of many faces crying out? #nature #trees #blackandwhite

Parting gift from the sun. Intense afterglow moments after the sun disappeared behind the tree line in the flat fields of Northwestern Ohio this evening. #sunset #nature #sky #clouds #ohio

As the day fades away. An empty but quickly greening Miami-Erie Canal was quiet as the sun set on Wednesday evening. #sunset #nature #ohio

New life at sunset. Leaves are growing again on the trees, as the sun sets over the high water of the Maumee River yesterday. #sunset #nature #water #trees #maumeeriver #ohio

Late seed. A milkweed pod on a stem frosted with a vine, opens to the light in late February in the Wintergarden/St. John’s Nature Preserve in Bowling Green, OH. #nature #plants #seeds #ohio #blackandwhite

Summer storm at sunset. Over the fields of northwest Ohio last June. #sunset #storm #nature #rural #ohio #summer

Nature’s frame. Yesterday at Oak Openings Nature Preserve Metropark, near Swanton, OH. #nature #water #trees #oakopenings #ohio #blackandwhite

Mayapple. A sure sign of Spring are Mayapples rising from the forest floor. I captured this one backlit by the blazing Spring sun in Wintergarden/St. John’s Woods Nature Preserve in Bowling Green, OH. #nature #hiking #plants #spring #ohio

The greening at sundown. Everything along the path seemed to burst open with green, as the sun was going down along the Miami-Erie Canal and the Maumee River. #sunset #nature #spring #maumeeriver #ohio

Painted by light. A cloud catches the orange light of the setting sun over the high water of Maumee River last evening.

Flight at dawn. A large bird, perhaps a young bald eagle flies towards silhouetted trees at sunrise, along the Maumee River. #sunrise #birds #nature #trees #maumeeriver #ohio

The power of sunset. A wind turbine at dusk in Bowling Green, OH. Unfortunately it and 3 neighboring turbines have been decommissioned and are awaiting removal. Their energy output will be replaced by new solar fields located elsewhere. #sunset #tree #electricity #bowlinggreen #ohio

Sunset beyond the trees in North Carolina. #sunset #nature #trees #northcarina

Full moon lifting off. The full moon rises between the grasses and an anticrepuscular ray in the sky above Holden Beach, NC. #moonrise #moon #nature #anticrepuscular #ocean #beach

Birds of a feather. A flock of Cedar Waxwings pause their flight on the edge of a roof on the seaside. #birds #nature #northcarolina #blackandwhite

Begin again. Sunrise today at Holden Beach, North Carolina. #sunrise #nature #ocean #beach #water #clouds

The moss awakes. A stone wall is alive with bright green moss in early Spring. #moss #nature #ohio

Long after sundown. The glow lasted late into the evening tonight. #sunset #nature #trees #water #ohio

Warm sky at dawn. Sunrise over the Maumee River this morning on a very warm Spring day. #sunrise #nature #trees #sky #water #maumeeriver #ohio

Dried remains. Sunset with dead plants on the riverbank of the Maumee River before Spring takes hold. #sunset #nature #maumeeriver #trees

Stuck. A tree branch waterlogged and mired in mud pokes through the surface of perfectly still cloudy water. #nature #water #blackandwhite

An embrace from the sky through the trees. Sunset on this cold Spring evening. #sunset #nature #trees #ohio

Winter letting go. A warm sunrise near the end of winter as rains wake the ground. #sunrise #nature #winter #spring #water #ohio

Afterglow on the first day of Spring. A warm day left warm colors as a reminder of what lies ahead. #sunset #nature #sky #trees #clouds #ohio

The long shadow of late winter. Today along the Miami-Erie Canal Towpath Trail near Grand Rapids, OH. #winter #nature #trees #water #maumeeriver #hiking #ohio #blackandwhite

Breaking through. The sunrise manages to bust through the clouds this morning, if only for a few moments. #sunrise #nature #trees #water #maumeeriver #ohio

Gentle daybreak. Sunrise today on a cold March morning. #sunrise #nature #trees #sky #ohio

Driftwood on the rocks. A warm but gray day at the end of winter offer this scene at Maumee Bay State Park. #nature #lighthouse #lakeerie #ohio #blackandwhite

Foraging. Deer look for food in the Wintergarden/St. John’s Woods Nature Preserve last Saturday. #deer #nature #ohio

Waiting on Spring. Today at Maumee Bay State Park.

The path to Spring. A beautiful sunny day for a walk at Oak Openings Preserve Metropark, until the snow came. #nature #hiking #trees #oakopenings

End of day. Sunset yesterday before the storms on the Maumee River. #sunset #maumeeriver

Erie icebergs. Grounded icebergs in Lake Erie melt as temperatures reach record highs. The beach of Sheldon Marsh State Nature Preserve lies in the foreground. #nature #winter #icebergs #lakeerie #ohio

Reaching. Before the green of Spring on a bright sunny day at the Sheldon Marsh State Nature Preserve. #nature #spring #trees #blackandwhite

Walking home. The departing sun leaves a quiet gift behind. #sunset #nature #maumeeriver #ohio

Out in the fog. The unknown lurks beyond. #nature #fog #hiking #blackandwhite

Geese in the upsidedown. A pond partially rippled and the reflection of trees twists reality a bit. Photographed I. The Wintergarden/St. John’s Woods Nature Preserve in Bowling Green, OH. #nature #birds #winter #blackandwhite #hiking

Quiet rising at sundown. The birds find their evening roosts and the squirrels curl in their nests bring a peace along the river near winter’s end. #sunset #nature #maumeeriver #ohio #hiking

Weathered fungus. Found on the side of a tree. #nature #fungus

Simply orange. The orange sun drops through the trees as it sets in early March along the Maumee River. #sunset #nature #trees #maumeeriver #ohio

Worm Moon rising. Tonight along the Maumee River. #moon #nature

Seeds of Spring. Fine dead weeds with what appear to be seeds filter the light of a sky afire with sunset on a warm February evening. #sunset #nature #plants #hiking #ohio

Returning to earth. Dead trees slowly decomposing. Yesterday in the Wintergarden/St. John’s Woods Nature Preserve in Bowling Green, OH. #nature #trees #blackandwhite